Phillies Offseason Talk

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

I say let Wags go (because you'd have to give him 4 years IMO) and acquire another closer via trade.

[Sgt PSN]

Smilies are the most non-hetero thing about posting on a message board, and the list of non-hetero things is pretty damn long.

 

[rjs246]

Coming out on a message board is also pretty weak.

[Sgt PSN]

Touche.  R3d5k1nz Lu\/r. 

[rjs246]

You're just running the gamut, aren't you.

[SunMo]

ALERT Mets land closer Wagner
The Mets have landed coveted closer Billy Wagner in a four-year deal, Ken Rosenthal reports.

foxsports.com

[SD_Eagle5]

Not shocked, not in the least. 

FoxSports Link

Mets land closer Wagner
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Ken Rosenthal / FOXSports.com
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The Mets have landed coveted closer Billy Wagner in a four-year deal worth $43 million.

The deal could be worth as much as $50 million as it includes a fifth-year option for the Mets worth $10 million. But if the team declines the option, Wagner gets a $3 million buyout which is considered part of the original $43 million deal.
Two of the Mets' NL East rivals, the Phillies and Braves, also were trying to sign Wagner.

Wagner was 4-3 with 38 saves and a 1.51 ERA last season for Philadelphia, which wanted to re-sign him. After spending most of his career with Houston, his two seasons with the Phillies showed the left-hander he could handle pitching in a tough city.

"I think if I had an opportunity to play in New York four or five years ago, I probably wouldn't have been as receptive to it," Wagner said last week. "After the trade of going to Philadelphia and playing there, I believe that's made it that much easier to handle the media, the pressures."

In recent days, the Phillies have become the most aggressive suitor for free-agent right-hander Tom Gordon, whom they now could target as their closer.

[rjs246]

What a douche.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

The Mets will be regretting this deal no later than mid-season 2007.

[BigEd76]

The 18th pick is ours.  Yay Tom Gordon.

[MDS]

4 years 43 mil guaranteed. haha. what a dumb move.

[PhillyPhreak54]

The BJ Ryan deal ended up forcing the Mets to go higher. 4 years at $43M with a $10M option for the 5th year is way too much. As much as I wanted Billy back, I did not want him back at that price. Now its time to root against him and hope he breaks down and the Mets get the shaft.

Tom Gordon doesn't get me all warm and fuzzy, but he'll likely be signed.

Another option...

Danys Baez from Tamp Bay

The Rays hve been trying to deal him and Aubrey Huff. If I were Gillick I would acquire him and if TB insists on the two as a package I would spin Huff off to an AL team that wants him (Boston).

Now use that earmarked Billy Wags money and go get Bengie Molina or Ramon Hernandez!

[BigEd76]

[NGM]

I wish Jim Thome had been a jerk when he was in Philly so I could say something mean about him. I can say Billy Wagner is a toolshed though.

[MDS]

i wonder if he ran out of the press conference crying about his hot wife like he did here. loser!!