The Boston Red Sox may still be the front-runners to land Cole Hamels in a trade with the Philadelphia Phillies.

The Phillies have sent Charlie Manuel, former manager and current executive, to Salem, Virginia to look at Boston's Carolina League club. Manuel Margot, a 20-year-old center fielder, is coming off a breakout season.

Margot is listed by Baseball America's No. 72 prospect.

A package built around Margot and a highly-touted pitching prospect -- Henry Owens, Eduardo Rodriguez and Brian Johnson -- may be enough for the Red Sox to land Hamels.