Major League Baseball's trade deadline is scheduled for next Thursday, which means teams have less than a week to get their midsummer shopping done. The moves have already started, as the Mariners recently acquired Josh Naylor from the Diamondbacks while the Yankees acquired Ryan McMahon in a trade with the Rockies.

The Philadelphia Phillies haven't been thought of as a trade favorite for Luis Robert Jr., but they certainly could use the White Sox star centerfielder. And one of the Phillies' pitchers, Tanner Banks, used to be Robert's teammate in Chicago.

The Wampum High School multi-star athlete signed with the Phillies in 1960 on a $70,000 bonus. On his way to the Majors, he dealt with racial harassment while playing for the franchise’s affiliate in Little Rock, Ark., where at the time he was the team’s first black player.

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