Are Ex-Phillies Killer?

Every time somebody gets traded out of Philadelphia, everyone thinks the same thing: Oh, now he’s going to be awesome. And with the recent flurry of trades the Phillies have made so far this year — including another one today that shipped Rheal Cormier to the Reds — we figured it’d be nice to look at how the ex-Phillies do the rest of the season. Not that it will prove anything, but we think it’ll be a fun experiment. For hitters, we’ll track average, RBI, homers and OPS over the rest of the season. (Click here for an explanation of OPS, on-base percentage plus slugging.) For pitchers, appearances or starts, win-loss record and ERA. And we’ll make fun of Rheal Cormier when the Reds realize he lets every inherited runner score.

Below, a table of who’s been traded, and how they’ve done:

Player	With Phillies	Since Trade
Sal Fasano	.243 AVG, 10 RBI, 4 HR, .701 OPS	.200 AVG, 0 RBI, 0 HR, .400 OPS
David Bell	.278 AVG, 34 RBI, 6 HR, .743 OPS	.143 AVG, 0 RBI, 0 HR, .536 OPS
Bobby Abreu	.277 AVG, 65 RBI, 8 HR, .861 OPS	TK
Cory Lidle	21 GS, 8-7, 4.74 ERA	TK
Rheal Cormier	43 APP, 2-2, 1.59 ERA	TK

Check back in each and every day to see how well these ex-Phillies are doing! (We’ll be changing “With Phillies” to “Last Night” after this first post.) And, hey, more could be added…

Phils deal Cormier to Reds for Germano [AP/ESPN.com]