The Phillies made a minor trade with fun implications today, flipping outfield prospect Joey Curletta to the Seattle Mariners for switch pitcher Pat Venditte. Both Curletta and Venditte are off of 40-man rosters, so there will be no corresponding moves needed.
Curletta was the player to be named later in the Carlos Ruiz deal (the other two pieces being A.J. Ellis and RHP Tommy Bergjans). He was Rule 5 eligible this past season and didn’t make anyone's watch list. He is a big, thick outfielder with big right-handed power, but unfortunately, most scouts don’t think he will hit and he does not provide any defensive value.