http://caught-looking.com/2010/07/29/breaking-down-the-roy-oswalt-trade-to-philadelphia/ Baseball 24/7 Mon, 30 May 2011 07:21:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://caught-looking.com/2010/07/29/breaking-down-the-roy-oswalt-trade-to-philadelphia/#comment-98 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:33:59 +0000 http://caught-looking.com/?p=551#comment-98 You’re absolutely right about the Phillies having Oswalt under contract through 2011. It’s not just a straight half-year rental as I made it out to be…though they also had control of Cliff Lee and look how they handled that situation. I agree with you about the option too, I don’t think the Phillies will pick that up in 2012.

]]> http://caught-looking.com/2010/07/29/breaking-down-the-roy-oswalt-trade-to-philadelphia/#comment-97 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:01:36 +0000 http://caught-looking.com/?p=551#comment-97 oswalt is under contract for next season. the astros paid 11 million of his contract which is nearly half of what remains this season and next. to paint a picture of this as a half season rental is just inaccurate. furthermore, the phillies have a team option on oswalt for 2012, though I am fairly certain they will not pick up that option since it would handcuff them in terms of payroll budget.

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