Daily News | A no-hitter origin story: How the Phillies’ trade for Michael Lorenzen came together
, who also called then-Marlins righty Edinson Vólquez’s no-hitter in 2017. For rookie center fielder Johan Rojas, too, who tracked down nine fly balls — one-third of the Nationals’ outs — including the final out off the bat of Dominic Smith.
Based on interviews this week and background information from multiple sources, here’s why the Phillies focused on Lorenzen and how the trade came together.In this market, the line between the buyers and sellers was often opaque. But the Tigers’ playoff odds, calculated by Fangraphs, peaked at 7.8% when they were 25-26 on May 28. And they went into the All-Star break on a 14-24 slide.Lorenzen represented a marketable asset.
But pre-trade performance doesn’t always portend success after a deal. So, the Phillies dug deeper on Lorenzen’s resurgence in Detroit. “It’s just knowing what I’m going to throw, when I’m going to throw it in the sense of eliminating a couple pitches,” Lorenzen said the day after the no-hitter. “Kind of simplifying my repertoire, change shapes, change speeds, attack the strike zone, and trust the defense. It’s gone my way so far.”The difference was noticeable — first to the scouts and now to Lorenzen’s new teammates.
But the talks with the Tigers didn’t fizzle, in part because Chadd, hired by the Phillies last November after 18 years with Detroit, kept the conversation going with his former colleagues, including vice president of player personnel Scott Bream.“I still have contacts in Detroit, and you utilize those contacts in situations like this,” Chadd said by phone. “Ultimately it gets to [general manager] Sam [Fuld] and Dave, and they make the final decision.
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