The trade wasn’t about failure. It was about the dawning of a new age in Phillies history
You know the story by now. A team with the top pick in the draft, the chance to take a player that would ultimately be the face of the franchise should all things work out. A draft, at the time at least, devoid of a blue chip prospect as in years past. Both of these things conspired to not only fail the Phillies in their bid for a rebuild. They arguably set that...