The Phillies didn’t trade for Juan Soto. They didn’t get Luis Castillo. They didn’t acquire Frankie Montas or Tyler Mahle, and they didn’t pry Ian Happ away from the Cubs.
(By the way, what on earth are the Cubs doing? Keeping Willson Contreras and Happ?)
Reluctant to give up any of their Big-3 pitching prospects, Mick Abel, Andrew Painter or Griff McGarry, team president Dave Dombrowski added depth to their $230 million roster at yesterday’s trade deadline.
It was the right thing.
They traded for Noah Sydergaard, the former flame-thrower who “only” throws 94 mph now, to be their No.