I was going to write something long and critical about Ryan Howard asking for $18 million in arbitration, but then Melky Cabrera’s crazier arbitration demand came along. Darn, it now seems that Melky and the Yankees have come to an agreement, thereby mooting all of the snark I had stored up overnight. Still, this is […]

Several big names found new homes while others flew under the radar. Either way, it was quite the busy week for baseball transactions.

Lost in Transactions recaps a defense and pitching-heavy week.

The Phillies just gave a 46 year-old pitcher a two year deal. The fun part: it’s way less likely that they’ll be burned on this than it will be for the Yankees to be burned by the five-year deal they just gave a 32 year-old.

Reason number 137 why, even a couple of months later, it doesn’t feel like the Phillies are the World Champions: South Korean pitcher Park Chan Ho has signed a Major League Baseball contract with the World Series champion Philadelphia Phillies, the club announced Monday on its website. The one-year deal, reportedly worth 2.5 million dollars […]

Lost in Transactions covers a very busy week in Las Vegas.

I’m not usually a fan of trash talk, accusations of overratedness, or discussions that center around the word “choke.” But with just about every important baseball figure on an airplane heading home from Las Vegas this afternoon, it’s a slow news day, and I thus have no choice but to wade into those waters a […]

It’s been over a month since I predicted that they’d be all the rage this winter, and now finally they’re available: Next weekend, fans will finally be able to buy Phillies ear-flap caps, like the one Jimmy Rollins wore during the victorious World Series homestand in late October. At first, however, they’ll only be sold […]

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Bill and John discuss the Phillies 80-08 … well, you know.