Phillies and Blue Jays could make easy $150M trade to solve two issues

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>We all know that the Philadelphia Phillies are looking to add a right-handed-hitting outfielder at Major League Baseball's trade deadline.

>The only question is who the Phillies will pursue, as there aren't exactly a ton of perfect names available for them to consider. Among the options, one recently floated name would be very interesting to look at. It was none other than Toronto Blue Jays outfielder and World Series champion George Springer.

>“Springer has pedigree — he's won World Series MVP, has four All-Star nods and three Silver Sluggers,” Evan Macy wrote.

>“He's also about to come off the books from the struggling defending AL champs. But he's having his worst offensive season as a pro, hitting just .215 through 51 games. Perhaps he's a candidate for a change of scenery?”

>Springer, a four-time All-Star, World Series MVP, and three-time Silver Slugger Award winner, isn't the same player he once was at 36 years old.

>However, he has Northeast ties after growing up in Connecticut, going to Avon Old Farms School in Avon, Connecticut, and the University of Connecticut.

>He could be interested in returning closer to home, and if you can get back to the Springer that everybody knows he can be, it would be a very intriguing move to make.

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