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Phillies give Lidge three-year, $37.5M extension

Sunday, July 6th, 2008

Closer Brad Lidge signed a $37.5 million, three-year contract extension with the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday.

Lidge would’ve been a free agent after this season. The 31-year-old right-hander has 19 saves in 19 chances and a 0.77 ERA in 35 appearances in his first season in Philadelphia.

Lidge is 2-0 with 47 strikeouts in 35 innings and set a club record by converting his first 19 save opportunities this season. He didn’t allow an earned run through his first 17 appearances (17 innings), which was the second-longest by a Phillies pitcher to start his career with the team.

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Phillies avoid arbitration with Lidge, Madson

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

Relief pitchers Brad Lidge and Ryan Madson avoided arbitration with the Philadelphia Phillies by agreeing to one-year contracts Thursday. Lidge got a $6.35 million deal, while Madson’s salary with be $1.4 million.

Acquired from Houston in November to assume the closer’s role, Lidge went 5-3 with 19 saves and a 3.36 ERA in 66 games last season with the Astros. He had the fifth-most strikeouts (88) among major league relievers and the sixth-highest strikeout ratio (11.82 per nine innings).

Madson was 2-2 with a 3.05 ERA and one save in 38 appearances for Philadelphia. He had two stints on the disabled list, and his season ended July 30 because of a strained right shoulder.
Both pitchers have performance bonuses in their contracts.

The Phillies have two other players who filed for arbitration: first baseman Ryan Howard (the 2006 NL MVP) and infielder Eric Bruntlett (also acquired from Houston).

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Lidge Being Dangled For Possible OF Help For Astros

Sunday, December 11th, 2005

In an attempt to bring in another bat, Astros GM Tim Purpura is supposedly shopping top shelf reliever Brad Lidge for some help to bolster their soft hitting lineup. I’m not sure if this is a great idea for Houston, seeing that Lidge’s value has never been lower after his collapses furing the 2005 playoffs. Either way, definitely some interesting news for teams looking for a reliever.

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