{"id":688578,"date":"2026-05-02T17:48:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T17:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/688578\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T17:48:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T17:48:15","slug":"phillies-designate-dylan-moore-for-assignment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/688578\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillies Designate Dylan Moore For Assignment"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Phillies announced that J.T. Realmuto<\/a> was activated from the 10-day injured list, as the catcher returns after a minimal stint due to back spasms.\u00a0 To create room on the active roster, utilityman Dylan Moore<\/a> was designated for assignment.<\/p>\n

Moore is still looking for his first hit of the 2026 season, as he has gone 0-for-12 with three walks over 15 plate appearances.\u00a0 Moore started only one of his 15 games for Philadelphia, with most of his action coming as a late-game pinch-hitter, defensive sub, or even two mop-up appearances on the mound.<\/p>\n

Without much playing time to be offered, Moore became expendable upon Realmuto\u2019s return, even if the Phillies now have three catchers on the 26-man roster.\u00a0 Backup catchers Rafael Marchan<\/a> and Garrett Stubbs<\/a> are both out of minor league options, so rather than DFA either and risk losing them on waivers, the Phils preferred to designate Moore.<\/p>\n

Signed to a minor league contract during the offseason, Moore triggered the opt-out clause at the end of Spring Training.\u00a0 The Phillies retained the utilityman by signing Moore to a one-year Major League deal<\/a> worth $1.45MM in guaranteed money, and the Phils will remain on the hook for the roughly $1.19MM remaining unless Moore is claimed on waivers.\u00a0 If Moore clears waivers, he has enough MLB service time to reject an outright assignment in favor of free agency.\u00a0 Should he then sign elsewhere, his new team would owe him only a prorated MLB minimum salary for any time spent on a 26-man roster, and that minimum salary would be subtracted from Philadelphia\u2019s $1.19MM total.<\/p>\n

Moore\u2019s defensive versatility makes him an interesting potential waiver claim, and it wasn\u2019t long ago that he was also posting above-average offensive numbers in a part-time capacity with the Mariners.\u00a0 Since Opening Day 2025, however, Moore has hit only .190\/.264\/.355 over 258 PA for the Mariners, Rangers, and Phillies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Phillies announced that J.T. Realmuto was activated from the 10-day injured list, as the catcher returns after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":688579,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2290],"tags":[5,116,113],"class_list":["post-688578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baseball","tag-baseball","tag-dylan-moore","tag-j-t-realmuto"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116506244142433388","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=688578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/688579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=688578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=688578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=688578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}