Philadelphia Phillies: Why Jimmy Rollins Will Stay in Philadelphia

According to Comcast Sports, Ruben Amaro Jr. is going to meet with Jimmy Rollins‘ agent, Dan Lozano, at baseball’s winter meetings which begin on Monday in Dallas.

I have written before about how the Phillies should do what they can to keep him in Philadelphia. I still believe that, and I think that the Phillies have a very realistic shot at doing this.

The reason is that the market for Jose Reyes seems to be relatively limited, according to this article from CNN. In this article, Joe Sheehan examines a lot of possibilities; but he basically concludes that not many teams would be overly interested in Reyes, even though they may have the money to pay him.

How does this relate to Rollins? Reyes is a better player than Rollins, and there is not a lot of interest in Reyes or the shortstop position in general. Therefore, I do not think that there will be an overwhelming amount of demand for Rollins in the market, either. That might help his price drop.

The Phillies could still use him, however. They do have a need at shortstop. Freddy Galvis had a great year in the minor leagues, and I think that he looks pretty good.

However, I am also going to say that the Phillies are old. This is definitely no secret, but the point is that the Phillies seem to want to right now before they get too old. At the moment, Rollins gives them a better chance of actually winning. Maybe Galvis is a better long-term move; but I don’t think that it is a secret that the Phillies want to win right now.

Given this goal, bringing back their emotional leader and former All-Star would definitely help the Phillies win right now.

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