{"id":17407,"date":"2024-12-13T00:45:04","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T00:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=17407"},"modified":"2024-12-13T00:45:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T00:45:04","slug":"the-phillies-were-reportedly-willing-to-include-top-hitting-prospect-aidan-miller-in-a-deal-for-garrett-crochet-at-the-trade-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=17407","title":{"rendered":"The Phillies were reportedly willing to include top hitting prospect Aidan Miller in a deal for Garrett Crochet at the trade deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-226454\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shortpixel.ai\/spai\/w_450+q_+ret_img+to_webp+p_h\/www.philliesnation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/573230531142_laa_at_chw.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" data-spai=\"1\" data-spai-upd=\"400\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Phillies lost out on Garrett Crochet, but not for lack of effort. (Photo by Joe Robbins\/Icon Sportswire)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>All the smoke, which rose and rose for months, surrounding a Garrett Crochet trade finally materialized into fire on Wednesday. The White Sox sent him away. Not to Philadelphia. To Boston.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t for lack of effort on the Phillies\u2019 part, at least if you date back to the summer. That\u2019s when the Phillies were most aggressive in their pursuit of the All-Star southpaw \u2014 and when,\u00a0according to\u00a0<em>The Athletic\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0Matt Gelb, the team offered prized prospect Aidan Miller in a return package for Crochet that also included Justin Crawford along with lower-level prospects.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the type of aggressive offer president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski has made a career of, even though it bore no fruit this time around.\u00a0Miller is\u00a0<em>Phillies Nation\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0No. 2 prospect in the organization, Crawford No. 6.<\/p>\n<p>The White Sox, obviously, refused \u2014 because they were thinking even higher. Chicago wanted Andrew Painter, but the Phillies would not include the pitcher who, per Gelb\u2019s reporting, is \u201cconsidered the lone untouchable in the organization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If Miller is not untouchable, he seemed to be the next-closest thing. Perhaps he still is. It would\u2019ve taken a rare, controllable talent like Crochet for the Phillies to part with Miller and Crawford, and only even under certain circumstances: Gelb reports that the club never offered the two together this offseason, with one fewer postseason run remaining before Crochet\u2019s team control expires after 2026.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s hard to blame them for not wanting to part with that pair this offseason, but their reluctance to do so now speaks to just how much of a difference-maker they saw in Crochet over the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Miller is still just 20, but early returns suggest the Phillies struck gold with the No. 27 overall selection in the 2023 draft. It\u2019s why they\u00a0promoted him to Double-A this year\u00a0after not three months at High-A Jersey Shore. Crawford, for his part, made strides at the plate this year, ending his season with a solid 40-game stint in Double-A, during which Miller joined him in Reading.<\/p>\n<p>The two were excited to team up again for the last month of the season. In a perfect world, they rise through the rest of the Phillies\u2019 system together and find themselves teammates in Philadelphia for the better part of the next decade. In an alternate world, they still remained teammates \u2014 but with another organization entirely. So close but yet, evidently, so far.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Phillies lost out on Garrett Crochet, but not for lack of effort. (Photo by Joe Robbins\/Icon Sportswire) All the smoke, which rose and rose for&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17409,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Phillies were reportedly willing to include top hitting prospect Aidan Miller in a deal for Garrett Crochet at the trade deadline - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=17407\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Phillies were reportedly willing to include top hitting prospect Aidan Miller in a deal for Garrett Crochet at the trade deadline - NEWS USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; The Phillies lost out on Garrett Crochet, but not for lack of effort. (Photo by Joe Robbins\/Icon Sportswire) All the smoke, which rose and rose for...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=17407\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NEWS USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-12-13T00:45:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/SaveInsta.to_470041351_18252782620277828_6645400951953971708_n.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"MsHan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"MsHan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=17407\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=17407\",\"name\":\"The Phillies were reportedly willing to include top hitting prospect Aidan Miller in a deal for Garrett Crochet at the trade deadline - NEWS USA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=17407#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=17407#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/SaveInsta.to_470041351_18252782620277828_6645400951953971708_n.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-12-13T00:45:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-13T00:45:04+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/35ac38e63264df6afdd95f48b1a9032c\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=17407#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=17407\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=17407#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/SaveInsta.to_470041351_18252782620277828_6645400951953971708_n.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/SaveInsta.to_470041351_18252782620277828_6645400951953971708_n.jpg\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":1080},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=17407#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Phillies were reportedly willing to include top hitting prospect Aidan Miller in a deal for Garrett Crochet at the trade deadline\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/\",\"name\":\"NEWS USA\",\"description\":\"Your Daily Dose of Sports News and Updates\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/35ac38e63264df6afdd95f48b1a9032c\",\"name\":\"MsHan\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d4a99d32ed636a5ab5b74eaa73f50d4b370a29ac17d9ca8df599d578a5f53d61?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d4a99d32ed636a5ab5b74eaa73f50d4b370a29ac17d9ca8df599d578a5f53d61?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"MsHan\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?author=4\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Phillies were reportedly willing to include top hitting prospect Aidan Miller in a deal for Garrett Crochet at the trade deadline - NEWS USA","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=17407","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Phillies were reportedly willing to include top hitting prospect Aidan Miller in a deal for Garrett Crochet at the trade deadline - NEWS USA","og_description":"&nbsp; The Phillies lost out on Garrett Crochet, but not for lack of effort. (Photo by Joe Robbins\/Icon Sportswire) All the smoke, which rose and rose for...","og_url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=17407","og_site_name":"NEWS USA","article_published_time":"2024-12-13T00:45:04+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1080,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/SaveInsta.to_470041351_18252782620277828_6645400951953971708_n.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"MsHan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"MsHan","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=17407","url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=17407","name":"The Phillies were reportedly willing to include top hitting prospect Aidan Miller in a deal for Garrett Crochet at the trade deadline - NEWS USA","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=17407#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=17407#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/SaveInsta.to_470041351_18252782620277828_6645400951953971708_n.jpg","datePublished":"2024-12-13T00:45:04+00:00","dateModified":"2024-12-13T00:45:04+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/35ac38e63264df6afdd95f48b1a9032c"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=17407#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=17407"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=17407#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/SaveInsta.to_470041351_18252782620277828_6645400951953971708_n.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/SaveInsta.to_470041351_18252782620277828_6645400951953971708_n.jpg","width":1080,"height":1080},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=17407#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Phillies were reportedly willing to include top hitting prospect Aidan Miller in a deal for Garrett Crochet at the trade deadline"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/","name":"NEWS USA","description":"Your Daily Dose of Sports News and Updates","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/35ac38e63264df6afdd95f48b1a9032c","name":"MsHan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d4a99d32ed636a5ab5b74eaa73f50d4b370a29ac17d9ca8df599d578a5f53d61?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d4a99d32ed636a5ab5b74eaa73f50d4b370a29ac17d9ca8df599d578a5f53d61?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"MsHan"},"url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?author=4"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17407"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17410,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17407\/revisions\/17410"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}