The Philadelphia Phillies, per Jon Heyman of Audacy Sports, are interested in free-agent outfielder Starling Marte.
This was an expected development, given that the biggest need on the Phillies roster may be in center field. Odúbel Herrera was recently outrighted and elected free agency, and president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski cast doubt this week on whether Mickey Moniak or Adam Haseley is in the team’s plans to open the 2022 season.
While the New York Mets, San Francisco Giants and New York Yankees are among the teams that could also be suitors for Marte, I projected that the Phillies would sign Marte to a four-year/$72 million deal in my free agent predictions for Audacy Sports.