Chase Utley just re-signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers to be a bench bat for $2 million this year. Jimmy Rollins is with the San Francisco Giants, for now, on a minor league deal. Angel Pagan is still a free agent, as is the indefatigable Juan Uribe - the latter while sitting on 199 career home runs.
The market has not been kind to mid to late 30’s players this offseason, even to those who were obvious standouts during their peak years. The Cincinnati Reds certainly were aware of this during their attempts at trading veteran 2B Brandon Phillips, so while we waited to find out the specifics of the deal that would send him to the Atlanta Braves, we knew the likelihood of there being a great return was near nil.