At least he got himself a ring.Former Phillies closer Flash Gordon signed a one year, $500,000 deal with the Arizona Diamondbacks. Gordon, a 20 year veteran, spent the last 3 seasons with the Phillies and racked up 42 saves. Gordon signed on to be the Phillies closer back in 2006 and put ...
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The Diamondbacks and Tom Gordon have agreed to a one year deal worth 500,000 dollars, plus incentives. Gordon, 41, was 5-4 with a 5.16 ERA in thirty-four games for the Phillies, but has a career 3.94 ERA. Gordon's command has declined over the past three seasons, and that is apparent in his numbers, as well as other specific statistics. Either way, Gordon has playoff experience...
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Phillies sign Ryan Howard to 3 year deal
Your 2009 Phillies are now ready to defend their championship. After
a flurry of players avoided arbitration in the last few weeks, the
Phillies had just one player left to sign: Ryan Howard. The Phils were
set to go to arbitration with their big slugger and it figured to be a
dicey situation since the two sides were 4 million apart in their
thinking.All of that goes out the...
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year $54,000,000 deal, which covers his 3 years of arbitration through
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