PAPELBON, PAPELBON, PAPELBON!
The Phillies made the right decision. Period.
After Madson’s agent, Scott Boras, leaked to the media that the Phillies offered four years at $44 million, that deal was off the table. The leak is Boras’s way of letting the rest of the teams in the league know what they had to offer to get Madson. Ruben Amaro and David Montgomery don’t play that game.
So…when the Levinson brothers, who represent Jonathon Papelbon, heard the news they knew the Phillies would make a similar offer for Papelbon, the better, more experienced closer.
You may be missing Madson now, but next October you’ll be screaming, Papelbon, Papelbon, Papelbon!
