Writer: Frank Klose
Reported Phillies – Blue Jays Trade Discussion Squashed
Published13 Nov 2013
Last night's report by Fox 29's Howard Eskin that the Phillies were "deep" in discussions with the Toronto Blue Jays about trading Domonic Brown towards Jose Bautista caused a lot of Phillies fervor on the internet.
Today, Jon Heyman of CBS Sports squashed the rumor:
just to clear something up, #blueJays arent trading jose bautista for dom brown. not even close.
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeymanCBS) November 13, 2013
I doubt the idea of the trade is totally made up. I think what Phillies fans can get from this is that 1) The Phillies do need to get right-handed and 2) Domonic Brown is indeed on the table as a potential trade chip.
People like to hate on Howard Eskin, but he has been in the business a long time. Remember, it was a San Francisco television sports anchor that originally reported the Hunter Pence trade. While others snickered he happened to be right. That doesn't mean that Eskin is, but I would not be surprised if the two teams did not have discussions.
The General Manager meetings in Orlando continue, so expect some more rumors this week.
