After 13 productive years in a Phillies uniform, Chase Utley is headed to Los Angeles, where he’ll help solidify the Dodgers’ second-base situation. In exchange for Utley’s services, the Dodgers sent a couple of minor leaguers to the Phillies: utility player Darnell Sweeney and right-handed pitcher John Richy. Here’s my statistical breakdown of these two prospects.

Darnell Sweeney, 2.3 WAR

Sweeney, 24, has spent the 2015 season at a Triple-A Oklahoma City, where he’s hit .271/.332/.409 in 116 games. He also runs very well, as evidenced by his 32 steals this year. Aside from the steals, though, Sweeney has been an average Triple-A hitter across the board. He’s seen action at second base, third base, shortstop, left field and center field in the minor leagues.

KATOH forecasts Sweeney for 2.3 WAR through age 28, which happens to be very similar to the 2.5 WAR yielded by his 2014 numbers. KATOH gives him an 81% chance of cracking the big leagues. Going by the numbers, Sweeney appears destined to be a bench player.

Let’s put some faces on Sweeney’s potential futures. Using league-adjusted, regressed stats, along with age, I calculated the Mahalanobis Distance between Sweeney’s performance this year and every season in Triple-A since 1990 in which a batter recorded at least 400 plate appearances. Below, you’ll find a list of historical players whose performances were nearest and dearest to Sweeney’s, ranked from most to least similar.

Rank	Mah Dist	Age	PA thru 28	WAR thru 28
1	0.40	Chris Latham	238	0.0
2	0.64	David Newhan	97	0.0
3	0.68	Xavier Avery*	107	0.0
4	0.78	Gary Brown*	7	0.3
5	0.87	Reggie Taylor	548	0.0
6	0.97	Mark Little	105	0.7
7	1.15	Luis Ugueto	31	0.1
8	1.17	Dustin Martin	0	0.0
9	1.22	Amaury Garcia	27	0.2
10	1.27	Chase d’Arnaud*	157	0.0
11	1.28	Jeromy Burnitz	1,297	7.3
12	1.33	Henry Mateo	251	0.0
13	1.40	Santiago Perez	160	0.0
14	1.44	Jayson Nix	869	0.9
15	1.53	Prentice Redman	27	0.0
16	1.54	Carlos Garcia	1,926	1.9
17	1.55	Josh Rabe	82	0.0
18	1.62	Tim Raines Jr.	174	0.3
19	1.66	Angel Pagan	1,462	9.0
20	1.73	McKay Christensen	146	0.0

*Hitters who have yet to play their age-28 seasons.

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John Richy, 0.8 WAR

Sweeney isn’t a particularly exciting prospect, but John Richy is perhaps even less exciting. The 23-year-old has pitched exclusively at the High-A level this year, where he’s pitched to an unremarkable 4.20 ERA and 4.13 FIP. Over 22 appearances, including 18 starts, he struck out 19% of opposing batters, which is about average for a pitcher at his level. His 6% walk rate was better than average.

KATOH pegs Richy for 0.8 WAR through age 28 with a 33% chance of pitching in the big leagues over that span. His 2014 numbers yielded a similar projection of 0.6 WAR. All three of Richy’s pitches flash at least average, according to Kiley McDaniel, so there’s clearly something there, even if it hasn’t shown up in the stats. Even so, 23-year-olds with good stuff who have yet to master A-Ball are a dime a dozen.

Here are some Mahalanobis comps for your viewing pleasure.

Rank	Mah Dist	Name	IP thru 28	WAR thru 28
1	0.41	Alfredo Venegas	0	0.0
2	0.51	Chris Flinn	0	0.0
3	0.51	Asher Wojciechowski*	16	0.2
4	0.61	Jason Stephens	0	0.0
5	0.63	Fernando Rodriguez	123	0.1
6	0.64	Matt Pool	0	0.0
7	0.64	Michael Butler	0	0.0
8	0.68	Brandon Duckworth	364	3.0
9	0.69	Nick Webb	0	0.0
10	0.78	Joe Mays	790	7.0
11	0.79	Dan Kyslinger	0	0.0
12	0.79	Branden Kline*	0	0.0
13	0.81	Chris Mason	0	0.0
14	0.83	Travis Held	0	0.0
15	0.85	Ryan Glynn	189	0.1
16	0.87	Ed Kofler	0	0.0
17	0.87	Hoby Milner*	0	0.0
18	0.90	Steve Dreyer	58	0.2
19	0.91	Will Atwood*	0	0.0
20	0.91	Russ Brock	0	0.0

*Pitchers who have yet to play their age-28 seasons.