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River Ave. Blues ยป Madden: Phillies wanted Aaron Judge for Marlon Byrd at trade deadline

Madden: Phillies wanted Aaron Judge for Marlon Byrd at trade deadline

August 6, 2014 by Mike 72 Comments

Deadline pickups already paying big dividends in the field
Game 113: Bounce Back

Via Bill Madden: The Phillies wanted top outfield prospect Aaron Judge in exchange for Marlon Byrd at the trade deadline. The report comes after Phillies GM Ruben Amaro Jr. told Matt Gelb his deadline inactivity was due to other teams not being aggressive enough. Other reports indicate clubs did not believe Philadelphia had sincere interest in moving their players given their unwillingness to negotiate.

Judge, 22, is having a monster year after being selected with the second of the Yankees’ three first round picks last summer. He’s hitting .319/.429/.509 (165 wRC+) with 20 doubles, 15 homers, and a system-leading 74 walks in 108 games split between Low-A Charleston and High-A Tampa. Judge for Byrd is silly and the Yankees would never do it, but I don’t think there’s anything wrong with initially asking for a big return. If teams never did that, there wouldn’t be any Scott Kazmir for Victor Zambrano trades. It’s the unwillingness to budge that’s the real problem. For the Phillies, anyway.

Deadline pickups already paying big dividends in the field
Game 113: Bounce Back

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