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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Philadelphia Phillies are willing to trade outfielder Marlon Byrd, but want a lot in return for the veteran, Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com reports.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;According to Heyman, though teams have been interested in trading for Byrd, they think the price is too high.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Byrd is batting .270 with 20 home runs and 60 RBIs in 106 games for the Phillies this season.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The outfielder has $8 million left on his contract. He also has&amp;nbsp;an $8 million vesting option for 2016 that will go into effect if he reaches 600 plate appearances in 2015, or&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;550 plate appearances that year and 1,100 in 2014 and 2015. If Byrd cannot accumulate those plate appearances, the vesting option becomes a team option. Heading into Thursday, Byrd has 446 plate appearances this season.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Heyman reports that the Mariners, Yankees and Royals have inquired about Byrd.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Byrd will turn 37 on August 30.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;MLB's non-waiver trade deadline is Thursday at 4 p.m. ET.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;More MLB:&amp;nbsp;Report: Lester to A's for Cespedes&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;- Sarah Barshop&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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