The bullpen is our final stop in our analysis of the Future Of The Phillies. For next year I expect the Phils to go young and rely heavily on some of their younger arms. Brad Lidge 2012: ?
He is in the final year of his contract, and he will get 11.5 million this year. The Phils have a club option for 2012.
Ryan Madson 2012: ?
Madson is in the final year of his contract and could want the big bucks come next season.
JC Romero 2012: ?
JC signed a 1 year 1.35 million dollar contract before the beginning of this year.
Jose Contreras 2012: Philadelphia
Contreras signed a 2 year 5.5 million dollar contract in 2010 that will keep him a Phillie through 2012 with a team option for 2013.
Brad Lidge and JC Romero are gone. They were both a vital part of the Phils 2008 World Series run but it's time for the club to part ways with both of them. (After today Romero really is gone.) Lidge is aging and injury prone and Romero is a head case who can't throw strikes. As for Madson if he asks for 10 million plus I don't think the Phils will re-sign him. Although Madson has had a great season so far there is no way he is worth that much money. The Phillies would be better off giving the job to Contreras or a younger guy like Stutes or Bastardo. I think that Madson won't ask for 10 million plus and the Phils and Madson should be able to work out a deal somewhere around 32 million over 4 years. The rest of the bullpen could be a mixture of a lot of young guys like Antonio Bastardo, Michael Stutes, Mike Zagurski and Scott Mathieson. With so much money devoted to the starting rotation the Phillies can afford to pay less to their relievers. Still the Phillies need at least one more veteran arm in their pen and I expect them to sign someone in the offseason.
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