MLB Trade Scenarios: 6 Ideas to Solve the Raul Ibanez Problem
May 13, 2011 by Michael Fogliano
Filed under Fan News
The issue of Raul Ibanez in left field was an obstacle that the Phillies‘ management new would come up soon.
Despite his recent success, we all know that Ibanez’ time is coming to an end fast. Ibanez is a 39-year-old veteran who is on a hot surge as of late, but realistically this won’t last for too long.
In his last year of his contract at an old age, it will be very hard for Philly to find a suitor for him.
In the following slides, we’ll go through possible trades that could happen between the Phillies and other teams. All of them will involve the Phillies giving up prospects, but that’s just the way deals work in the MLB.
Considering it is early in the season, this is much more of a prediction/educated guess of the future, because not many rumors have been spread about Ibanez and the Phillies thus far.