The Major League Baseball Trade Deadline is on Tuesday, August 1st at 6:00pm E.T. and the Philadelphia Phillies are expected to be buyers.
Here is a look at all the chronological and player-categorized rumors involving the Phillies leading up to the deadline.
Rodolfo Castro
PHILLIES ACQUIRE INFIELDER RODOLFO CASTRO
Michael Lorenzen
PHILLIES ACQUIRE RHP MICHAEL LORENZEN FROM THE TIGERS
Dylan Cease
White Sox are taking "more serious offers" for Cease (Sherman)
Justin Verlander
August 1st: Phillies do not appear involved in the Verlander talks (Morosi)
August 1st: Mystery teams emerging, other than the Astros and Dodgers (Heyman)
Ty France and Teoscar Hernandez
July 31st: Phillies, Blue Jays, Giants among teams interested in Hernandez (Morosi)
July 31st: Phillies among several teams looking for a right-handed hitter from the Mariners (Morosi)
Starting pitcher buyers
July 31st: Phillies among a long list of teams in the market for a starting pitcher (Morosi)
Mark Canha
July 30th: Phillies among four teams looking at right-handed bats, as Mets look to sell Tommy Pham and Mark Canha (Morosi)
Tommy Pham
July 23rd: "The Phillies are targeting a right-handed corner outfielder in the trade market and would love to land Pham from the Mets." (Bob Nightengale)
Juan Soto
July 18th: Dave Dombrowski says Bryce Harper moving to first base will allow the Phillies to move Kyle Schwarber to the DH and allow them to possibly add an outfielder, creating more speculation about the Phils' interest in Soto (Jon Heyman's Podcast)
Shohei Ohtani
July 26th: Angels have taken Shohei Ohtani off of the trade market, per Tom Verducci.
July 20th: Angels will likely wait until a day or two before the Aug. 1st trade deadline to decide if they will trade Ohtani, per Jon Morosi.
Paul Goldschmidt
June 16th: MLB.com lists Phillies as "ideal" fit for Goldschmidt
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