Ryan Howard Contract
Well the Phillies and Ryan Howard have reached a deal. A deal which will pay Ryan Howard $54 million over a three year period. The deal is surprising considering Ryan and the Phillies were just a few days away from arbitration. The Phillies will pay Howard $15 million this season, $19 million in 2010 and $20 million in 2011. That’s an average of $18 million over the three seasons. Over the last few seasons Howard has struck out 199 time in 2007 and 2008, but has started more game in 2008 and has had more home runs in 2008. So this is great!
With that all the Phillies will have almost the entire starting line up for last year. The only starter for last year who will be missing is Pat Burrell, which really should be no real big loss. The Phillies are in a great position to be able to defend their World Series title.
