Almost two years later, the Brandon Marsh-Logan O'Hoppe trade has 'worked out for everybody'

To fully comprehend how the Phillies and Los Angeles Angels pulled off a one-for-one swap of controllable young players at the 2022 trade deadline, go back seven months before the deal actually got completed. An owner-driven lockout was about to shut down Major League Baseball for 99 days. The Phillies were looking everywhere for a center fielder and approached the Angels about Brandon Marsh, a 2016 second-round pick with upside who struck out in 35% of his plate appearances in his first major-league season. ”They would not move him,” president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski recalled last year.