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And has signed with the Reds on a Minor League deal. Interesting choice. If he was going to sign a minor legaue deal he might as well have stayed here, he likely would have made the team.
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I'd disagree. The Yankees can always buy a better first baseman than Andy Phillips--some team will have an overpriced, fading, one-time free agent whose salary they're eager to ditch. Such players can be acquired for low-ceiling prospects by teams willing to pay them.
The Reds are more likely to use him, and--even more important--their ballpark will make Phillips look good enough to get a better deal next time.
I understand the Yankees choosing to assign him to AAA, even if it meant losing him. I very much understand his accepting a MiLB deal with the Reds when he wouldn't with the Yankees.