Posted: Thursday, July 9, 2009, 5:53 PM | 18 comments |
 

Martinez and Phils close? Plus Ibanez could be back tomorrow night
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There is an outside shot that Raul Ibanez returns to the Phillies line-up tomorrow night, when the Pirates arrive at Citizens Bank Park for the last series before the All-Star Break.

Ibanez is scheduled to play extensively tonight at Triple-A Lehigh Valley. The Phillies are hopeful that he'll play the entire game. Charlie Manuel said he hopes that Ibanez will play at least two games this weekend, though he did not rule out the possibility of a Friday return.

"I'd like to see him play two, possibly," Manuel said. "We'll wait till he plays tonight and see what happens. I'll talk to him tomorrow and see where he's at and we'll kind of go from there. But I would like to see him get in a couple games."

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Candela Deportiva, which I am not completely familiar with, but who broke the signing of Wily Mo Pena signing with the Mets earlier this year, is reporting that the Phillies and Pedro Martinez have agree to a $4 million contract.

I'm trying to follow up on this so stay tuned.

Here is the story.
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:25 PM, 07/09/2009
    That probably means the Happ could be one of the players the Jays want in the Halladay deal. Remember, Happ pitched pretty well against Toronto in Spring Training and has established himself as a pretty good starter. He'll replace Halladay in the Jays rotation. Carrasco also pitched pretty well the same day. Now, we have to see what other prospects the Phillies are going to include in the deal. Or maybe the Martinez signing, if true, will kill the Halladay trade.
    — EL Zorro
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:27 PM, 07/09/2009
    Victorino won the final All Star spot. He will probably the starter now that Beltran, the only CF on the squad on play.
    — EL Zorro
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:32 PM, 07/09/2009
    I just went into the Candela Deportiva and they confirmed that Pedro is on his way to Philadelphia for a Physical.
    — EL Zorro
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:33 PM, 07/09/2009
    Yea, I can't read that, but thank you for your source
    — MFPhils
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:34 PM, 07/09/2009
    man i reaaaaaaallllyyyy hope this is a pre-emptive strick for getting halladay
    — wearethechampions
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:40 PM, 07/09/2009
    Is the 4 million for the rest of the year or would that have been the yearly contract?
    — HandNik
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:41 PM, 07/09/2009
    Before everyone jumps all over RA for this move...... Who was in favor of them picking up Joe Blanton last year........... Im not saying this is a good move, but at least they are trying to do SOMETHING.......
    — joeolive
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:48 PM, 07/09/2009
    I think it's more likely that we don't get Halladay now.
    — Nutburgers
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:52 PM, 07/09/2009
    Todd, they were discussing Pedro for the last few weeks. I don't think it has anything to do with the Lopez injury. BTW, the reported $4 millions could be in Dominican dollars. I don't know exactly how much is in US dollars, but I know is a lot less.
    — EL Zorro
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:00 PM, 07/09/2009
    John, do you find that people like you more when you criticize insignificant typos in blog posts?
    — Nutburgers
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:07 PM, 07/09/2009
    Just what we need-another 5-6 inning pitcher.
    — brio
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