After six seasons of monumental highs and devastating lows, the Phillies are expected to trade Maikel Franco this offseason. Philadelphia hasn’t had a permanent fixture at third base since trading Scott Rolen in 2002, and Franco is now another piece of the puzzle that never came together.
Philadelphia has two options when it comes to moving on from Franco this offseason: they can trade him or decline to tender him a contract. Franco is projected to earn $6.7 million, a monumental fee for a third baseman who hit .234 last season.
In our FanSided offseason mock we were very close to non-tendering Franco before we got a call from the representatives from the Detroit Tigers.