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- Updated: August 30, 2016
PHILADELPHIA — Manager Pete Mackanin and the Phillies plan to use September’s expanded rosters to get an extended look at some of their young players, but outfielder Tyler Goeddel won’t be one of them.
“I’ve seen enough of Goeddel to know — we kept him this long, we’re going to keep him and see where we go next year with him,” Mackanin said. “I don’t feel a need to play him.”
If the Phillies did not see a future for Goeddel — a Rule 5 pick — in the organization, they could have returned him to the Rays, but the 23-year-old apparently showed enough back in May to stick.
Goeddel started all 22 games he played in May, posting a .794 OPS …
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