The Phillies have had a busy offseason thus far, agreeing to contracts with Trea Turner, Taijuan Walker, and Matt Strahm. While those free agent deals have appeared to help the Phillies’ chances in the National League East, their rivals - or at least some of their rivals - have been busy as well.
Let’s take a look at what the other East teams have been up to:
Braves trade for Sean Murphy
Full trade, per ESPN sources:
Atlanta gets: C Sean Murphy
Oakland gets: LHP Kyle Muller, UT Esteury Ruiz, RHP Freddy Tarnok, RHP Royber Salinas, C Manny Piña
Milwaukee gets: C William Contreras, RHP Justin Yeager, RHP Joel Payamps— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) December 12, 2022The biggest takeaway from this trade is that the Oakland Athletics are a disgrace and should probably be contracted if they’re not even going to pretend to field a competitive team.