Brandon Phillips will be traded, according to a baseball executive

Oct 1, 2013; Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Cincinnati Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips before the National League wild card playoff baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports /

If this move does in fact happen, it will be the biggest transaction this offseason. Unless someone else decides to move a current Gold Glove winning second baseman or at any other position.

The Cincinnati Reds, according to Yahoo! Sports, an executive for the Cincinnati Reds referred to Brandon Phillips as ‘gone’. The organization will have around $50 million freed up if they were able to trade away Phillips.

That long amount of money would allow this organization to work wonders during the free agency period in 2015. Now that a baseball executive for the Reds has stepped up and pretty much assured that Brandon Phillips would be traded, you would have to think of possible suitors.

Now the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds could swap second basemen, but that may be a long shot considering the Reds won’t let Phillips go for cheap. So that move may not work.

They could move him to the New York Yankees, but right now they’re trying to lock in Robinson Cano for at least six or seven years. The Yankees could still trade for him, but that would force Phillips to move from second to third base since Alex Rodriguez is facing that 211 game suspension starting next season.

The Atlanta Braves could also be a possible landing spot, which would end up sending Dan Uggla and the last two years of his contract being eaten up by Cincinnati.

Phillips hit 18 home runs this season but reached the 100 RBI mark for the first time in his career. He hit .261/.310/.396 across the line but had a low .706 OPS, which is his lowest since his last season with the Cleveland Indians in 2005.

Let the Brandon Phillips sweepstakes begin.