Off- Season Thoughts

It's now the off-season for us Phillies fans. And now it's time to think about next season. Here are some things to think about. For one the status of Jimmy Rollins is a question mark. He is looking for a 5 year deal, and at his age I don't think the Phillies are willing to go more than a 2 year deal with some incentives. The talk of a big time contract being offered to Cole Hamels is a probability.The Phillies will gain some wiggle room with contracts being ended like Raul Ibananz in the area of 12 million dollars. Also The end of Brad Lidge as a Philly that's another 10 million dollars. We 're finaly done with the free money we gave Joe Blanton 11.5 million dollars. We need some pieces to the puzzle to bring this all together. One, we need a true closer, to go with a good set up man in Ryan Madson. The hopes that Dominic Brown is ready to go out there and play left field. The biggist question of all is the devastating injury to Ryan Howard. Now that he is locked in to a 5 year extended contract worth over a hundred million dollars of garanteed money, put's the phillies in the hold you're breath pause for the next 4 monthes.