The Phillies are 0.5 games back of the Mets heading into August. Which team is in better position to win the National League East?

What’s most important, perhaps, is that the Phillies did not trade the prospects they feel are key to the organization’s ...

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Step 1 for Hunter Greene is complete. He made it back. Now to work on Step 2 – the exit strategy. Too soon to talk trading him in offseason?

The Twins-Phillies trade that sent star closer Jhoan Duran to Philadelphia has drawn mixed reviews, but there's no debate about the Duran deal triggering angry memories of how the Twins wasted ...

This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/mets as Insider reveals Mets pitching prospects' impact on trade deadline strategy.

Something needed to give for the Phillies. Their trade for Duran gives them a needed back-end arm. The now-former Twins star has made 49 appearances out of the Minnesota bullpen.