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[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

He is cheap innings. I will guess 1 year deal for 525k.

Next year he when he is arb eligible he may have a tougher time finding employment unless he has a lot better year.

for some reason i thought the phillies extended kendrick for a year.. and Ben Fransisco.

[randallscott35]

Originally Posted by Antitrust32

for some reason i thought the phillies extended kendrick for a year.. and Ben Fransisco.

As of his wedding in mid-november that wasn't the case....The whole staff was there including Halladay. All very nice. Hamels is smaller than I thought.

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by randallscott35

As of his wedding in mid-november that wasn't the case....The whole staff was there including Halladay. All very nice. Hamels is smaller than I thought.

thought i read it last week.. i'll check philly.com

[Antitrust32]

"The Phillies, meanwhile, did tender offers to outfielder Ben Francisco and righthanded pitcher Kyle Kendrick, both of whom are eligible for salary arbitration. Salary figures from both sides are scheduled to be exchanged Jan. 18."

"As for Kendrick, he figures to receive a raise over his $480,000 salary from last season after going 11-10 with a 4.73 ERA in 2010. He has a career record of 35-24 with a 4.69 ERA. Kendrick, 26, is expected to compete for the fifth spot in the Phillies' starting rotation next season."



Read more: http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/...#ixzz17RhepMyV



dont really know what "tender offers" are, but it looks like Kyle will be a Phillie next year.

[randallscott35]

Yeah just happened I guess.


Kendrick is expected to enter spring training as the favorite for the No. 5 spot in the rotation, but he should see some competition from rookie righthander Vance Worley. The Phillies have also left open the possibility of signing a low-cost free-agent starter to compete for the job.

Kendrick started 31 games last season, going 11-10 with a 4.73 ERA while averaging 4.2 strikeouts and 2.4 walks per nine innings. He earned $480,000 last season and should be in line to receive between $2 million and $2.5 million based on past arbitration cases.

The next step in the process is for both sides - club and player - to file a salary number (the filing period is Jan. 5-15). On Jan. 18, those numbers would be exchanged, and if the two sides cannot come to an agreement, the case will go before a panel of arbiters at some point between Feb. 1-21. The two sides can agree on a contract at any point before then.

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by randallscott35

As of his wedding in mid-november that wasn't the case....The whole staff was there including Halladay. All very nice. Hamels is smaller than I thought.

by the way.. thats freaking awesome and I'm really jealous. Halladay is the man. Any position players there? utley or Howard or victorino?

[randallscott35]

Originally Posted by Antitrust32

by the way.. thats freaking awesome and I'm really jealous. Halladay is the man. Any position players there? utley or Howard or victorino?

Just pitchers. Met them and their wives. Could've played golf in the foursome with Blanton and Hamels but I stink and I didn't want to embarrass myself. My wife's friend hooked up with Jay Happ. Haha.

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/20...or-contestant/

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by randallscott35

Just pitchers. Met them and their wives. Could've played golf in the foursome with Blanton and Hamels but I stink and I didn't want to embarrass myself. My wife's friend hooked up with Jay Happ. Haha.

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/20...or-contestant/

whats up with Phillies and Survivor girls? Hamels wife is a Survivor also.. I wonder if hamels hooked up Kendrick with his wife. That picture in the article of Kendrick and his wife is priceless. Look at that grin on Kendricks face, he looks like the happiest man in the world.

Good for him and I hope they have a great marriage.

thats awesome about Happ.. love that kid.. good to see him gettin some!

was sad to see Happ go.. but Roy Oswalt is sweet & the trade was great for Philly.

[randallscott35]

I would say the ring that Halladay's wife had was between 6 and 8 carats. You could hardly see her fingers.

[Antitrust32]

I like Vance Worley and there will be a lot of competition for that 5th spot.. hopefully Kendrick keeps on working hard and trying to mimic Halladay's work ethic.