Mahay would help any club. I had my doubts about him last year but he has shown what he can do and on a shitty Royals team. he has a 1.81 ERA in 54 IP this season. Royals do need someone to replace Grudz when he leaves.ESPN.com's Jayson Stark reports that Ron Mahay could be on the verge of being traded to the Phillies.
The two clubs have been having extensive talks involving shortstop Jason Donald. Donald has followed his breakout season of 2007 with another nice year at the plate (.308/.388/.509), but projects to have limited range as a shortstop and could be moved to second base.