It has been nearly half a decade since Placido Polanco donned the red Philadelphia Phillies pinstripes, but he will soon do it again, according to an mlb.com report .
While a fairly innocuous signing in and of itself, this move could have major implications in a number of disparate ways. Polanco will reportedly receive roughly $18 million over three years, with a fourth-year option, and will move to third base for Philadelphia after winning two Gold Gloves in the last three seasons at second base.
The signing marks the end of the Phillies' pursuits (if indeed they had ever begun) of free-agent third basemen Mark DeRosa and Chone Figgins. For DeRosa, Philadelphia had seemed the most apparent destination, and it would now seem that he will return to the St. Louis Cardinals, for whom he playe ...
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Placido Polanco Philly-Bound: What It Does For Phils (and Everyone Else)
Posted: 3rd December 2009 by Matt Trueblood in MLBComments Off on Placido Polanco Philly-Bound: What It Does For Phils (and Everyone Else)