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Off-Season Report Card: Don’t Trade for a Closer

It’s been a while since we’ve talked. Outside of the Phillies in Review series, the last you heard of me was the mock off-season back in early November.

There will be a handful of different installments of the Report Card this off-season. The next one will probably discuss some of the long-term questions this team could have.

For now, I picked out some of the debates that have crossed Phillies Twitter this off-season. You’ll probably understand one of them from the headline.

Don’t Spend Big for a Closer

After Craig Kimbrel’s eighth-inning disaster in game four of the NLCS, the general reaction has been that they need a closer that can go in the ninth inning.