2022 MLB Trade Deadline Rumors and Discussion

fish 2022-07-12 23:56:20 UTC #21

I’d like to see Syndergaard in this rotation for anything but a top 4 prospect.

EDmuch 2022-07-13 00:16:03 UTC #22

Syndergaard is an interesting idea. His stats for this year are hardly overwhelming. I wonder what our scouts might see in him.

Philsmania 2022-07-13 00:16:23 UTC #23

Castillo is simply the most highly sought property on the trade market this year. We simply don't have the assets to compete with the Yankeeses and the Dodgerses.

EDmuch 2022-07-13 00:19:49 UTC #24

If we were to add Abel to O'Hoppe that is a pretty darn good start to a package that the Yanks and Dodgers would have to struggle to match. Not saying we should do that. But that is certainly a strong start to an offer for Castillo.

If we obtained him we would still have him for the 2023 season.

zambonir 2022-07-13 01:47:51 UTC #25

I think for that price I'd want to extend him as well... but at what price and length? Berrios got seven years but he's younger.

There's gonna be a lot of options out there. But again, the state of the Phillies - overall, injury-wise and in the standings - just doesn't call for them to make the biggest splash. What does make it really difficult is that the July 31 team is not the same as the August 30 team, and that cuts both ways (i.e. addding Harper and Segura to a team with an pitching upgrade could be a real juggernaut. But you could also argue that with Harper and Segura back a more modest starting pitcher addition would be enough, assuming they address other things).

I also think Bohm could still be available.

EDmuch 2022-07-13 02:07:09 UTC #26

I am more optimistic than some on this Board. I think with a solid No.3. Starter and a little bit more in the pen, this team get get a wild card and win the first wild card round. THAT would mean a lot to the team itself and the fans. Then add Trea Turner in the off-season and you have a definite 2023 contender.

zambonir 2022-07-13 02:53:05 UTC #27

I mean, it could happen. Split the first two games against the Dodgers or the Mets and you want someone good for Game 3. But still tough to win that on the road against a better team. The gap is still pretty real because of our poor defense, streaky hitting and combination of older banged up players and still inconsistent young players.

And for all we know Nola and Wheeler might not be lined up to open that series, if the race goes down to the wire.

Plus the future of this team after 2023 gets shaky if you are too aggressive winning now. DD has to keep in mind that balance. Also, more cynically, I'm not sure they will spend big (in trade price or $) if it doesn't get them any home games (they'd have to wait until Game 3 of the NLDS, best-case).

It would be different if they were in a one-team race for the division, or the wild card for that matter. But they have to pass both the Mets and Braves for the former, and contend with 2 or even more teams for the latter.

It won't be boring though. They'll do more/better than the past two seasons.

zambonir 2022-07-15 21:20:52 UTC #28

Still a pretty slow market in general I'd say, even rumor-wise. Will change after the break of course.

bkox 2022-07-16 19:24:23 UTC #29

Looks like another CF off the market:

Aquapong 2022-07-22 21:50:03 UTC #30

I actually just read an article that said we should trade for Madbum. Unless we’re buying their Cf prospect too, no deal.

andyb 2022-07-22 22:56:38 UTC #31

Figuring out what is going on with Eflin is probably important. Obviously they could add a starter and move Ranger to the bullpen, but Eflin has now been out for a long period and there has really not been too much chatter on where he is in his rehab.

bkox 2022-07-22 23:29:24 UTC #32

Actually... ask and ye shall recieve

The post-break news on Eflin was mixed. He had an MRI on his sore right knee Monday. It showed no structural damage. However, there is still no timetable for his return to the rotation.

Eflin has been sidelined since June 26 and feeling pain in the knee since tweaking it while making a fielding play on June 9. The initial diagnosis was a bruise on the fat pad (the soft tissue) under the kneecap. That issue has cleared. According to the Phillies’ medical staff, the pitcher is now dealing with patellofemoral pain.

Thomson said the plan was to treat Eflin’s condition with an aggressive program to strengthen the area around the knee. In the meantime, Eflin will be able to play catch, but he won’t throw off a mound.

andyb 2022-07-22 23:33:36 UTC #33

Sounds like we won't be able to know before the deadline so we can't count on him.

zambonir 2022-07-22 23:46:07 UTC #34

I'm not not interested in MadBum. But that's one of those deals where you give up nothing and Arizona still picks up $. Or Familia.

bkox 2022-07-22 23:55:08 UTC #35

We’ve acquired IF Daniel Vogelbach from Pittsburgh in exchange for RHP Colin Holderman. pic.twitter.com/dSodgZKvea
— New York Mets ( @Mets ) July 22, 2022

ahb 2022-07-23 16:24:40 UTC #36

I do think now MIGHT be a sell high opportunity on McGarry. Certainly risky cause if he does continue to improve control the upside is very high, but also seem like a real chance that he doesn’t, he flounders in the upper minors, and this is the peak of his value.

I’d certainly not give him away but I’d be open to including him in the right deal.

Aquapong 2022-07-23 16:30:53 UTC #37

Surprisingly little chatter only two weeks before the deadline.

bkox 2022-07-23 16:31:00 UTC #38

Mets acquiring catcher Michael Perez from Pirates for cash considerations. Mets need immediate catching help,
— Jon Heyman ( @JonHeyman ) July 23, 2022

allentown 2022-07-23 18:47:25 UTC #39

Teams driven by loser-think trade their top prospects because they fear they can't guide them to success. Winner-think teams benefit from the low-cost contributors they produce, confident in the knowledge that they know their strengths and weaknesses and can continue their development as useful MLB players. When teams engage in loser-think long enough, it becomes self-fulfilling, because quality baseball professionals choose not to work for them.

California_Dreamin 2022-07-23 19:47:01 UTC #40

allentown...couldn't agree more. All this talk of move Rojas, trade McGarry, give up one of Abel/Painter for...drum roll, a pitcher who likely becomes no better than the 4th starter and then leaves after the 2023 season as a free agent. I have a novel, but perhaps better idea. How about finding guys that can develop this young talent so that perhaps in a few years Rojas will be stealing bases for the Phillies will tracking down fly balls in assisting McGarry, Abel and Painter to some wins.

One of the ironies of so many of the Phillie sites that I peruse is that some of the very phans who lamented the hiring of Dombrowski because he was notorious for trading top end minor league talent for veteran help immediately are now proposing the same things.

Look, it would be nice to get to the playoffs and maybe win 1 series. But for the first time since the Arbuckle Era there are actually a few minor leaguers that we can actually dream on...not enough to fill a grocery cart but maybe more than enough to fill a grocery bag. Let's please keep them. Watching Curtis Mead next year is going to be painful enough. I really don't want to watch the likes of Rojas, McGarry, Abel and Painter succeed elsewhere also. Let's at least give Barber and Mattingly a fighting chance to succeed before adopting a "same old, same old" approach that has gotten us exactly nowhere for the best decade.