Trades the Phillies didn’t make

With today being September 1st, we are now exactly one month removed from the MLB trade deadline. By now you’re acquainted with who the Phillies and Dave Dombrowski did acquire before the clock struck 6 pm on August 1st. But if you remember, the biggest discussion topic by the time it was 6:01 was why didn’t the Phillies trade for an outfielder.

There were a multitude of names connected to the Phillies around the deadline rumor mill. Some more than others, but here’s a list of the most commonly referred to names:

Tommy Pham

Tyler O’Neil

Adam Duvall

Mark Canha

Randal Grichuk

Hunter Renfroe

One by one they began to fly off the board or weren’t traded at all. The Phillies elected to continue to roll…