The Philadelphia Phillies signed Cliff Lee to a reported five year $120 million contract with a potential sixth season. Lee is an awesome pitcher and is comparable to Phillies ace Roy Halladay.
Amaro took over the general manager position with the Phillies after the 2008 World Series. Since then, he has made the following moves:
-He signed Raul Ibanez to a three year $30 million contract
-He signed Jamie Moyer to a two year $13 million contract
-He traded for and then signed Joe Blanton to a three year $24 million contract
-He signed Ryan Howard to a five year $125 million contract extension years before free agency
-He traded for Cliff Lee in 2009, who was amazing in the post season and then traded him after the season
-He traded for and signed Roy Halladay to a guaranteed three year $60 million contract
-He signed Placido Polanco to a three year contract
-He traded for Roy Oswalt
-And he signed Cliff Lee again
The contracts, except Halladay but including Lee, are ridiculous. He gave too many years and too many dollars for players who were a bit long in the tooth. I don't get how he can just sign players to these ridiculous contracts that will take them into their late 30s (or in Moyer's case late 40s), but for the very short term, the Phillies have one amazing team that are deserving World Series contenders in 2011 and 2012 for sure.
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