The Phillies have signed left-handed starter Matt Moore to a one-year contract, President of Baseball Operations David Dombrowski announced today.  

Moore, 31, last pitched in the majors in 2019 for the Detroit Tigers, where he made two starts and tossed 10.0 scoreless innings with nine strikeouts to one walk. Last season, he pitched professionally for Fukuoka in the Japan Pacific League. He appeared in 15 games and posted a 2.65 ERA (25 ER, 85.0 IP) with 98 strikeouts to 26 walks.

From 2012-13, Moore made 58 starts for the Tampa Bay Rays and went 28-15 with a 3.57 ERA (130 ER, 327.2 IP) on his way to being named an American League All-Star in 2013, when he went 17-4 with a 3.29 ERA in 27 starts.

Among all active pitchers with at least 280.0 innings against the American League East in their career, Moore’s .381 opponents slugging percentage versus the division ranks fourth behind only Chris Sale (.339), Jon Lester (.375) and Justin Verlander (.380).

In 2011 he won the Spink Award as Topps Minor League Player of the Year and was also named the MiLB.com Minor League Starting Pitcher of the Year. He represented the United States in the MLB Futures Game at Chase Field that year and following the season he was named the second-best prospect in minor league baseball by Baseball America.

Originally drafted by the Rays in the eighth round of the June 2007 draft out of Moriarty High School in Moriarty, N.M., Moore has appeared in 181 games (151 starts) over his nine-year career. He has pitched for the Rays (2011-16), San Francisco Giants (2016-17), Texas Rangers (2018) and Tigers (2019). In five postseason appearances (three starts) for the Rays and Giants, Moore has a 3.33 ERA with 25 strikeouts in 24.1 innings pitched.