Former Phillies Pat Burrell and Aaron Rowand, and the San Francisco club that hasn't won since 1954, are baseball's champions. Cliff Lee's Rangers fall. Phillies fan had a choice of these players to root for, but not their own team. Lee and Rowand are thought of extremely highly in the City of Brotherly Love, many fans wishing Lee was still a Phil, and remembering Rowand's dive into the centerfield fence. Burrell was and is very classy, but receives a mixed reaction when coming to the Bank, due to some inconsistencies in his game. But all three served Philly well.
But now the main focus for the Phillies is resigning Jayson Werth. Despite Phils GM Ruben Amaro saying he came up a little short RBI-wise, Werth had another huge season and is a top prize in this year's free agent class, much like Cliff Lee. Lee's chances of returning to Texas are slim, and many expect a ludicrous contract from the Bronx Bombers. Also free agents: (* means option) Adam Dunn, Carlos Pena, Derek Jeter, Jimmy Rollins*, Jose Reyes*, Adrian Beltre*, Carl Crawford, and Vladimir Guerrero*. Aside from Lee, and Andy Pettitte, the pitching class is fairly weak.
Crawford is almost guaranteed to leave Tampa Bay, while the Yankees have a decision to make about whether or not to keep the Core Four together. Jeter is likely to resign, and Pettitte will consider retirement. Dunn broke out with the Nationals this season; will he look to go somewhere with a chance to be a champion next season? Just because the season ended hours ago, doesn't mean teams are not already thinking about April 2011.
I've been incredibly busy lately and haven't written in five weeks, but I can guarantee there will be a new post early this week and regularly after that.
I hope the phillies sign werth
ReplyDeleteI'm sure everyone in Philly does. They need him as a starter, because Raul has definitely hit his decline, and Domonic Brown may not be major-league ready. Even if he is, Raul will need someone to take some playing time most likely, which would be Brown. But Werth needs to be in RF on a nightly basis, so the Phils would have 2 solid starters out deep.
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