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David Murphy

David Murphy: Phillies have three big reasons to be patient at this year’s trade deadline

Patience is not an easy thing to preach in the last week of June. But that’s where the Phillies are. Time is the only thing that can solve their issues. The only reinforcements they need are already on the roster. They are Andy Dufresne in The Shawshank Redemption. Their salvation lies within.

We’ve reached the point of the baseball calendar where the buyers assess their needs and the sellers assess their best chance at exploiting them.

The bad news is that the Phillies have a lot of needs. The good news is that they already have the players who can fill them.

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