Jeff Schuler of the Allentown Morning Call is reporting that the Phillies have released Austin Hyatt. Hyatt, 26, was a 15th round pick out of the University of Alabama in 2009 and was steadily climbing the Phillies ranks before struggling mightily (2-7, 6.33 ERA, 1.630 WHIP in 11 starts) with the IronPigs. Hyatt was believed to be a rotation stopgap candidate as recently as Spring 2012, starting the Phillies Spring Opener but has since been jumped in the developmental ranks by Tyler Cloyd
,
Ethan Martin,
Adam Morgan,
Jonathan Pettibone, and others. Schuler
speculates the IronPigs rotation will most certainly include Cloyd, Pettibone, Martin, Morgan, and
B.J. Rosenberg,
a sentiment echoed by Matt Provence, the voice of the IronPigs.
