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Philadelphia Phillies swung big and landed the Minnesota twins closer Jhoan Duran in a strong move before the MLB trading deadline, according to several reports.
Philadelphia searched for a reliever with high leverage, and with the twins in full sales, they jumped after veteran Duran, who has 16 savings for the twins in 49 games this year.
Phillies reportedly sends two of their top views, right -handed Mick Abel and Catcher Eduardo Tait, to the twins as the core of the trade, per. USA Today.
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Minnesota Twins Relief Pitcher Jhoan Duran (59) responds after the final out of the ninth lap against Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. (Jayne Kamin-Concea-Published Pictures)
Duran was one of the biggest trading goals this summer considering the twins’ attitude and how valuable he is for a franchise trying to get a world series to push.
Phillies needed some bullpen help, and Dave Dombrowski unloaded sought -after prospects to make sure the team had one of the best closers in the game on their side for the rest of the year.
Twins closer fuel
Duran with a triple digit fastball and one of the best splitters in the whole baseball, has settled to a 2.47 ERA during his career, which includes 74 rescues over 83 chances in the last four seasons overall.
Minnesota Twins Relief Pitcher Jhoan Duran (59) seats in the ninth round against Colorado Rockies on Coors Field. (Isaiah J. Downing-IMAGN PICTURES)
Duran’s production is worthy of some major trading pieces, but it is the fact that he is under team control until the 2028 season. So this deal is helping now and for the next two Phillies campaigns.
Philadelphia has searched for that trip back to the World Series, which last came in 2022 when they lost to Houston Astros in six matches.
They came to NLCS in 2023, but lost Game 7 to Arizona Diamondbacks. Then by 2024, Phillies couldn’t handle the New York Mets and lost in four matches in the Division Division series.
Minnesota Twins Relief Pitcher Jhoan Duran (59) throws to Boston Red Sox in the ninth lap by the target field. (Bruce Kluckhohn-Preferred Pictures)
Phillies has the bats and started pitching to run, and their bullp just got a huge upgrade to help meet a tip of the National League team in October.
