Phillies Acquire CF Brandon Marsh from Angels for C Logan O'Hoppe

[Austinfan]

If Hoskins was merely an average fielder we might extend him, but he's bad, as we've seen in the playoffs.
And as a DH, he's a run of the mill hitter.

Rojas has tremendous upside, no one is giving you anything close to his upside, and the Phillies have plenty of second tier talent, they need to hold onto assets with 1st tier potential (Rojas, Painter, Abel).

[phillychuck]

AF, the exact same argument held for not trading O'Hoppe for Marsh. O'Hoppe is an asset with first tier potential, too. What if you could trade Rojas for Anthony Volpe? Do you still have to hold on to him? I'm not saying DD would trade him for Clayton Kershaw or Joey Votto. Just that he might think of trading him at his peak for a young player who would fit better if they are committed to Marsh. I wouldn't trade him, but DD might.

[zambonir]

I just don't think Rhys's trade value exceeds the value of his production + a comp pick. And while they might get something for him at the deadline playing all his salary hard to see that scenario if they are contending.

Bohm sticking at 3B changes things somewhat too.

The way things are going right now anything could happen. NLCS MVP and an extension? But Dombrowski's also a wheeler-dealer.

[Austinfan]

I don't think they saw O'Hoppe as a potential elite talent, he's a little stiff athletically to excel as a defensive catcher, and if you move him to 1B/DH/RF his hitting may make him a good but not special player.

Rojas has five tools and has the potential (that dirty word) to be an exceptional CF.

Marsh and Rojas are both more risky than O'Hoppe, who is a good bet to be a solid hitter.

Rojas of course is still unknown, and Marsh has the tools to be as good a hitter as O'Hoppe, he's still only 24 but has plus power, plus speed, but missing that year in AAA raises questions in terms of how good a hitter he'll be down the road.He has both flashed and struggled in the majors, and that makes him the kind of player who's a mystery box - maybe Long can fix things and he explodes onto the scene next year, maybe those flaws are innate.