Phillies Trade Grades: Analyzing Every Deadline Move and Non-Move
August 3, 2011 by Susan Cohen-Dickler
Filed under Fan News
The 2011 Major League Baseball Trade Deadline has come and gone. On July 31 when the clock struck 4, it was bluetooths off and blackberries down for exhausted GM’s across the league. It was an active trade deadline period with lots of players changing uniforms. But now that the texting has cleared and we’ve had a couple of days to clear our heads, how did GM Ruben Amaro and the Phillies really fare?
In order to give Ruben an accurate grade it’s critical to look at more than just who is now wearing Phillies red. So get out your scorecards and play along as we take a look at who they got, who they gave up, what they didn’t get and how it all stacks up with the moves made by baseball’s other top teams.
Are you with me? I told you to get out your scorecards. Here we go.