Huge raise on the way for Ryan Howard

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Ryan Howard Due For Huge Raise
Published 1/4/2008 by Tim Dierkes at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
... Scott Lauber checks in on this situation in today's column.  Howard is arb-eligible for the first time, and should jump up past $7MM.  Pat Gillick seemed to suggest at the Winter Meetings that he expected to sign Howard long-term eventually rather than go year-to-year.  Howard doesn't reach free agency until after the 2011 season, at which point it may be wise to let him walk (he'll be 31). ...

A Long-Term Deal for Howard?
Published 1/4/2008 by dajafi <info@thegoodphight.com> at The Good Phight: Front Page Posts
With the Phillies' winter shopping cart full--or at least as full as it's evidently going to get, barring a surprise or minor pickup--there's just one big piece of winter business left to attend to: how the team intends to deal with slugging first baseman Ryan Howard going forward. As Scott Lauber writes today, the Phillies have held their cards close, but the indication is that the team is amenable to signing Howard long-term... eventually. ...