On Wednesday, the Philadelphia Phillies acquired Jhoan Duran. Duran clocks in with a 100.7 MPH fastball and a sneaky splinker that some say is one of his only long-term bets.
Duran prided himself on the love of the Minnesota Twins organization and leaves no doubt his time was treasured. The Phillies, on the other hand, are cocky and might rub him the wrong way with President of Baseball Ops Dave Dombrowski steering ship.
Dombrowski wanted it this way as Mets rival acquired Ryan Helsley from the St. Louis Cardinals.
The Phillies will bring in the snake after Jordan Romano, Orion Kerkering, and others wavered throughout the season. Duran is used to throwing multiple scoreless innings at some points and records a sharp 2.01 ERA.
Nothing can devastate the basic battle in the NL East as the Mets currently lead by one and the Phillies forfeit Mick Abel and prospect Eduardo Tait which is tearing in itself.
Tait might be the only repercussion as time lingers as Phillies management likes to surrender talent in the past such as Logan O‘Hoppe with a rising potential catcher bat.
In other ways than not, Abel’s time ended shortly but not for long in MLB.
Duran is a good deal for now but overall. The Phillies acquired a short term piece who is under team control until 2027.
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