Phillies pick up option to keep Lee
mlb.mlb.com 17 days ago — The Phillies announced their first big move of the offseason on Friday when they picked up left-hander Cliff Lee's $8 million club option. It was no surprise.

Philadelphia Phillies pick up left-hander Cliff Lee's $9 million option for 2010 season
sports.espn.go.com 16 days ago — The Phillies have picked up Cliff Lee's $9 million option for 2010.

Phillies Exercise Option On Cliff Lee
mlbtraderumors.com 17 days ago — The Phillies exercised their $9MM option on lefty Cliff Lee , according to MLB.com's Todd Zolecki ( via Twitter ). The move was a no-brainer for the Phils, as Lee posted a 3.22 ERA in 231.6 innings this year and won the Cy Young award in '08.  ...

Phillies pick up Lee's $9 million option for 2010
sportsillustrated.cnn.com 17 days ago — PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- The Philadelphia Phillies have picked up Cliff Lee's $9 million option for 2010.

Phillies may try to sign Cliff Lee to extension this off-season
sports.yahoo.com 18 days ago — The Philadelphia Phillies are obviously feeling pretty down today, but there are plenty of signs of hope for the former world champs and one of them is pitcher Cliff Lee (notes) , who was an unstoppable force in the postseason. And the Phils have ...

Phillies pick up Cliff Lee's 2010 option
macho-row.blogspot.com 17 days ago — A full year against National League batters? Yes please! (AP Photo) This was expected but today the Phillies made the inevitable move. Todd Zolecki reports ( via Twitter ) that the Phillies have picked up the option for 2010 on Cliff Lee 's existing contract. Lee had previously stated that ...

Phillies pick up Lee’s $9 million option
scoresreport.com 16 days ago — Photo from fOTOGLIF It was a pleasure to watch Cliff Lee during the playoffs. The Phillies left-hander flaunted a studly 1.56 ERA in five starts, finishing 4-0. When the Phillies aquired Lee in late July for four minor leaguers, the former Indian and went 7-4 with a 3.39 ERA. Given his ...

Should the Phillies Have Pulled Cliff Lee With A Big Lead?
baseballanalysts.com 21 days ago — The Phillies found themselves in a 3-1 hole going into Monday night. Luckily for them, they had their ace, Cliff Lee, on the mound for them. But the Phillies bats went into overdrive for them as well, putting up six runs in three innings. After three, the Phillies had a commanding 6-1 lead, ...

Cliff Lee is better than you, and he knows it
mlbnotebook.com 26 days ago — Wow. What a performance by the Phillies and Cliff Lee. It was pretty much all summed up by this picture: [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="600" caption="Photo from @dhm"][/caption] This even spawned a whole line of Cliff Lee facts, to the tune of Matt Wieters and Chuck Norris ...

Phillies pick $9M option on playoff stud Lee
msn.foxsports.com 16 days ago — The Philadelphia Phillies have picked up Cliff Lee's $9 million option for 2010. The team announced the expected move on Friday, two days after losing the World Series to the New York Yankees. Lee's contract expires after next season, though general ...

Phillies title gear a hit far from World Series — The Seattle Times: Sports 17 days ago
Rich Stearns works and lives just outside Seattle. He grew up in New York state. He lived in Philadelphia for 10 years.

MLB playoffs: The postseason had its share of defining moments — ESPN.com - MLB 17 days ago
Yankees toppled Phillies to return to glory, but full-scale instant replay clearly needed

For Philadelphia Phillies, It Is Time To Chase Away Winter Blues — Bleacher Report - MLB 17 days ago
If in a loss everything would have a Phillies hue, perhaps if Chase Utley would have hit a two-run home run in the late innings of Game Six, and his Reggie Jackson breaking performance could have earned him the World Series MVP in a losing cause.  ...

Should the Chicago Cubs Consider Brett Myers? — Bleacher Report - MLB 17 days ago
Reports out of Philadelphia Friday are that the National League Champion Phillies will not pursue an extension with Brett Myers. Myers, once the top of the Philadelphia rotation, fell out of favor over the last couple years because of injuries and ...

Joe Sheehan: What does the future hold for the Yankees and Phillies? — SI.com - MLB 17 days ago
The Yankees and Phillies will both return the core of their pennant-winning teams in 2010, but Joe Sheehan says both front offices have plenty of decisions to make in the offseason.