The best things in life are free, but the ones that hit 58 home runs last year are gonna want to get paid
December 31 2006
Ryan Howard, Chase Utley and Brett Myers are all due to get significantly more money next season. Howard has dismissed his agent, which probably isn't a precursor to him deciding to play pro bono anytime soon.
Rheal Cormier gets one guy's vote for best text message sent to Utley in the World Baseball Classic.
This article says that Aubrey Huff has reached an agreement with the Orioles and will get $20 million over three seasons.
This article says that six teams have made offers to Chris Reitsma, and that the Marlins aren't one of them. Reitsma is definitely one of the better pitchers available who threw to an ERA over eight last season.