With the July 31st trade deadline rapidly approaching, the Phillies haven’t decided just yet if they plan to be sellers or not, but they’re still getting calls from teams around the league about their players.
While most of the attention is going to be centered around the status of pitcher Cole Hamels, according to Danny Knobler of CBSSports.com, the Los Angeles Dodgers have interest in trading for shortstop Jimmy Rollins.
The Dodgers have a need at the position, and per Knobler Phillies have been disappointed with the play of Rollins this season, and thought that the veteran could have stepped up more to fill the voids left by Chase Utley and Ryan Howard early in the season. The team may be more willing to part with Rollins after seeing what Freddy Galvis accomplished earlier in the season. The rookie proved that he’s an excellent major league defender, and can be serviceable at the plate as an eight-hole hitter.
If the Phillies were to find a taker for Rollins, they wouldn’t receive any great prospects in return, but they would be free of the remaining two years of his contract, which would free up some valuable space on the payroll.
Rollins also has a no-trade clause in his deal (nice job Ruben), so he would also have to approve of any trade that sends him out of Philadelphia. The Dodgers may be a fit for him, as he is a California native.
The entire league can have interest in him, but it doesn’t matter, unless he okays the trade. He has a no trade clause, due to his 10 & 5 rights. Thus another reason, along with his age & dwindling skills, why he shouldn’t have been re-signed. 4 years & $44M, in wasted $$$$.
3 years with a vesting option. if he is breaking down as you contend then the option won’t kick in. if he is consistent, takes care of his health, gets 600 plate appearances bats .265-.275 and plays good D… he’s our SS.
you always look at it like a fan2 not a business man …. you need to look at the market. votto signed a 13 year $260 mil contract and is getting knee surgery. is this the start of an injured filled career? I’m sure you know the answer. but the point is that is cost of doing BUSINESS– the GM’s play in the real world
J Ro after a teerrible start is actually having a solid year and has his Batting Avg up to about .265 which is close to his Career Average of .272.
He has 9 HR’s and 35RBI and is on pace for a 15 Hr 60 RBI Season which is about the most you can expect of him..He’s playesd well in the field and seems to have heathier legs and should end up with about 25 Steals… He’s only 33 Years but has played lots of games over his Career..
I don’t see him going anywhere and the mistake te Phils made was last off-season was to re-sign him at the amount of $$$ that they did.. There was not a huge demand for Rollins last off-season as a Free-Agent which hasd a pretty weak group of Shortstops out there.. Phils overpaid for Rollins and probably could have re-signed him for about $7-8 Million per Season instead of the $10-$11 Million that they agreed too costing them about $10 Million over the life of the Contract if they were more paitient… J Ro had some intered from the Brewers & Cardinals last off-season, but neither was going to get into a bidding war ..GM Amaro mis-analyzed the Market again as he’s done with many of his Free-agents by overpaying.. (Ibanez,Polanco,Lee and even Papelbon) All good players no doubt, but the Phils overpaid for each of these acquisitions.. Now Cliff Lee came to Philly for less $$ that from the Yankees, but he hasn’t consistently proven to me that he is a Top End/Ace Pitcher over a full course of a Season.. He’s pitched well at times but has has some health and control issues and has really given up a lot of HR’s this Season which have doomed him.. I think by 2014, he will nothing but a marginal PItcher and probably a middle of a Rotation Pitcher while still earning his $20 MIllion… Fans and appearently Amaro fall in love with their Players too easily.. Have a nice Playoff Stretch, Win a coupe of big, importatnt games and your everybodie’s hero, but show me some consistency over a course of a long Season and then do that each Season like Hamels and DOc have…
Funny how all the jimmy haters fail to do research! Tulowitzki Who the Rockies signed to a 6 year 118 mill contract while he was still arbitration eligible is of course one of the bright young ss. Reyes 6 yr 106 and will be 35 at the end of it. Raphael furcol who I saw people on this site ask for 2 years 14.5 million and 35 yr old. The jimmy signing at 3 for 33 is right on par. Right I know there is a vesting option but if he he stays healthy…
Paul once again you made assumptions without knowing anything ‘probably 7-8 mill’ . All teams overpay for talent.
You are ridiculous
Care to offer some proof to back up the lack of interest in Rollins or that the phillies overpaid for him? I don’t mean to sound harsh, but can you?
Are Comments posting up hre.. It shows up blank on my end when trying to read the posts.. anyone else.. maybe I have been banned..
Yes
Same here..