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Phillies 2016 Center Field Choice

This offseason, the Phillies made a somewhat shrewd move in acquiring outfielder Peter Bourjos via waivers from the St. Louis Cardinals. I call it shrewd because Bourjos was someone who might have seemed an unnecessary addition.

This is when considering that at the time, the team already had Odubel Herrera and Aaron Altherr pretty much guaranteed roles as starters in the outfield, and owned the top pick in the Rule 5 draft, one that would produce another outfielder in Tyler Goeddel.

These three would have formed a decent (and cheap) outfield that, assuming their speed stayed intact, would have been a dramatic improvement defensively over what the Phillies trotted out last year.