Philadelphia Phillies Lose To A Rival In A Blockbuster Trade: Top Trade Target

One of the Philadelphia Phillies’ main trade targets, the Los Angeles Dodgers, was lost.

After acquiring Carlos Estevez from the Los Angeles Angels, the Philadelphia Phillies are still looking for a reliever, but one of their main trade targets is no longer available.

Reliever Michael Kopech of the Chicago White Sox was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday as part of a three-team deal involving the St. Louis Cardinals. The Cardinals are getting Tommy Pham and Erick Fedde, the Dodgers are getting Kopech and Tommy Edman, and the White Sox are getting Miguel Vargas and three prospects.

They The scuffling Phillies will not like hearing this. but he also chose to play for one of their strongest rivals. Los Angeles and the other club are likely to face each other in the postseason even if they are in different divisions.

In 43 2/3 innings, Kopech, 28, was 2-8 with a 4.74 ERA, nine saves, and fifty-nine strikeouts for Chicago. The Dodgers, whose ninth-inning situation is uncertain because of Evan Phillips’ recent troubles, might use the hard-throwing righty to close.

Philadelphia will have to change course in the interim if it wants to add another impact reliever. The Phillies have until tomorrow at 6 p.m. ET to locate a replacement, as that is the MLB Trade Deadline.

Tanner Scott of the Miami Marlins, Cal Quantrill of the Colorado Rockies, Dylan Floro or Kyle Finnegan of the Washington Nationals, and Pete Fairbanks of the Tampa Bay Rays are further choices.

Philadelphia needs to move quickly to avoid losing out on another reliever.