Hutchison is the prototypical veteran journeyman at this stage of his career and latches on with the Phillies as emergency starting pitching depth at Triple-A Lehigh Valley. The 32-year-old righty was cut loose by the Blue Jays earlier this month after opting out of his minor league contract. He compiled a serviceable 4.53 ERA, 1.48 WHIP and 68/42 K/BB ratio across 105 1/3 innings (28 appearances, 18 starts) last year for the Tigers. He made 11 relief appearances for the Phillies back in 2018.

Hutchison exercised the opt-out in his minor league contract with the Blue Jays and the club elected to grant him his release rather than add him to their active roster. The 32-year-old journeyman right-hander is merely emergency starting pitching depth at this stage of his career, but should be able to latch on somewhere else rather quickly.

It's that time of the year where teams are trying to whittle down their rosters in advance of Opening Day. Hutchison has been dealing with some left oblique tightness this spring, but he was always a longshot to crack the Opening Day roster anyways. He'll likely start the season as additional rotation depth at Triple-A Buffalo, but should see some action with the big league club before the 2023 campaign is said and done.

Hutchison was able to get in some light throwing on Sunday and will extend to long tossing on Monday. The hope is that he'll be ready to resume throwing off a mound later this week.