Categories: Offseason

Phillies remove Perkins, Vielma from 40-man roster

Very late Thursday night, the Phillies removed outfielder Cameron Perkins and infielder Engelb Vielma from the 40-man roster, placing them on outright waivers.

A player on outright waivers can be claimed by another team, who will then have to place the player on its 40-man roster. If no team claims the player, he could then be placed back in the Phils farm system.

These moves mean the 40-man roster is now at 38 players heading toward the Winter Meetings, which begin Sunday. It raises the possibility that the Phils will be busy during the meetings, whether making a trade, signing a free agent or two, or making a Rule 5 Draft pick.

Perkins, 27, hit .182/.237/.273 in 97 plate appearances last year for the Phillies. He projects as a backup outfielder who can play all three positions. The Phillies claimed Vielma, 23, a utility infielder from the Minnesota system, off waivers just last month. He hit .229/.273/.280 across double- and triple-A last year.

Tim Malcolm

Tim first found the Phillies as a little infant at Veteran’s Stadium, cheering on a Juan Samuel game-winning home run in his very first game. With the pinstripes in his blood, he witnessed Terry Mulholland’s 1990 no-hitter, “Steve Carlton Night” at the Vet, game three of the 1993 World Series, countless games during the charmed 2008 championship season and various road excursions. Since November 2007 Tim’s been writing about them daily at Phillies Nation, becoming one of the world’s most popular Phillies scribes. You can catch him on Twitter and Facebook, as well. When he’s not talking about the Phils he’s relaxing with a St. Bernardus ABT 12 or one of his many favored brews.