{"id":26199,"date":"2025-07-26T19:42:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T19:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/26199\/"},"modified":"2025-07-26T19:42:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T19:42:07","slug":"phillies-interested-in-eugenio-suarez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/26199\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillies Interested In Eugenio Suarez"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Phillies have had some talks with the Diamondbacks about third baseman Eugenio Suarez<\/a>, according to Scott Lauber of the Philadelphia Inquirer<\/a>.\u00a0 It isn\u2019t clear whether or not the discussions are anything more than due diligence on the Phillies\u2019 part, but Philadelphia can now be added to a lengthy list of teams<\/a> with some degree of interest in the slugger.<\/p>\n

The New York Post\u2019s Jon Heyman raised Suarez as a \u201cpotential fit\u201d for the Phils yesterday<\/a>, since the club is in need of third base help with Alec Bohm<\/a> on the 10-day injured list.\u00a0 Putting Suarez in between the powerful left-handed hitting duo of Bryce Harper<\/a> and Kyle Schwarber<\/a> would only add more balance and pop to the lineup, and make it even harder for opposing pitchers and managers to navigate through what is already a dangerous Philadelphia lineup.<\/p>\n

Since Bohm is expected back from his fractured rib roughly halfway through August, however, Lauber notes that added Suarez would creates a bit of a positional logjam.\u00a0 Harper and Schwarber have the first base and DH spots locked down, so there would be nowhere for Bohm and Suarez to both play unless Schwarber was moved into left field.\u00a0 Harper doesn\u2019t appear to be a candidate for a return to outfield work, as Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski stated last month<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Speculatively, the Phillies could clear space by trading Bohm himself, though such a deal would naturally be trickier since Bohm is on the IL.\u00a0 It is possible Bohm could head to Arizona as part of a Suarez trade package, as adding Bohm would help the D\u2019Backs fill some at-bats at first base since Josh Naylor<\/a> has been traded, and Bohm could provide cover at third base if Jordan Lawlar<\/a> runs into more struggles at the MLB level.\u00a0 Bohm is arbitration-eligible for the final time this winter, so this extra year of team control might appeal to the Diamondbacks or other teams looking for corner infield help.<\/p>\n

Since the Diamondbacks are also shopping several of their outfielders, it is possible the two sides could work out a multi-player deal that would see the Phillies add both Suarez and some outfield help in one fell swoop.\u00a0 Lauber writes that Arizona was scouting Mick Abel<\/a>\u2019s most recent Triple-A start, which again could be due diligence or a signal that the D\u2019Backs (known to be pursuing pitching) have a particular interest in Abel as a trade chip.<\/p>\n

Dombrowski is no stranger to bold trades, so the Phillies can\u2019t be entirely ruled out for Suarez until the dust settles.\u00a0 Money won\u2019t be a factor, as the Phils have already shown they\u2019re more than willing to break the bank in pursuit of a championship.\u00a0 Suarez is still owed roughly $5.2MM of his $15MM salary for the 2025 season before he heads into free agency.\u00a0 Since the Phillies are already over<\/a> the highest level ($301MM) of luxury tax penalization, they\u2019ll pay a 110% tax on every dollar spent beyond the $301MM threshold, so Suarez\u2019s real price tag for the Phillies will be more than $10.5MM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Phillies have had some talks with the Diamondbacks about third baseman Eugenio Suarez, according to Scott Lauber…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23146,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,1514,21086,462,82],"class_list":["post-26199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-eugenio-suarez","tag-mick-abel","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}