The Phillies will be "in on everything," a source told MLB.com's Jon Morosi.
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With Andrew McCutchen now done for the season with a torn ACL, Odubel Herrera on adminstrative leave, plus injuries to David Robertson, Tommy Hunter, Pat Neshek, and Adam Morgan in bullpen, combined with a somewhat shaky right-handed starting pitching rotation and the front office's desire to spend and make the postseason, the Phillies are extreme buyers.
One of the main targets of the Phillies all season long has been closer Craig Kimbrel.
"The Phillies could allocate $10 million or more to Kimbrel over the rest of the season and still remain comfortably under the luxury tax threshold of $206 million," Morosi wrote.
Kimbrel, who will turn 31 on May 28th, is a free-agent after teams balked at his contract requests this offseason. He reportedly began the offseason looking for a deal in excess of $100 million over six years. After a brutal postseason—he posted a 5.91 ERA in nine appearances during the Boston Red Sox World Series run—he wasn't going to touch that asking price.
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The Phillies are currently 34-27, 0.5 games ahead of the Atlanta Braves in the NL East, a team that is reportedly out on Kimbrel. Philadelphia acquired outfielder Jay Bruce this past weekend, who hit two home runs in Tuesday night's win.
The MLB trade deadline is on July 31st and you can expect Matt Klentak to make another move or two or three.
