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Ex-Phillies reliever retires, a reminder of failed Lee trade

Pitcher Phillippe Aumont #48 of the Philadelphia Phillies (Photo by Drew Hallowell/Getty Images)

Former Phillies reliever Phillippe Aumont, acquired in the Cliff Lee trade, has retired to pursue a career in farming

Former Philadelphia Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. made some great trades to help prolong the team’s postseason window of success in the late 2000s and early 2010s.

Amaro Jr. acquiring eventual Hall of Fame starting pitcher Roy Halladay from the Toronto Blue Jays stands out the most.

But, even moves that we can now look back on as successful, there were some bad ones as well.