Philadelphia Phillies, Cleveland Guardians and Trade Idea
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A star outfielder to the NL West? A powerful slugger dealt to New York? We make moves for every World Series hopeful.
A Philadelphia Phillies trade idea, proposed by Jim Bowden of The Athletic, would send Aroon Escobar and Griffin Burkholder to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ryan Helsley.
Minnesota Twins starting pitcher Joe Ryan is being monitored by "a number of teams" leading up to the July 31 MLB trade deadline, according to MLB Network's Jon Morosi.
Still, the Phillies remain in the NL East driver's seat and have the third-best World Series title odds in baseball (+800 on FanDuel). With about three weeks until the trade deadline, Dombrowski, never shy about swinging a blockbuster or finding the small move that helps on the margins, knows how to keep the team ahead.
The landscape has shifted since our first Big Board of this trade season. Teams like the Braves and Red Sox could alter it even further.
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With the All-Star break almost here, answering a big batch of deadline questions on the buyers, likely sellers, top trade targets and more.
A few days ago, a report surfaced out of Pittsburgh from Noah Hiles of the Post-Gazette, noting that the Phillies were actively kicking the tires on a pair of Pirates relievers, Dennis Santana and David Bednar. Hiles goes on to mention that the interest has been there in Santana “for quite some time.”