BREAKING NEWS: Phillies bring back Cliff Lee
by Eli Greenspan on Dec 14, 2010 1:01 AM EST
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PrintThe Phillies have shocked the baseball world by signing free agent ace Cliff Lee to a five year deal worth 125 million dollars and a vesting option for a sixth year. The Rangers and Yankees are stunned after being pinned against each other in weeks of intense bidding.
The Phillies improve their rotation ten fold, sound familiar, featuring NL Cy Young winner Roy Halladay, Cole Hamels, Lee, Roy Oswalt, and either Joe Blanton or Kyle Kendrick. But does it really matter?
The Phillies are now trying to shop both pitchers fighting for the fifth spot, and whoever can net the best prospect will lose the Phillies last spot in the rotation. Losing Jayson Werth appears to be no big deal, especially after paying essentially the same that the Nationals paid for Werth on Lee.
The Yankees will now be forced to search outside the division for starting pitching help, but won't find any help within the division and are now put in a tough spot to compete this offseason against their division rivals and NL rivals, namely the Phillies.
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Somewhere, in some dark secluded corner of Washington, D.C. Jayson Werth is sitting, trembling at the notion that for at LEAST the next 5 years, he will more than likely be sitting at HOME watching baseball in October, instead of playing.
How refreshing to see a player, Cliff Lee, that wants to WIN instead of just get rich!! Sure, he’ll make a ton of dough, but a clear message has been sent. Some people have some values, and those values just can’t be “purchased” by those who have the most to spend.
Perhaps the Yankees time has come, and more players will come to the realization that it’s much better to go somewhere to excel, win and EARN championship rings, than to go where they are simply BOUGHT like an item in their own little convenience store.
To be a role model, instead of a pawn. To be a true baseball hero to young and old. THAT is what being a real legend of the game is all about.
Good Luck Cliff, you certainly deserve it!
Very surprising decision.
However, it’s obvious now that there were factors other than money that swayed Lee. Perhaps his time in Philly was something special that him and his family could never forget. Plus, 120 MIL is nothing to sneeze at.
Now, the pressure is on to perform. But that is nothing new.
"This s.o.b. is throwing a two-hit shutout. He's shaking me off. You believe that s***? Charlie, here comes the deuce. And when you speak of me, speak well." - Crash Davis
It must suck to be a Mets fan after learning you'll be facing Lee in addition to the rest of that all-star pitching group.
Just sayin’.
"Relax, have a homebrew."
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