Sun 6/30/13 10:28 AM

Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe reports that the Royals have discussed the possibility of trading for Chase Utley. It's not clear how far those discussions went, but, at least on the surface, Utley would make sense to fill the Royals' hole at second base. To this point, Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro has expressed a hesitancy of being a seller at the trade deadline, but he could certainly change his mind over the next few weeks.