As Tigers come to town, Phillies look like clear winners of offseason trade

Kody Clemens is in his first season with the Phillies. (Cheryl Pursell)While it may have been difficult for some Phillies fans when Matt Vierling and Nick Maton — two productive bench players on a team that reached the World Series — were traded to the Detroit Tigers in January, Philadelphia looks like the clear winner early on of a trade that landed them Gregory Soto and Kody Clemens.
During a three-game set this week between the Phillies and Tigers at Citizens Bank Park, Vierling a