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- Updated: December 6, 2016
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — One of the Reds’ offseason goals is to clear up playing time for their young middle infielders. But the club has not appeared to make any headway toward trading longtime second baseman Brandon Phillips.
“Nobody’s really come to me about anything,” Phillips said on Monday following his participation in a forum promoting Under Armour’s new deal with Major League Baseball. “I talked to [general manager Dick] Williams about a couple things. That’s basically it. I haven’t really thought about that. I’m just happy to play this game.”
Phillips, 35, is owed $14 million in 2017, the final year of his six-year contract. The longest-tenured current Reds player has full no-trade protection because of his status as a 10-and-5 player — 10 years in the Majors, the last five with the same club.
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