The Phillies acquire pitcher Noah Syndergaard from the Angels for Mickey Moniak and Jadiel Sanchez. The article calls them prospects, but in looking at their statistics, prospects would be a stretch. Syndergaard is set to be a free agent, and he’s unlikely to rate a qualifying offer, so the Angels save a little money and have a couple of players for their minor league teams.

Syndergaard returns to the NL East. but his strikeouts are way down from his career average. His K rate stands at 7.2 per 9 IP this season versus 9.5 per 9 IP for his career.