Luis Arraez delivers for Phillies after trade from Giants

The Phillies spent the trade deadline chasing offense instead of pitching, and they landed the best pure hitter on the market. Luis Arraez, the NL's batting average leader at.324, came over from the Giants in a deal that also brought Philadelphia reliever Brooks Raley, according to MLB.com. It's the kind of move that signals a team betting on its lineup to carry it through October.

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Getting Arraez cost the Phillies a pair of pitching prospects, right-handers Ramon Marquez and Marty Gair, plus reliever Caleb Kilian went the other way as part of the deal with San Francisco. He's a 3-time batting champion on a one-year, $12 million deal who's set to hit free agency this winter, so this is as much a rental as it is a long-term investment. The Phillies also had to shuffle their infield to make room for him, with Bryson Stott sliding to third and Alec Bohm moving to first.

Arraez didn't waste any time making his new home feel like home. His Philadelphia debut came with a big ovation from the Citizens Bank Park crowd, the kind of welcome reserved for a guy who's led his league in hitting multiple times.

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Then he backed it up with the bat. Arraez isn't exactly known as a power hitter — he's built his reputation on making contact and spraying line drives, not launching balls into the seats — which made his home run against the Nationals stand out even more.

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Home Run Hitter Luis Arraez

For a Phillies team that's leaned on power bats like Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber, adding a contact hitter of Arraez's caliber gives the lineup a different look — someone who's tough to strike out and tougher to pitch around. If he keeps hitting like this down the stretch, the price Philadelphia paid at the deadline is going to look like a steal.