comings and goings

The Phillies claimed RHP Brian Schlitter off waivers from the Yankees and designated RHP Andrew Carpenter for assignment. Schlitter, a Phillie farmhand, was traded to the Cubs in 2008 in the Scott Eyre deal. Carpenter, a pitcher I never enjoyed watching, seemed stuck in Triple A, and he may just end up again in the Lehigh Valley. Ryne Sandberg managed Schlitter with the Cubs' Triple-A team.