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As the Phillies enter a full-blown rebuilding period, they’ve begun to dismantle the core of the team that won the World Series back in 2008. Jimmy Rollins signed with the Dodgers in the offseason. Cole Hamels was sent to the Rangers at the trade deadline.
The next piece that many expected to move was Chase Utley. The Hall of Fame caliber second baseman struggled mightily this year, but he’d figured things out enough in the last month or so to make him an attractive trade candidate.