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Found December 17, 2011 on Fragile Freddy's:
PLAYERS: Josh Byrnes,  Jim Bowden,  Mat Latos,  Anthony Rizzo,  Yonder Alonso
TEAMS: Philadelphia Phillies,  San Diego Padres,  Cincinnati Reds
A couple of interesting moves around baseball on Saturday.  Let us start with the one that requires a little less energy then get to the one that seems intriguing;Phillies re-sign SS Jimmy Rollins for three yearsThere did not seem to be much of a market out there for Rollins so I think he did well to land the deal he did.  Rollins at his best is not the caliber of player that a Jose Reyes is and at 33 in 2012 is aging.  At the same time he is too good to really expect to ink a one year deal to.That left him in a bit of a pickle.  The Phils stepped in and got him done and I think in the end they will be pleased.  Rollins is not great, but he is good.  Save for 2010 he has been quite durable in his career and while he is not the 155+ game player he was he still spends little time out of the lineup.Defensively Rollins remains good.  He has a terrific arm and covers a solid amount of range.  He also seems to be a guy who fits well in Philadelphia.  Rollins is a bit brash and plays wit...
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