He wasn’t supposed to be here, was he? Tommy Joseph spent a beautiful summer afternoon Monday lashing base hits to right field, three in all, and driving in two runs and helping the Phillies finish off a four-game sweep of the Atlanta Braves with a 7-6 victory, and, all the while, time was ticking down on Major League Baseball’s 4 p.m. trade deadline. Pat Neshek: gone. Howie Kendrick: gone. Jeremy Hellickson: gone. Joaquin Benoit: gone within minutes of the final pitch of the Phillies’ win. It was natural, for a time, to think Joseph would be shoving his clothes and sliding his bats into his bags soon enough, too.
Joseph last man standing for Phillies at trade deadline, but for how much longer?
