Fees for Victorino

The Phillies buy out Shane Victorino’s arbitration years and his first year of free agency with a three-year contract.
Shane’s a decent offensive player, but I would be a bit concerned that his defense has fallen off the last two years. Still, the contract takes the Phillies through his prime years, and means they don’t have to worry about the arbitration process again.
The Phillies officially announced their three-year,San Francisco Giants Hats, $22 million agreement with outfielder Shane Victorino today.
This also means the core of the team, with the exception of Jimmy Rollins, is locked up through 2011. That should result in very good baseball in the City of Brotherly Love for at least the next two years. Amaro,I’ll Believe it When I See It, and Pat Gillick before him,Cheap New York Yankees Hats, did a nice job of setting up a mini-dynasty here.