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Phillies make some minor moves, bring back a familiar face

Don’t panic, take a deep breath, yes David Buchanan is a Philadelphia Phillie again, but you’re not re-living in 2014.

After an ignominious end to his Major League career in 2015 when he posted a 6.99 ERA in 15 starts for a last place Phillies team, Buchanan bounced around as many as five different leagues, from the minors to Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball to the Korean Baseball Organization, where he finally found a more permanent home with the Samsung Lions.

After finding some real consistency and a spot at the top of the Lions’ rotation with a 2.