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Phillies Agree To Terms With FelizESPN.com is reporting that the Phillies have agreed to a two-year deal with free-agent third baseman Pedro Feliz, pending a physical. Feliz batted .253 with 20 home runs and 72 RBIs during the 2007 season with the Giants. Feliez had a -71% Reina Value in 2007, taking home $5.1 million, but 'deserving' just $1.5 million as he had a season FIC of 88. Click here for more information on the Reina Value Philadelphia Phillies, Free Agent Rumor Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Howard's Arbitration Hearing Set For Feb. 20ESPN.com has reported that the Philadelphia Phillies and first baseman Ryan Howard have scheduled their arbitration hearing for Feb. 20, the next-to-last day in the arbitration process. Howard has asked for $10 million in 2008, while the Phillies are offering him just $7 million - the $3 million difference is the greatest between any player and team this season. Philadelphia Phillies, Misc Rumor Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Phillies, Howard $3M Apart In ArbitrationRyan Howard asked the Phillies for a $10 million contract in salary arbitration when players and teams swapped figures. The Phillies offered Howard, the 2006 NL MVP, a $7 million salary. The $3 million gap between the sides was the largest among the 48 players who exchanged proposals with their teams. Philadelphia Phillies, Misc Rumor Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Phillies Come To Terms With Lidge, MadsonBrad Lidge and Ryan Madson are in the fold. The Phillies announced yesterday that they had avoided salary arbitration with Lidge and Madson. Lidge, who is the team's new closer, agreed to a one-year, $6.35 million contract. Madson, who went 2-2 with a 3.05 ERA and two stints on the disabled list last season, agreed to a one-year, $1.4 million deal. Both contracts include performance bonuses. Lidge, 31, was 5-3 with a 3.36 ERA for Houston last year. The Phillies acquired him in a multiplayer trade in November. "Our goal is always the same," said Ruben Amaro Jr., the Phillies' assistant general manager. "We try to come to what we feel is an equitable deal, and we thought we did with both those guys." Philadelphia Phillies, Signing, Terms Agreement Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Phillies 'Whiz Kids' Pitcher Ridzik Dies At 78Former pitcher Steve Ridzik, a member of the "Whiz Kids" Philadelphia Phillies that went to the World Series in 1950, has died. He was 78. Ridzik died Jan. 8 after battling heart disease for several years, said Nancy Ridzik, his wife of 10 years. He returned to Philadelphia in 2000 for a celebration of the 1950 Phillies team, which lost in the World Series to the New York Yankees. "He wouldn't have missed it for the world," Nancy Ridzik said Thursday. Born in Yonkers, N.Y., on April 29, 1929, Ridzik was signed as a prospect by the Phillies when he was 16. He won 39 games and had a lifetime 3.79 earned run average over 12 major league seasons that included stops with the Washington Senators, the New York Giants and the Cincinnati Reds. Philadelphia Phillies, Misc Rumor Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Phillies Jan 2008 Archive
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