Lohse signs with Cardinals

Kyle Lohse finally found a job. The free agent right-hander signed a 1-year $4.25M deal with the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday.

The deal is still pending a physical which should be completed on Friday when Lohse flies in from California.

Phillies in or out on Lohse?

This morning, reading Ben Maller's MLB Rumors from Fox Sports, I came across two different articles on the bidding for pitcher Kyle Lohse.





The first one, from Charley Walters of the Pioneer Press, says Lohse is pondering a 4-year $40M offer from Philadelphia Phillies. Contrary to that report, George King of the NY Post says the Phillies have backed out of the running.





In the George King article, Phillies assistant GM, Ruben Amaro, says "We talked to his agent Scott Boras a few times and from all indications it looked like it would take four years. We let him know that we wouldn't go higher than three. He indicated he could get four, and we bowed out gracefully"


I guess we'll get the real story in a few days.

Mariners look elsewhere for pitching

After losing out to the Dodgers for Hiroki Kuroda, the Mariners could pursue a trade for Baltimores' Erik Bedard but could also look into free agents Kyle Lohse and Carlos Silva.

Rowand returning to Phillies?

With Aaron Rowand asking for a 5-year deal, there aren't a lot of teams that are willing to give that many years to a 30-year old.

The Phillies could be willing to overpay for a 3-year deal for the free agent center fielder. The other teams interested are the Chicago White Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers, but both teams have said they are unwilling to go more than 3 years.

In the same article, Paul Hagen says the Phillies have no interest in bringing back Jon Lieber, but they are having discussions with Kyle Lohse who's asking for 5-years $50M.