CLEARWATER, Fla. -- The Phillies made a small trade on Sunday as they acquired reliever Pat Venditte from the Mariners in exchange for minor-league outfielder Joey Curletta.
The 31-year-old Venditte has spent parts of two seasons in the majors with Oakland, Toronto and Seattle. In 41 career appearances, Venditte has 4.97 ERA, 42 strikeouts and 23 walks.
But those numbers may not be why you have heard of Venditte before.
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Venditte made news when he was called up two years ago by the A's because he is ambidextrous. He has the ability to pitch with both his left and right hands.
"We've liked Venditte for a long time," Phillies GM Matt Klentak said. "Obviously there's some intrigue to what he could do, the fact that he can throw with both hands, but this guy was a pretty good Triple A performer last year and obviously has some big-league time. This organization, we don't have a ton of upper-level left-handed pitching depth."
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