Starting the second half on a bitter be aware (2-7), the Philadelphia Phillies are limping towards the Aug. 3 commerce deadline.
President of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski can pull out a miracle simply as his counterpart Mike Gansey did with the Philadelphia 76ers when he signed LeBron James. However the Phillies might have to half with a few of their greatest gamers within the farm system to perform one thing of that magnitude.
The Phillies might be open to buying and selling Andrew Painter and Gage Wooden for “the correct deal”
The Phillies do not have a lot of their farm system to get a franchise-altering deal carried out, however they do have just a few gamers that might assist reshape the roster. In keeping with NBC Sports activities Philadelphia’s Jim Salisbury (h/t 97.5 The Fanatic), for the “proper deal,” the Phillies might be prepared to commerce prime arms Andrew Painter and Gage Wooden.
Wooden is the Phillies’ prime prospect and is ranked forty eighth on MLB Pipeline’s Prime 100. On the identical time, Painter additionally appeared on the Prime 100 getting into the season (he is since graduated from the listing). He was a former first-round choose (thirteenth general in 2021) and made his main league debut this season.
