The Philadelphia Phillies have acquired minor league catcher Blake Forsythe from the Oakland Athletics according to Jeff Hem, the play-by-play announcer for Forsythe's former team, the Nashville Sounds.
ICYMI, among the @nashvillesounds transactions today…the #Athletics traded catcher Blake Forsythe to the #Phillies.
— Jeff Hem (@JeffHemPBP) May 13, 2015
Forsythe, 25, was selected in the third round of the 2010 amateur draft by the New York Mets. He was traded on April 13, 2014 to the Oakland A's for future considerations.
The Phillies will send cash considerations to Oakland in return for Forsythe, who will report to the Double-A Reading Fightin Phils.
Update 5/14/15: To make room on the Reading roster, left hander Mike Nesseth and catcher Corey Bass were released Thursday, according to Eric Scarcella.
In 391 career minor league games, six seasons, Forsythe is batting .226/.314/.377. He has 77 career doubles, 10 triples, 35 home runs and 152 runs batted in. Forsythe has walked in approximately 11% of his plate appearances.
| Year | Age | Tm | Lev | Aff | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 20 | Mets | Rk | NYM | 3 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .200 | .273 | .200 |
| 2010 | 20 | Brooklyn | A- | NYM | 30 | 117 | 101 | 14 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 41 | .238 | .310 | .396 |
| 2011 | 21 | Savannah | A | NYM | 105 | 434 | 370 | 44 | 87 | 24 | 4 | 9 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 123 | .235 | .334 | .395 |
| 2012 | 22 | St. Lucie | A+ | NYM | 88 | 345 | 295 | 32 | 72 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 89 | .244 | .339 | .397 |
| 2013 | 23 | Binghamton | AA | NYM | 88 | 343 | 307 | 36 | 59 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 101 | .192 | .271 | .362 |
| 2014 | 24 | Midland | AA | OAK | 72 | 262 | 232 | 26 | 52 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 77 | .224 | .307 | .349 |
| 2015 | 25 | Nashville | AAA | OAK | 5 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .267 | .313 | .333 |
| 6 Seasons | 391 | 1528 | 1330 | 152 | 300 | 77 | 10 | 35 | 152 | 4 | 3 | 168 | 437 | .226 | .314 | .377 | ||||
This transaction was completed yesterday, the same day catching prospect Tommy Joseph was placed on the disabled list as a precaution, considering his repetitive history with concussions.
Joseph was acquired on July 31, 2012 from the San Francisco Giants, along with outfielder Nate Schierholtz and right hander Seth Rosin, in exchange for All Star right fielder Hunter Pence.
The 23-year-old catcher native to Phoenix, Arizona had just nine hits in 73 at-bats over 20 games this season with the Lehigh Valley IronPigs.
Blake is the younger brother to Tampa Bay Rays' utility man Logan Forsythe, 28. He received a MiLB Gold Glove award in 2013 while with the Binghamton Mets (Double-A), and was named a Mid-Season All-Star with the St. Lucie Mets (Single-A) in 2012.
Matt Rappa (@mattrappa) is managing editor of Philliedelphia.com.
