Jayson Nix traded to Phillies

Jayson Nix was traded by the Tampa Bay Rays to the Philadelphia Phillies on March 28, 2014 in exchange for cash. The utility player has six seasons MLB experience playing 3B\SS\2B\OF with the Rockies, White Sox, Indians, Blue Jays and Yankees. He split 2013 between Rookie Gulf Coast and Class A Advanced while rehabbing and with the Yankees. He hit .000/.333/.000 with 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 R, 0 SB in 1 game at Gulf Coast, hit .100/.182/.200 with 0 HR, 1 RBI, 1 R, 0 SB in 3 games at Tampa and hit .236/.308/.311 with 3 HR, 24 RBI, 32 R, 13 SB in 87 games with the Yankees. For his MLB career he has hit .218/.290/.358 with 37 HR, 126 RBI, 141 R, 35 SB in 425 games. He was originally drafted by the Rockies with the 44th pick of the first round in 2001. Nix will be 32 on August 26.