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How bold should Dave Dombrowski be at the trade deadline? A lot depends on Bryce Harper’s wrist.

One simple rule for Dave Dombrowski at the trade deadline: Don’t trade any prospect who has the potential to become an impact bat unless it returns an impact player who will still be in his prime once Bryce Harper is no longer in his.

No Aidan Miller. No Eduardo Tait. No Aroon Escobar.

The biggest question that Dombrowski and the Phillies must ask themselves as they plot out their trade deadline strategy: How confident are we that we’ll have Harper in MVP form come October?

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