Phillippe Aumont was designated for assignment by the Phillies this afternoon, less than 24 hours after he walked seven batters in a loss to the Cardinals.
With Cole Hamels sidelined due to a minor right hamstring strain, Aumont was called up from Triple-A Lehigh Valley to make a spot start last night. It wasn’t pretty. The 26-year-old right-hander gave up six runs and 12 out of the 23 batters he faced reached base. He threw just 56 out of 104 pitches for strikes.
Aumont was acquired from the Mariners in December of 2009 as part of the Cliff Lee deal and some considered him a potential closer at the time, but he has walked 34 batters over 43 2/3 innings during various stints in the majors and has averaged 5.6 BB/9 in the minors.