The Phillies have outrighted 33-year old righty swinging 2B Tadahito Iguchi to AAA making him a free agent. Iguchi played in only 4 games for the Phillies after coming over from the Padres last season and he was 2 for 7 (.286 avg, .715 OPS) with a double. Iguchi played in 85 games last season combined with the Padres and Phillies and he was 72 for 310 (.232 avg, .598 OPS) with 29 runs scored, 2 homers, 24 RBIs and 8 stolen bases. Iguchi wants to either sign on as a starting 2B for some team in the majors or he will consider going back to Japan to play in 2009. He has now played in 493 games in his major league career and he is 494 for 1,841 (.268 avg, .739 OPS) with 267 runs scored, 44 homers, 205 RBIs and 48 stolen bases.