PHILADELPHIA — Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski said a few days ago he was mostly done with his roster construction this offseason. That appears to not be the case. On Saturday, the Phillies agreed to a trade with the Detroit Tigers, sending infielder Nick Maton, outfielder Matt Vierling, and catcher Donny Sands to Detroit for left-handed pitcher Gregory Soto and utility infielder Kody Clemens.
The trade was first reported by Jim Salisbury of NBC Sports Philadelphia and Jon Morosi of MLB Network.
On a Zoom call with reporters on Saturday, Dombrowski said conversations with the Tigers about Soto began during the winter meetings in December, but no deal came to fruition. On Thursday, Dombrowski got a call from Tigers president of baseball operations Scott Harris, and over the last couple of days the two teams came to a deal.
