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Philling the Outfield
Published 12/20/2007 by StatsGuru at Baseball Musings
ESPN is reporting that the Phillies reached a deal with Geoff Jenkins : The Philadelphia Phillies and free agent outfielder Geoff Jenkins have reached preliminary agreement on a two-year deal believed to be worth about $13 million, a baseball source told ESPN.com. The agreement includes a third year vesting option based on plate appearances that could increase Jenkins' total package to $20 million, the source said. The deal could be announced as early as Thursday. Jenkins career has ranged from average to very good. In his best seasons, he gets on base extremely well and hits ...

Thursday Hot Stove
Published 12/20/2007 by Mantlemurcer at My Pinstripes
The Phillies have dropped out of the running for free agent pitcher Kyle Lohse, but have agreed to terms with free agent outfielder Geoff Jenkins. Jenkins, who spent the first 10 years of his career in Milwaukee, is expecting to get a 2-year, $13 million deal. As expected, the Mariners and Carlos Silva have agreed to a reported, 4-year, $44 million deal, pending a physical. Yankees fans can breathe a sigh of relief. 36-year old, 1-year wonder, Ron Mahay has agreed to a 2-year, $8 million deal with the Royals. The Rockies are ...

Former Brewers outfielder Jenkins agrees with Phils
Published 12/21/2007 by The Transplanted Philly Fan at The Transplanted Philly Fan
Phillies Sign Geoff Jenkins Jenkins is a nice fit for the Phillies. It looks to be about $6MM for the first year and $7MM for year two, which I think is disastrously high. This means the Phillies arbitrary $10MM to spend this offseason has been reached (and a bit overdrawn). Does it mean the Phils are finished spending? I hope not. As far as the team’s needs for 2008, they can still use another starter and another back-end reliever. Kris Benson may be the former, but there’s no indication the Phils are strongly looking for the latter. All in all, despite this good ...