Nearly every player the Phillies traded away this offseason is performing above expectations with their new clubs.
Going into the 2018-19 offseason Phillies general manager Matt Klentak knew he had to reshape a team that lost a first-place lead they held for 39 days.
With a laundry list of things to accomplish, Klentak pulled off three trades, two of which reshaped the Phillies organization for the next decade.
An early December trade that went under the radar was made with the Los Angeles Angels where the clubs swapped left-handed relievers.
This trade made little sense on the Angels side at the time with Jose Alvarez having better numbers and a better contract situation than Luis Garcia. Fans didn’t complain at the prospect of swapping out an inconsistent Garcia, who signed and debut with the Phillies in 2013. He’s consistently had on and off years, virtually going fantastic to horrible every other season.
The 2018 season was one of Garcia’s worst with a 6.07 ERA and a career-high 31 runs allowed. This season Garcia continues his trend of turning things around the following season. Through six games he has a 1.50 ERA for Los Angeles
Alvarez has also been inconsistent for the Phillies, giving up at least two earned runs in every other game he’s pitched in. His worst outing came against the Nationals in a 10-6 loss where he gave up four runs in an inning and a third.