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Rumor: Phillies interested in outfielder Angel Pagan

Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports tweeted Thursday that the Phillies are “connected” to free agent outfielder Angel Pagan.

Pagan, 35, hit .277/.331/.418 with 12 home runs last year for the Giants.

From the naked eye this makes no sense. Pagan is a veteran outfielder (a la Howie Kendrick and Michael Saunders) who would need everyday innings. Considering the prospect logjam in the outfield, why the heck would the Phils take on another older outfielder?

But there are scenarios that would result in some sort of last-minute outfield addition:

The Phillies are worried about Kendrick (.182/.196/.469) and Saunders (.200/.308/.597) after tepid springs.
There’s some lingering injury concern that has the Phils searching the outfield ranks for another name.

There’s an infielder trade in the works, which would move Kendrick to second base and open an outfield spot.

So those are the scenarios, and I suppose the Phils wouldn’t yet be sold on either Aaron Altherr or Roman Quinn being everyday major league outfielders right now.

But, that said, this is a Jon Heyman rumor about the Phils being “connected” to Pagan. Take it for exactly what it is: a rumor.

Tim Malcolm

Tim first found the Phillies as a little infant at Veteran’s Stadium, cheering on a Juan Samuel game-winning home run in his very first game. With the pinstripes in his blood, he witnessed Terry Mulholland’s 1990 no-hitter, “Steve Carlton Night” at the Vet, game three of the 1993 World Series, countless games during the charmed 2008 championship season and various road excursions. Since November 2007 Tim’s been writing about them daily at Phillies Nation, becoming one of the world’s most popular Phillies scribes. You can catch him on Twitter and Facebook, as well. When he’s not talking about the Phils he’s relaxing with a St. Bernardus ABT 12 or one of his many favored brews.