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Boras Giving Madson The Mariano Treatment

In a David Murphy story for the Daily News, Scott Boras compared Ryan Madson and Brad Lidge to Mariano Rivera and John Wetteland:

“Ryan was extraordinary [this season]. He comes into the postseason and does things — he exhibited traits and quality of being a setup guy. Obviously his velocity is of the highest order, his ability to handle pressure situations down the pennant drive and the postseason, when you add all that to the resumé, I think he’ll be highly coveted. He’s a very young guy and obviously was a very important dynamic to Philadelphia’s success.”

Translate: Let’s get Ryan a lot of money.

Madson is seeing arbitration this season, but it’s no secret Boras would want a lucrative deal for the Phillies setup man. Madson earned $1.4M last season. To compare, setup man JC Romero was awarded $12M over three years last year.

I’d consider offering Madson a similar deal to Romero, but wouldn’t care if he goes to arbitration again. He’s not necessarily Mariano Rivera.

Tim Malcolm

Tim first found the Phillies as a little infant at Veteran’s Stadium, cheering on a Juan Samuel game-winning home run in his very first game. With the pinstripes in his blood, he witnessed Terry Mulholland’s 1990 no-hitter, “Steve Carlton Night” at the Vet, game three of the 1993 World Series, countless games during the charmed 2008 championship season and various road excursions. Since November 2007 Tim’s been writing about them daily at Phillies Nation, becoming one of the world’s most popular Phillies scribes. You can catch him on Twitter and Facebook, as well. When he’s not talking about the Phils he’s relaxing with a St. Bernardus ABT 12 or one of his many favored brews.