Brewers trade reliever Phelps to Phillies for three PTBNLs

The Milwaukee Brewers were sellers at the 2020 trade deadline, shipping veteran reliever David Phelps to Philadelphia in exchange for three players to be named later.

The Brewers signed Phelps to a one-year deal in free agency worth $1.5 million with a club option for 2021.

In 12 appearances with the Brewers this season, Phelps registered a 2.77 ERA, 11.4 K/9 and 2.2 K/BB. Opponents were  batting .156 against Phelps in 13 innings of work.

Philadelphia will be Phelps’ sixth team he’s played for in eight MLB seasons. He made his major-league debut with the New York Yankees in 2012 and has also spent time with Miami, Seattle, Toronto and the Chicago Cubs. Phelps has logged a 17-15 record, 4.15 ERA and 8.2 K/9 in 325 1/3 career innings.

The three players acquired by the Brewers are reportedly lower-level prospects. Players not currently on the 60-man roster of MLB teams can’t be named in trades until after the season.

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