December 04, 2022
The hot stove continues to heat up as the MLB Winter Meetings gets going. It's not news that the Phillies are interested in signing a shortstop, but which one will they came away with? Trea Turner appears to be the favorite, but a new report from MLB Network's Jon Morosi indicates that the Phils are "showing active interest" in Dansby Swanson:
Sources: #Cubs and #Phillies among teams showing active interest in free agent Dansby Swanson, ahead of next week's winter meetings in San Diego. @MLBNetwork @MLB
— Jon Morosi (@jonmorosi) December 3, 2022
It had previously been reported that the Phillies would meet with all four big-name shortstops on the market: Turner, Swanson, Carlos Correa and Xander Bogaerts.
Turner, Correa and Bogaerts are in a different tier than Swanson, to me at least. The Phillies may be interested in Swanson and are going to do all their homework before giving out a gigantic contract, but that would be a little underwhelming for Phils fans after all the buzz about Turner and, to a lesser degree, Bogaerts.
Swanson, who turns 29 in February, has spent the first seven years of his career with Atlanta. His career OPS is .738. He made his first All-Star team and won his first Gold Glove Award in 2022.
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