Rockies make Jamie Moyer an offer
Jamie Moyer has been offered a minor league contract by the Colorado Rockies, a source confirmed to the Daily News.
Rockies make Jamie Moyer an offer
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Jamie Moyer has been offered a minor league contract by the Colorado Rockies, a source confirmed to the Daily News.
The source said Moyer could be awaiting an offer from another team as well.
Moyer, who turned 49 in November, spent the last 4 1/2 of his 24 major league seasons with the Phillies. Moyer, 267-204 lifetime with a 4.24 ERA, was 56-40 for the Phillies, including 16-7 when they won the World Series in 2008.
Moyer was 9-9 with a 4.84 ERA in 2010 but had elbow ligament surgery and missed last season. Since rehabbing, he has been working out in hopes of pitching again.
The Denver Post, which first reported the story, indicated that would be brought in to compete for a rotation spot and help tutor the young pitchers on the Colorado staff.
Also, the Rockies traded outfielder Seth Smith to Oakland for righthander Guillermo Moscoso and lefthander Josh Outman, a former Phillies prospect who was sent to the Athletics in the Joe Blanton trade.
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good luck jamie. i was hoping we would bring you back for middle relief..— zwarte piet- good luck jamie. i was hoping we would bring you back for middle relief..— zwarte piet
- Great....now who can we get who's lefthanded to throw those sloppy 58 foot curveballs to Howard while he's rehabbing from his injury? Jamie was the key to the Big K's breakout 2012 season.....— Mark1npt
- If we can't lure Jamie to make Ryan better against lefties, how about drafting his next son Hutton (that clan is really the Brady Bunch), and make him the minor league pitching coordinator...obviously with intentions of moving him along thru the ranks...He can tutor and mentor the prospects, as well as the organization's pitching coaches...while his son, a second basemen, plays for pay. — bearsfriend
- First Bowker, now Geritol Jamie. Where does it end? Oh, the humanity.— eman
- Jamie Moyer is probably the BEST active pitcher/coach in the game. Whatever the Rockies offer him, the Phillies should increase the offer just to keep him in house and in-line for a coaching job once his pitching career ends. I know he loves pitching and hope he's fully recovered and can finish his amazing career on the field with grace and success. I just hope he finishes his one-field career with the Phils. Good luck Jamie!— bingbangbong
- Agree! I'd love to see Moyer in a coaching/mentor role and stay in Philadelphia. — blunted1
- Jamie Moyer is probably the BEST active pitcher/coach in the game. Whatever the Rockies offer him, the Phillies should increase the offer just to keep him in house and in-line for a coaching job once his pitching career ends. I know he loves pitching and hope he's fully recovered and can finish his amazing career on the field with grace and success. I just hope he finishes his one-field career with the Phils. Good luck Jamie!— bingbangbong
- Nothing against Moyer but I can't see him ever pitching another MLB game.— AvoidSundanceVacations
- Best of luck to Jamie. He did so much for this city, both on and off the field. He is a class act and hopefully can win a spot in Colorado's rotation. Moyer will make a great pitching coach, hopefully in Philly, down the line.— Seeing Red
- WHY IS MANUEL STILL HERE? This so-called "hitting guru" doesn't have the stones to enforce a more disciplined approach by this group of hackers, so in 2012, GOOD pitching (like what is found on playoff teams) will once again neutralize this bunch. So what if the Phillies have won X amount of games and have appeared in the last 5 post-seasons? The 1960 Yankees fired Casey Stengel after the team lost the World Series, and after all the pennants and championships Stengel collected. It's all about improving the team to get over the hump - that goes for players AND coaching!— jman
- WHY DIDN'T THEY SIGN MADSON instead of bringing in Papalbon at %6 mil more? Oh wait, that's completely OT too...sorry.
