The Phillies signed outfielder Tommy Pham over the summer as a potential piece for the major league roster. The emergence of Bryan De La Cruz though made Pham more of an afterthought and he has spent his time in the Phillies organization exclusively at Lehigh Valley. On Monday, the Phillies agreed to a deal with the Chicago White Sox to send the 38-year-old to the southside of Chicago in a cash deal.
In 44 games with Lehigh Valley, Pham was batting .250/.381/.391/.772 with three home runs and 25 RBI. His OBP was helped along by drawing 32 walks with 38 strikeouts.
A trade is allowed after the deadline because Pham was on a minor league contract and had not been selected to join the major league team at any point in the season. Since he was acquired prior to September 1, Pham will be eligible for the White Sox postseason roster. It is expected that they will select his contract once rosters officially expand tomorrow (September 1).
The Cardinals drafted Pham in the 16th round of the 2006 Draft and he made his MLB debut with St. Louis playing six games in 2014. This is the fourth time in his career that P/ham has been traded. It comes a little over a week after Pham got into a minor altercation with a fan in Buffalo, which was quickly ended when the fan was ejected for yelling obscenities at Pham, who responded verbally. Pham played 70 games with the White Sox in 2024 after signing with them as a free agent in April of that year. At the trade deadline, the White Sox sent him back to St. Louis in a three-team deal that also involved the Los Angeles Dodgers.
As a major leaguer, Pham has played for St. Louis (twice), Tampa Bay, San Diego, Cincinnati, the Mets (twice), Arizona, the White Sox (twice), Kansas City, and Pittsburgh. He has hit 149 home runs and driven in 522 runs with a slash line of .256/.344/.421/.763 in 1250 games and 4228 at-bats.
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