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Salisbury: Deadline deals should help Phillies, but it’s still on existing core to drive team where it wants to go

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July 30, 2024
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The trade deadline has come and gone.
No more hysteria.
Until next year at this time.
Or at least until the winter meetings.
Phillies fans, in the words of Norman Dale, this is your team.
Dave Dombrowski and his posse of executives, scouts and analysts wrapped up several busy days of wheeling and dealing with a pair of trades Tuesday evening. When the final buzzer rang at 6 p.m., the Phillies had completed a significant bullpen makeover that started with the addition of hard-throwing back-ender Carlos Estévez on Saturday and ended with the pickup of left-hander Tanner Banks moments before the deadline.
The deadline drama began Friday when the Phils added right-handed hitting outfielder Austi...

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