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Originally Posted by C3HIEF3S

For the Royals to pick up Ryan Howard, as @JeffPassan speculated, the Phillies would likely have to eat basically every dollar on the deal.

— Andy McCullough (@McCulloughStar) July 29, 2014

Passan is stealing my ideas! This might be true now... although my thinking was if they turn Butler loose, the Royals could take on a portion of that salary.