They made minimal moves, acquiring only Carlos Estevez and Tanner Banks for the bullpen, and only Austin Hays as another outfielder.
Banks remains on the team, but Estevez and Hays both entered free agency this offseason in search of new teams to call their home.
On Tuesday, Hays found his new home as Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reported the veteran outfielder has agreed to a one-year, $5 million contract with the Cincinnati Reds.
2025 will be his eighth season in Major League Baseball, spending the first six-and-a-half with the Baltimore Orioles, and then the last two months of 2024 with the Phillies.
The veteran has served in more of a platoon or fourth outfielder role throughout his time in MLB, playing in only 579 games across those seven seasons.
For Philadelphia, Hays’s tenure was mired by injuries with two separate stints on the injured list. But he also proved to be less than serviceable when healthy.
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