Brad Lidge, Jose Contreras and Ryan Madson are all really talented relievers. They've also all spent time this season on the disabled list, so with the Philadelphia Phillies clearly looking like World Series contenders, it makes sense that they'd be interested in finding some bullpen insurance. And it makes sense that they'd be interested in finding some really good bullpen insurance. So, Joel Sherman:
MLB Trade Rumors: Phillies Reportedly ‘Aggressive’ On Heath Bell, Mike Adams
The Phillies have been linked to Heath Bell and Mike Adams from the get-go, because Heath Bell and Mike Adams are great relievers on a bad baseball team. Bell is the more affordable of the two, since he's on the verge of free agency, but Adams is the better of the two, so it makes for an interesting situation in which Bell and Adams end up connected. Where one is involved in a rumor, so, it seems, is the other.
The Phillies are not the only team in pursuit of these guys, but - at least according to Sherman - they’re evidently one of fewer than the Padres expected, at least so far. But things have a way of developing awful fast as the deadline sneaks up.
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