Winter meetings wrap up

December 9, 2011

The winter meetings are over, here is what you may have missed.


Madson doesn't take arbitration

Ryan Madson did not accept the Phillies arbitration offer, as he is still looking to be a closer for another team.

Madson can still negotiate with the Phillies as a free agent if he chooses to do so, but if he rejected arbitration, he probably will not re-join the team.

The Phillies will get two picks in the 2012 draft when Madson signs with another team, as a result of the arbitration offer.


Nix officially signs contract

Laynce Nix passed his physical, and is now a member of the Philadelphia Phillies for the next two years.

Phillies sit out on Rule 5 Draft

The Phillies did not make any picks in the Rule 5 Draft, losing a few minor leaguers in the process.

The Chicago Cubs took RHP Lendy Castillo, who has to be on the Cub's 25 man roster for all of 2012, or he will be sent back to the Phillies. The Baltimore Orioles took LHP Andrew Loomis, the Cinncinati Reds took shortstop Travis Mattair, and the Pittsburgh Pirates took catcher Francisco Diaz. These players were taken in the minors phase and willn jot have to be offered back if they are not in the majors.


Rollins update

Because I haven't mentioned it already. The Anaheim Angels (I refuse to refer to them as the Los Angeles Angles of Anaheim, it's longer than it needs to be) are stacked. They have Albert Pujols and C.J. Wilson now.

Wilson gone hurts the Ranger's rotation, but Pujols gone really hurts the Cardinal's lineup.

But now that they don't have Pujols, the Cardinals have money they can spend.

Phillies beat writer Todd Zolecki thinks they just might use it at shortstop.

Zolecki reports on the Phillie's website that if the Cardinals don't chase after Prince Fielder, they could go for Rollins.

It was reported during the winter meetings that Rollins already agreed to terms with the Phillies, but that was later proven false. However, it was proven that the Phillies have made progress with Rollins, and that it was likely that he will resign.

Since then, there hasn't been much else other than speculation.

Read Zolecki's article at http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20111208&content_id=26129438&vkey=news_phi&c_id=phi