The Phillies remain in no rush to deal ace Cole Hamels and closer Jonathan Papelbon as teams suffer rotation injuries around the league, MLB.com reports.
"What people don't understand is nobody is holding a gun to our head to trade a player," general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. said Wednesday. "Typically, if a team wants a player they typically will try to go get that player. If you really wanted to make a trade with the Phillies or any other club you would be the aggressor."
Amaro has been in discussions with multiple teams about his players.
"We have continued dialogue with a lot of clubs on several fronts," he said.
Amaro is waiting until some team comes to him with the right deal for one of his two star pitchers.
"I have no mandate to trade players," he said. "These are not financial deals. These are baseball deals. That's the beauty of the flexibility our ownership group is giving us. This is really about doing baseball deals. We don't have to move money."