Cliff Lee #36 of the Seattle Mariners (Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images)
These eight Halloween-scary trades still haunt the Phillies, years later.
Over the years, the Philadelphia Phillies have made their fair share of excellent trades; the most recent example is former general manager Matt Klentak acquiring slugger Jay Bruce from the Seattle Mariners seemingly for free.
On the other hand, there are many more examples of trades that simply did not work out. Even some, that still haunt the Phillies to this day. In the spirit of Halloween, we look back at eight such “scary” trades from 2005-2020.