Phillies given great chances to land Red Sox's All-Star Game MVP

The Boston Red Sox will have to decide what to do at this year's trade deadline, with multiple potential targets available. 

The Red Sox have a lot of talented players, but just haven't been able to put it together for much of this season. 

I don't want to say Boston has no chance of figuring things out, but we're already halfway through the season, and they haven't shown they can.

That's why moving on from a guy like Jarren Duran should make some sense. Duran has at times proven he can be an elite player, though there have also been moments when he hasn't been at his best. 

Regardless, he should be wanted around the league, with a team like the Philadelphia Phillies recently being predicted to go after him.

“The health of Roman Anthony complicates this a bit, but you could argue that a Duran trade makes sense for Boston regardless of whether they're buying or selling at the deadline. This team needs more right-handed pop, and he checks neither of those boxes,” Chris Landers wrote.

"Then again, the Red Sox have consistently refused to sell low on him, and he was downright awful at the plate in June. The outfield market figures to be sellers' market, but how motivated will another contender be?”

The Phillies, perhaps more than any other team in Major League Baseball, have a lot of reason to be interested in a player of Duran's caliber. 

He's not exactly perfect for what they need, as he isn't a right-handed bat, but if we're going off sheer talent, he could be one of the better players available at this year's deadline.

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