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White Sox’s sky-high price forced Phillies out of Luis Robert Jr. deadline pursuit

The 2025 trade deadline has come and gone and with it the hopes that the the Philadelphia Phillies would land a big outfield bat. The Phillies did make a giant splash by acquiring closer Jhoan Duran for the bullpen. However, their outfield addition of Harrison Bader wasn't quite the big move fans were hoping for as the 6 p.m. ET deadline passed.

Bader is certainly a solid player on both sides of the ball and will help this lacking Phillies outfield. But he's not going to bring the top-end talent of rumored targets Steven Kwan of the Cleveland Guardians and the Chicago White Sox's Luis Robert Jr.