Shane Victorino

ESPN.com's Keith Law joined Mike Gill on the Sports Bash, Wednesday and offered his scouting reports on the players the Phillies received in return for Shane Victorino and Hunter Pence. Phillies acquired catcher Tommy Joseph, outfielder Nate Schierholtz and pitcher Seth Rosin from the Giants for Pence and cash considerations and acquired pitchers Josh Lindblom and Ethan Martin and a player to be n

The Philadelphia Phillies who in pure "firesale" mode unloaded two of their outfielders before the MLB non-waiver trade deadline Tuesday afternoon. After 8 years, 2 All-Star game appearances and 3 Gold Gloves, he is now heading back to the organization that drafted him, the Los Angeles Dodgers...

With the Phillies season pretty much over, the trade deadline might just be the most exciting thing left for baseball fans in the Delaware Valley.  Here are the latest rumors to keep an eye on as the Tuesday, 4pm deadline approaches: We also talked to two MLB Insiders about the deadline, ESPN's Buster Olney and for MLB GM, Jim Bowden Buster Olney: Jim Bowden:

And not necessarily among others. Davidoff (New York Post) notes the folly in (1) holding out hope for Brett Garnder, who’s only played nine games this season and, after suffering his third setback rehabbing a right elbow, doesn’t look to be playing too many more (2) relying on Raul Ibanez (40) and Andruw Jones (35) the rest of the way, (3) banking on Kosuke Fukudome (just three days younger

Danny Knobler of CBSSports.com reports that the Dodgers are considered longshots to trade for Cole Hamels

AUDIO (CSN Philly): With the Phillies officially reeling -- Sunday's 4-3 loss to the Braves capped their fourth series sweep this season, their 10th in their last 11 and 25th since June 1, sent them into the All-Star break with their worst record (37-50) since 1997 (when they were 24-61) and with their deepest NL East hole (14 games) since 2002 (then 16 back) -- Charlie Manuel says he's out of

One of the biggest questions the rest of this month will be buyer or seller? Right now the Phillies appear to be in stand pat mode, waiting for their injured stars to regain past form.  Could they deal a guy like Jim Thome or another veteran high-priced player...

This is a real interesting question right now, but right at this moment the Phillies are probably

At least per his sources.

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