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Bucs send OF Dickerson to Phillies

PHILADELPHIA — After making their biggest splash in the offseason, the Philadelphia Phillies were more conservative at the trade deadline.

The Phillies acquired outfielder Corey Dickerson from the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday for a player to be named and $250,000 in international signing money. They also acquired right-hander Dan Straily from Baltimore for cash and assigned him to Triple-A. On Monday, the Phillies obtained lefty Jason Vargas from the Mets.

“For this team to accomplish what it wants to accomplish, we’re going to need the stars in that room to carry us,” general manager Matt Klentak said. “We have the talent. We had a very splashy offseason. We brought in a lot of talent and those guys are going to have to do what they do to push us into October.”

The Phillies entered Wednesday night’s game against San Francisco tied for the top wild-card spot in the NL and 6½ games behind NL East-leading Atlanta.

Dickerson is hitting .317 with 18 doubles, four homers and 25 RBIs with a .931 OPS in 43 games this season. He grounded out as a pinch-hitter earlier in the day during Pittsburgh’s 4-1 loss at Cincinnati and isn’t expected to join Philadelphia until Thursday.

“Just get me there and get to know everybody,” Dickerson said. “Just get there when I can and go over everything that’s been going on and start talking about opportunity and what the plan is.”

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