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Yahoo! Sports: Phillies sign relief pitcher Cormier to 3-year contract
I really do hate to sound like a broken record. Really, I do, but would anyone other than Rheal's m�re (who is probably pushing 55-60 now) really think he is going to be worth $3m in three years? Maybe he will, but I suspect that the Red Sox got rid of him a year early and the Phillies will have him a year too long.
Mesa and Cormier aren't exactly Jefferies and Dykstra as far as FA signings go, but they are a team's crown molding not their subflooring. Their grasp on the jobs they were asked to do in 2000 was something less than firm and now they are going to have expanded roles.
Cormier was Boston's third or fourth reliever while Mesa was the same for the Mariners. Now at ages 34 and 35 you are expecting them to step up their contributions.
Why, Why, Why not plow the money into signing a dozen young minor league free agents. Look at the Braves, White Sox and A's bullpens! They prove that decent relievers are falling out of the trees. Or, Or, Or use some of the great young arms the Phillies have in bullpen roles rather than in Scranton. Duckworth, Baisley, and others could all be cutting their teeth in the pen. It appears Earl Weaver still has some fire in him. If Zimmer can be a bench coach still, bring back the best mind in baseball for another go around.
I really do hate to sound like a broken record. Really, I do, but would anyone other than Rheal's m�re (who is probably pushing 55-60 now) really think he is going to be worth $3m in three years? Maybe he will, but I suspect that the Red Sox got rid of him a year early and the Phillies will have him a year too long.
Mesa and Cormier aren't exactly Jefferies and Dykstra as far as FA signings go, but they are a team's crown molding not their subflooring. Their grasp on the jobs they were asked to do in 2000 was something less than firm and now they are going to have expanded roles.
Cormier was Boston's third or fourth reliever while Mesa was the same for the Mariners. Now at ages 34 and 35 you are expecting them to step up their contributions.
Why, Why, Why not plow the money into signing a dozen young minor league free agents. Look at the Braves, White Sox and A's bullpens! They prove that decent relievers are falling out of the trees. Or, Or, Or use some of the great young arms the Phillies have in bullpen roles rather than in Scranton. Duckworth, Baisley, and others could all be cutting their teeth in the pen. It appears Earl Weaver still has some fire in him. If Zimmer can be a bench coach still, bring back the best mind in baseball for another go around.
posted by Sean Foran # 3:07 PM 
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