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News: Phillies Acquire Stairs

by Mike Nichols on August 29th, 2008 at 1:36 pm

Jayson Stark of ESPN.com reports the Phillies have acquired OF Matt Stairs from the Blue Jays for a player to be named later.

According to Stark, the Phillies were searching for a left-handed outfielder to replace the injured OF Geoff Jenkins.

Stairs was batting .250 with 11 HR, 44 RBI and 87 strikeouts in 320 at-bats this season.