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12/01: Flash Signs with Phillies

Posted by: Seamus

According to ESPN, Tom Gordon and the Philadelphia Phillies have come to terms on a three-year deal worth $18 million. Gordon will become the team's closer after the Phillies lost Billy Wagner this week to the Mets.

Well, 3 years and $18 million was probably a little much for the Yankees to shell out for Gordon. I was thinking more in the range of 2 years and about $12 or 13 million if we were going to keep him. It helps though that we found another setup guy in Kyle Farnsworth and there are some decent arms still available such as Octavio Dotel, Mike Myers, and Ricardo Rincon.

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Joseph P. wrote:

http://sports.espn.go.com/m...

Looks like we might not have Farnsworth after all.

12/02 00:42:04

James wrote:

Joseph,
Good pickup on the newswires - at this point, having officially lost Flash, you almost have to get Farnsworth to fill that void or else you're looking at one of the worst pens in the majors (not including Mo).

It should be interesting to see how this plays out though - Texas does already have a closer so they're just looking for a setup guy too so the money can't be that much different.

12/02 09:30:34

Seamus wrote:

http://sports.espn.go.com/m...
Well, we finally got the Farnsworth signing out of the way. ::breathes in sigh of relief::

12/02 16:18:34

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