Jonathan Papelbon Would Like to Be Traded If Phillies Continue to Lose
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Len Redkoles/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The Philadelphia Phillies have stumbled out of hte gate to begin the 2015 season, and if they don’t pick it up, closer Jonathan Papelbon would like to be traded.
Papelbon is still an elite closer, but with the Phillies just 6-11, his skills largely go wasted because the team can’t get to him enough.
In an interview with CSNPhilly.com’s Jim Salisbury, Papelbon was asked he’d be disappointed if he wasn’t traded.
“Yeah, I will be,” Papelbon said. “If we continue to lose.
“If we can rebuild this situation and make it right, and we can get some wins underneath our belt and Ryne Sandberg can get us going, that’s a whole different story. To me, that’s a better part of the story because now I’ve been a part of this remodeling. I’ve been a part of getting this bullpen correct. I’ve been a part of something that’s becoming a winning tradition and going back to the way it was before I got here. To me, there’s no better reward than that.”
Papelbon is a four-time All-Star, and has yet to give up and earned run this season.
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