Categories: Offseason

Rumors: Phillies looking into Archer, Duffy, Stroman

The Phillies have wanted a young, controllable starter for some time, and have talked about using the trade market to find that value. Now reports indicate that the Phils are, in fact, scouring the market for a trade partner.

According to numerous reports, chronicled by MLB Trade Rumors, the Phils are interested in Marcus Stroman, Danny Duffy and Chris Archer as potential acquisitions.

Either one of these three would signify an upgrade from most of the rotation pieces from 2017. But each would also cost a significant amount of prospects – especially Stroman.

We ran through the top starting pitching trade targets in our Offseason Overview series. Of the group, we left out Stroman because we felt he wouldn’t be on the market (and it looks as if the Blue Jays are steadfast on holding onto him), but we listed Archer and Duffy as our No. 1 and No. 2 targets, respectively.

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.