- Best of luck Jamie... Appreciate your toughness... Hope we can use him in some capacity.— trinieagle
- I hoped he would return as a coach in the Phillies organization, still do.— Fast Eddy
- oh Jman. I couldnt disagree with you more. Look at the cardinals...look at the NY Giants( ie, a 9-7 team in different sport)...the key is to get in and after that, its baseball...the difference between winning a game here or there is so slight....if Ibanez had centered his fly ball just a tad bit more in game 5, phillies win the game and have a great shot at the series. ill take a team that wins 100+ and makes the post season every year....and hopefully they snag another WS or two as it happens. Im not saying the phillies dont have flaws but tossing the manager aside or being so willing to ignore how good the team was duirng the regular season is absurd.— TheLon
Comment removed.- For God's sake!!— billtfla
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- The news Dean1959 is that they let a moron like you post. 267 career wins and hi is a lifetime failure...I wish I were that much of a failure...— ceocreates
- Some guys will do anything to get out of the house.— Bob1
- I think the Phils should find a spot for him. Yep, that's what I think. Uh huh, yep, yessir.— SeanMan
- I think we'll see Jamie pitch in the bigs again. Just because he's proven everyone wrong his entire career. You will not find a better guy to have on your team. I too would like to see him back home as part of the Phillies organization once he hangs it up.— s
- Best to you Jamie.....go easy on the Phils!— Lynnwood
- I like Moyer and wish him the best. However, as Charles Barkley says - Father Time is undefeated.— rustypop58
- From one of the articles:
"14 of the players on Colorado's 40-man roster were not born when Moyer debuted with the Cubs in June of 1986."— s - The rockies have a "geriatric claus" in this offer whereby he has to have Purina before each game and one trip to the casino each month.— Bill E. Penn
- Would hate to see Moyer take all of that knowledge somewhere else.— Trident252
- I wish him the best. Who's to say he can't? But me, I'd like to see him back here coaching one day, I think he's going to be a great pitching coach.— PhillySubsMac
- Forget playing...Moyer is a first class person with a great baseball resume. He would be an EXCELLENT addition to any major league club in the role of a manager or coach. The Phillies should be so lucky to land him.
Now, fire Chris Wheeler and the dead rat on his head!!!— kelprod2 - This comment has been deleted.— stoky
- Us? It's your visual, speak for yourself. — escapedcamden4monterey
- @Bear.....Moyer is a good man....he would be a credit to our organization long term. However, I just don't see the Phils having a spot for him on the team. Rocks offer is a minor league contract with a "chance" to win a spot......maybe if he doesn't make it and has to retire the Phils will have a spot waiting for him back in Clearwater so he can be close to home in Bradenton and his "bunch".— Mark1npt
- Jamie deserves better than a minor league deal with the Rockies. He's a class act, a true competitor, and the holder of pitching stats that should qualify him for the Hall of Fame. The Phils should invite him to spring training and have a look. His fast ball may have actually gotten slower which might actually make him tougher to hit. The Phils should also resign Roy Oswalt to a one-year contract. I'm still not buying Blanton and/or Kendrick as the Number 5 starter.
- Sorry to see a guy who doesn't know when to quit. Moyer was done in 2009.— Edward L Norton
- Better them than us.— PhightinPhil
- Proponents of signing JM as a coach fail to consider the salary involved. Starting pitchers make TWICE as much as coaches and 4X as much as minor league coaches.
Good luck Jamie, delay the coaching option until you get a bit older.— NewMick314 - I just liked seeing a hot older man hangin around. I'll miss that.— stripyvarmint
- Actually I will welcome the idea of Jimmy trying out for the lefty specialist in our BP. Maybe he can become another Dan Plesac late (very late) in his career. The problem is, he wants to start. And I remember when he told the press he wasn't happy after being replaced in the starting rotation by Pedro and that he was misled by the Phillies when he was sent to the BP, something Amaro said, according to him, that wouldn't happen.— EL Zorro
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- Go Jamie, .... go for a two year deal! if anyone can pitch at 50, you can do it.
Ruben, get the man in here!— gmr18901 - Man there's some real low-life morons on this post. What's with dissing Ryan Howard?? The guy's been tremendous for the Phils and he's getting dissed. It's especially annoying because I'm sure none of you have even played baseball at any level much less professionally.
As for Jamie I wish the Phils would at least invite him to camp. If you can get guys out, you can get guys out. No matter what your age is.— Phillyexp
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