PHI & Ryan Madson contract talks assumed to be finalized prematurely

[TooLiveBrew]

MLBTR link

The deal has a $13M option for a 5th season.

[mothershipconnection]

Dude's gonna be 35 at the end of the deal, and is a year and a half older than K-Rod who has to be smiling after seeing this deal handed out.

[burnzy24]

What teams need closers yet? I wonder if the market for K-Rod will even be that strong.

[RockCoCougars]

Good God. Does he have pictures of someone in a compromising position or something?

[Matt Breen]

Too high a price and too many years.

 

K-rod has to be happy as the market gets set high for closers.

 

It also might be a harbinger for free agency as a whole - which means big deals for the top players.

[RockCoCougars]

It also might be a harbinger for free agency as a whole - which means big deals for the top players.

 

Exactly. This is a bad omen. If Boras can get this for Madson, what will he get for Prince?

[TooLiveBrew]

This (imo) is the luxury afforded big-market teams. They can essentially overpay for the next two seasons of Madson, when he should probably still be expected to be very good. Then if/when he's overpayed & underproducing, they still have the payroll to find another solution.

[NYChez]

That's $183,000 per inning pitched.

[dlk9s]

That's it, I'm gluing a baseball mitt to my son's hand when he turns 3 in December.

[CheezWizHed]

Make sure the mitt is on his right hand. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

[TooLiveBrew]

http://www.mlbtraderumors...on-rumors-wednesday.html

 

- This morning, Jim Salisbury of CSNPhilly.com tweeted, "Source close to Madson said Tuesday night there was no deal and talks were ongoing. Still believe Papelbon in picture." Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports says sources indicated this morning that the Phillies are reconsidering their options.

 

- SI's Jon Heyman tweeted early this morning that Phillies GM Ruben Amaro Jr. agreed to a four-year, $44MM deal with Madson, but told agent Scott Boras he'd need the approval of team CEO David Montgomery, which still has not been given. Heyman says Madson signed off on the deal, but the SI writer doesn't know if the contract is in jeopardy. He adds that the Phillies had talks with Jonathan Papelbon as recently as Monday.

[RockCoCougars]

SI's Jon Heyman tweeted early this morning that Phillies GM Ruben Amaro Jr. agreed to a four-year, $44MM deal with Madson, but told agent Scott Boras he'd need the approval of team CEO David Montgomery, which still has not been given.

 

I can't imagine why there would be a delay...

[TooLiveBrew]

Yeah, any mod, please kill this thread. When I originally posted it, it was being reported as a done deal. Sorry.

 

Rosenthal tweet

Latest on Madson: Sources say no agreement with Phillies was ever in place. If deal collapses, Nationals could jump in.