The Los Angeles Dodgers brought back a key member of their bullpen earlier this month when they re-signed Evan Phillips to a one-year, $6.5 million contract.
The right-hander became a free agent after the team non-tendered him at the start of the offseason, which opened up a roster spot. At the time of the move, president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman suggested the team would still attempt to work out a new deal with Phillips.
But on the open market, the 31-year-old had to entertain the possibility of signing elsewhere and revealed that several teams checked in on him before he re-upped with the Dodgers, via Bill Plunkett of the Southern California News Group:
“It was different,” he said.