{"id":2206336,"date":"2025-12-20T04:50:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T04:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2206336"},"modified":"2025-12-20T04:50:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T04:50:41","slug":"phillies-trade-pitcher-matt-strahm-to-kansas-city-royals-acquire-pitchers-kyle-backhus-and-jonathan-bowlan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/phillies-trade-pitcher-matt-strahm-to-kansas-city-royals-acquire-pitchers-kyle-backhus-and-jonathan-bowlan\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillies trade pitcher Matt Strahm to Kansas City Royals; acquire pitchers Kyle Backhus and Jonathan Bowlan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"prism-article-body\">\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \"><span class=\"oyrPY qlwaB AGxeB  \">PHILLIES &#8212; <\/span>The Kansas City Royals have reunited with veteran pitcher Matt Strahm on Friday when they acquired the former All-Star left-hander from the Phillies in a trade for right-hander Jonathan Bowlan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">In a second trade Friday, the Phillies acquired left-hander Kyle Backhus from the Arizona Diamondbacks for minor league outfielder Avery Owusu-Asiedu.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The 34-year-old Strahm has pitched for four clubs over 10 seasons in the majors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">He spent his first two seasons with the Royals, who selected him in the 21st round of the 2012 first-year player draft out of Neosho County Community College in Chanute, Kansas. Strahm also pitched for the Padres and Red Sox and the past three years for the Phillies, where he was an All-Star in 2024 when he had a 1.87 ERA over 66 appearances.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">He also made 66 appearances with a 2.74 ERA in 2025 and has a career 3.36 ERA in 395 appearances.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Strahm has a $7.5 million salary next season under an option that vested, part of a deal that is paying him $15 million for 2025 and 2026. He can become a free agent after the 2026 World Series.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The 29-year-old Bowlan has pitched in parts of the past three seasons for Kansas City. He made one start and appeared in a career-high 34 games in 2025, going 1-2 and posting a 3.86 ERA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Backhus, 27, made 32 relief appearances for Arizona last season, going 0-3 with a 4.62 ERA. He was particularly good against left-handed hitters, holding them to a .139 average, and that is the role he is expected to fill in the Philadelphia bullpen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Owusu-Asiedu, 22, has played in 218 games across three minor league levels in the Phillies system over the past three years, hitting .226 in 997 plate appearances. He was a ninth-round pick by Philadelphia in the 2023 first-year player draft.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2025 ESPN Internet Ventures. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source 6abc.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PHILLIES &#8212; The Kansas City Royals have reunited with veteran pitcher Matt Strahm on Friday when they acquired the former All-Star left-hander from the Phillies in a trade for right-hander Jonathan Bowlan. In a second trade Friday, the Phillies acquired left-hander Kyle Backhus from the Arizona Diamondbacks for minor league outfielder Avery Owusu-Asiedu. 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