Philadelphia Phillies: Why They Will Miss Each Departed Free Agent
February 17, 2012 by Mike Angelina
Filed under Fan News
Going into the off season the Phillies had a list of some pretty significant players being without contract.
Ruben Amaro Jr. and his team looked at the value of each player, tried assigning dollar values to that, and worked to sign the ones he could and wanted to bring back to Philadelphia.
In doing so, along with making some other moves, he may have prevented himself from signing some of his own free agents.
At the end of the off season, with Spring Training a few days away, it turns out the Phillies lost as many of their own free agents as they signed.
For the two that left for other cities, here is what the Phillies will miss: