Could it be that teams are rapidly dropping out of the Ben Sheets race?
Just today the Mets reached an agreement with Oliver Perez, possibly restricting them of adding another starting pitcher. Meanwhile, the Rangers — who were rumored to be hottest on the Sheets trail — are “slowing” in their pursuit. Supposedly the Rangers wanted to give Sheets just one year with an option, but Sheets wants two guaranteed years.
This isn’t to say the Phillies are definitely in the running for Sheets; in fact, it’s more likely they’re not at all looking at him. However, one cannot rule out the chance that the Phils would sign Sheets to a two-year, $14M deal (or something like that), opening up Brett Myers or Joe Blanton as trade bait for relief pitching. Just something to think about.
Tim MalcolmTim 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.
