The Phillies actually just got the worst possible MLB trade deadline news originally appeared on The Sporting News.
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There’s been one constant for the Philadelphia Phillies over the past few years, and that’s their inability to find a right-handed bat who can come in and make a difference.
Unfortunately for Philadelphia, a lot of that focus has been centered around adding a right-handed-hitting outfielder. The Phillies, unfortunately, have had to go the platoon route multiple times now and haven’t been able to get the player they need.
Unfortunately for Philadelphia, the latest report from Jeff Passan is far from ideal. Passan reports that right-handed bats who could come in and make a difference for any team right now aren’t available, giving the Phillies something they absolutely have to hope changes over the next few weeks.
“Right-handed bats. Certainly, there are possibilities that attractive ones move. But so many of the potential players worth targeting (Byron Buxton, Shea Langeliers, Hunter Goodman, Willson Contreras, Pena, Paredes) are, at the moment, available only for an outlandish return.
“Should the Angels decide to deal Zach Neto, that would at least bring one impact type to the party. But as it stands now, there is not a single impactful right-handed bat who is certain to move by Aug. 3,” Passan of ESPN wrote.
The hope here is that Philadelphia will look into a right-handed bat who isn’t available at the moment, but a team can make a major proposal to land any of those guys.
Whether it was somebody like Byron Buxton, Shea Langeliers, or anybody else, Philadelphia would be in a much better spot with one of those guys in its lineup.
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