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Phillies sign Adam Rosales to minor league contract

The Phillies added another player to their spring training tryout corps on Wednesday, announcing they’ve signed infielder Adam Rosales to a minor league contract with an invitation to Clearwater. He’ll earn $1.75 million if he in fact makes the team.

Rosales, who can play every infield position and can even stick in the outfield, hit .225/.260/.353 last year between Oakland and Arizona. In 2016 he hit .229/.319/.495 in a career year for San Diego.

The 34-year-old Rosales will likely compete for a utility spot in spring training, a la Chris Coghlan in 2017.

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.