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Report: Chase Utley Never Really Wanted to Go Anywhere
By Jim Adair
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With each passing day, it seems that two things happen: 1) The odds of a Chase Utley trade becomes less and less likely, and 2) Chase gets a fresh batch of gray hairs on his beautiful head.
Ken Rosenthal, the O.G. Nutty Professor of baseball, offered up slightly conflicting reports last night. “Utley … wants to join a contender on the West Coast and preferably in his native Southern California, according to two executives involved in the discussions,” lil’ Rosie reported. “[But] while a trade still appears logical, Utley never has asked for a deal and would leave the Phillies only reluctantly, sources say.”
Utley wants to go to a West Coast contender, but that’s really only if his hand is forced. He’d rather stay here, get playing time, and play out the rest of his career as a Phillie. Those bookend ideas sound fine, but the whole “playing time” issue may be the sticky one.
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.