Categories: Offseason

Reports: Phillies to sign pitcher Tommy Hunter

According to reports, the Phillies have an agreement in place with relief pitcher Tommy Hunter. Matt Gelb had it first. Joel Sherman reports it’s a two-year deal.

Hunter, 31, had a 2.61 ERA with 64 strikeouts and 14 walks last year for Tampa Bay. He spent parts of six seasons in Baltimore, arriving there in 2011 through a trade orchestrated by then-President of Baseball Operations Andy MacPhail.

Tim Malcolm

Tim first found the Phillies as a little infant at Veteran’s Stadium, cheering on a Juan Samuel game-winning home run in his very first game. With the pinstripes in his blood, he witnessed Terry Mulholland’s 1990 no-hitter, “Steve Carlton Night” at the Vet, game three of the 1993 World Series, countless games during the charmed 2008 championship season and various road excursions. Since November 2007 Tim’s been writing about them daily at Phillies Nation, becoming one of the world’s most popular Phillies scribes. You can catch him on Twitter and Facebook, as well. When he’s not talking about the Phils he’s relaxing with a St. Bernardus ABT 12 or one of his many favored brews.