{"id":10330,"date":"2017-12-12T21:43:14","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T02:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/\/?p=10330"},"modified":"2017-12-12T21:43:14","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T02:43:14","slug":"tommy-hunter-signs-philadelphia-phillies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2017\/12\/12\/tommy-hunter-signs-philadelphia-phillies\/","title":{"rendered":"Tommy Hunter Signs With Philadelphia Phillies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to reports from Jon Heyman, veteran reliever\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hunteto02.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tommy Hunter<\/a><\/strong> will continue his journey around the league. He will sign with the <a href=\"lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/\/mlb-teams\/philadelphia-phillies\/\" target=\"_self\">Philadelphia Phillies<\/a> on a two-year contract. The deal is pending a physical, and financial terms are not yet available.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Phils have deal with Hunter<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonHeyman\/status\/940757813743284224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 13, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hunter deal with Phils is for two years<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonHeyman\/status\/940758266216435712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 13, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1>Tommy Hunter Signs With the Philadelphia Phillies<\/h1>\n<h3>Hunter&#8217;s Career Profile<\/h3>\n<p>Drafted in the first round with the 54th overall pick by the Texas Rangers in the 2007 June Amateur Draft during the supplemental round, Hunter wouldn&#8217;t have to wait long before making his debut. He would make his first appearance in 2008. Unfortunately, he would play in only three games and had a rough year with a 16.36 ERA and nine strikeouts in only 11 innings pitched. One year later, Hunter would turn things around, pitching a 4.10 ERA with 64 strikeouts in 112 innings pitched. In his four years in Texas, Hunter would go on to post a 4.36 ERA with 151 strikeouts in 407 innings pitched. During the 2011 offseason, Hunter was involved in a trade that some baseball fans consider extremely one sided.<\/p>\n<p>Hunter, along with first baseman <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/d\/davisch02.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chris Davis<\/a><\/strong>, were traded to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/baltimore-orioles\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Baltimore Orioles<\/strong><\/a> in exchange for pitcher <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/u\/ueharko01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Koji Uehara<\/a><\/strong>. Hunter would begin as a starter in Baltimore before making the shift to the bullpen. He would be named the Orioles closer during the 2014 season. In that season, Hunter pitched a 2.97 ERA with 45 strikeouts and 11 saves in 60.2 innings pitched. During the 2015 offseason, Hunter would be traded again this time to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/chicago-cubs\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Chicago Cubs<\/strong><\/a>. In exchange, the Orioles acquired center fielder <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/l\/lakeju01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Junior Lake<\/a><\/strong>. After spending the year in Chicago, Hunter would sign a one year $2 million contract with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/cleveland-indians\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Cleveland Indians<\/strong><\/a>. On August 25, 2016, Hunter would be released.<\/p>\n<p>After being released, the Hunter would sign with the Orioles once again. In 6 total years in Baltimore, Hunter pitched a 4.16 ERA with 263 strikeouts in 407 innings pitched. After finishing out the year in Baltimore, Hunter would sign a minor league deal with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/tampa-bay-rays\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Tampa Bay Rays<\/strong><\/a>. Hunter would eventually be promoted to the major leagues. In his career, Hunter has a 4.13 ERA with 510 strikeouts in 769.1 innings pitched.<\/p>\n<h3>The Impact Of The Signing<\/h3>\n<p>For the Phillies, they get a reliable pitcher who, unlike other relievers, served as a starter for quite a long time. For the Rays, they lose someone who was a great setup man for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/colomal01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alex Colome<\/a><\/strong>, their closer. But for Hunter, this is an opportunity to gain back a closing job and help win a championship.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"yxdDS7cvRxhov4-f-wW_Xw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/858327784\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'yxdDS7cvRxhov4-f-wW_Xw',sig:'rZz6YXhsn4QPMZD8YdqD3yd1OK4hwedqiHeZ2OwpT-8=',w:'535px',h:'594px',items:'858327784',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to reports from Jon Heyman, veteran reliever\u00a0Tommy Hunter will continue his journey around the league. He will sign with the Philadelphia Phillies on a two-year contract. The deal is pending a physical, and financial terms are not yet available. Phils have deal with Hunter &mdash; Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) December 13, 2017 Hunter deal with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2292,"featured_media":10398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35,1071,23],"tags":[68,941,69,566,1794],"class_list":["post-10330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-mlb","category-phillies","tag-baseball","tag-latest-mlb-news","tag-mlb","tag-tampa-bay-rays","tag-tommy-hunter"],"modified_by":"Ben Kerr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}