Philadelphia's interest in the slugger appears to have come out of nowhere, with the rib injury to Alec Bohm causing Dombrowski and his front office to take a deeper look at trading for someone who would bring real pop to this lineup and lengthen the order.

An absence of powerhouse teams has left this trade deadline feeling as uncertain as ever a week out.

Reports have been murky on just how serious the Yankees are, but that fog lifted with Bob Nightengale’s latest intel.