While not the biggest names among those available to be signed by other clubs, there have been some former Phillies players – either in the majors or minors – who have found new places of employment lately. Seranthony Dominguez, Weston Wilson, Rafael Lantigua, and Rodolfo Castro all have signed with other teams in the past few days.

Wilson wasn’t unemployed for long. The victim of a numbers crunch when the Phillies officially re-signed J.T. Realmuto, Wilson was designated for assignment and ultimately put on waivers. Just two days after being DFA’d, Wilson was claimed off waivers by the Baltimore Orioles.

Over the past few seasons, Wilson, 31, hit nine home runs and drove in 29 in 100 games in Philly. He hit .242 with a .756 OPS in the majors. Part of the attractiveness of a player like Wilson is his defensive flexibility. He played first, second, third, left, and right field last season alone. Perhaps Baltimore was influenced by a series the Phillies played against the Orioles last season at Citizens Bank Park when Wilson went 3-for-7 (.429) with a home run and two RBI against the Orioles.

An interesting row of dominoes have fallen for the Orioles lately. Marco Luciano was DFA’d by the O’s when they claimed pitcher Jose Suarez off waivers from Atlanta. Luciano was claimed by the Yankees. Now, after claiming Wilson, Baltimore has designated Suarez for waivers after having him in the organization for about a week.

Reliever Seranthony Dominguez, who was a free agent after pitching for the Toronto Blue Jays last season, The White Sox and Dominguez agreed to a two-year, $20-million deal that holds a mutual option for a third season. Chicago is looking to pull themselves up out of the baseball dungeon. The White Sox signed Japanese player Munetaka Murakami and left-hander Anthony Kay to two-year contracts. Free agent left-hander Sean Newcomb put his signature on a one-year, $4.5-million deal as well. In a trade with the Mets, Chicago added Luisangel Acuna when they dealt outfielder Luis Robert Jr., who had drawn the interest of the Phillies.

The Phillies added Lantigua to their MLB roster last season for three days, but he did not get into a game. In 125 games with Lehigh Valley last season, the infielder hit .230/.356/.330/.686 and in 40 games with the Toros del Este in the Dominican Winter League, Lantigua hit .269/.353/.394/.747 this winter. Now, Lantigua is in the Toronto Blue Jays organization with an invitation to Spring Training after signing a minor league deal.

Lantigua’s double-play partner at Lehigh Valley last summer, Rodolfo Castro, has had an interesting winter. He signed with Toronto last November and was released by the Blue Jays two weeks ago to pursue a contract with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball. The 26-year-old, who has played in the majors for Pittsburgh (2021-2023) and the Phillies (2023) hit .235/.342/.421/.745 with 19 home runs and 82 RBI at Lehigh Valley last summer. In the Dominican Winter League with Estrellas Orientales, Castro played in 27 games and slashed .242/.312/.475/.787.

Mayza is back in town

Left-hander Tim Mayza signed a minor league deal with an invitation to Spring Training with the Phillies after coming to the organization late last August when they claimed him off waivers from the Pittsburgh Pirates. Mayza made eight relief appearances with the Phillies last season and posted a 4.91 ERA with four walks and seven strikeouts in 7.1 innings.

The left-hander hails from nearby Allentown, PA and pitched in seven games with Pittsburgh last season and had a 2.89 ERA in 9.1 innings. With the Pirates he allowed just one walk and struck out eight.

Mayza turned 34 on January 15 and was originally drafted by Toronto in the 12th round of the 2013 June MLB Draft out of Millersville University.

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