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Power Ranking the Phillies Trade Deadline

As expected, the Phillies were active at the trade deadline this year. They made the obvious and long-rumored trades of Jonathan Papelbon and Cole Hamels as well as a slightly more surprising one in dealing Ben Revere to Toronto. Trades are typically evaluated on a framework that takes into account how the move affects a team's ability to win both immediately and in the future. As I noted, though, we're nearly a week removed from the deadline, so those evaluations have been done at various outlets.

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