The Phillies locked up Jayson Werth to a two-year $10 million contract and Chad Durbin at $1.635 million for 2009. That leaves just one little arbitration-eligible player for the champs. OK, Ryan Howard is not so little; neither is his arbitration request, nor the schism between that $18 million request and the Phillies $14 million offer.
But we knew things wouldn't be easy with him, so we should probably just be happy that everyone else signed fairly quickly and painlessly, leaving just the big man to deal with.
The Red Sox, meanwhile, may still be negotiating a long-term pact with Jonathan Papelbon. That would alleviate some stress in future offseasons. And he still might be throwing to Jason Varitek, who won't be going to the Dodgers.
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