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A Chase Utley Trade Now Seems Imminent
By Jim Adair
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According to reports, Chase Utley is likely to be traded today to either the Dodgers or the Angels, or stay a Phillie for the rest of the year. First brought up by Ken Rosenthal, today seems to be judgement day for Utley. The Dodgers and Angels were said to be front-runners – with Todd Zolecki saying the Dodgers are getting close and could send a “decent prospect” – and Jim Salisbury pointed out that Utley will sit out today’s game, but if he’s still a Phillie after today he’ll remain here for the rest of the season.
Should be a not at all stressful next eight and a half hours.
UPDATE: Utley is officially out of tonight’s lineup.
UPDATE 2: According to lil’ Rosie, the Dodgers and Phillies are talking about swapping Utley for two minor leaguers, with “LAD assuming ~$2M of Utley’s remaining ~$6M obligation.”
UPDATE 3: Deal not signed but agreed to, according to Heyman. Rosenthal’s details above are accurate.
UPDATE 4: With nothing yet official, Utley took the field in uniform for warmups.
When he's not writing about sports here or ranting about them on Twitter, Jim is probably watching X-Files on Netflix or drinking a beer somewhere. Jim has nothing against hockey, it's just not his style. He once met Duce Staley at a Sixers game.