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News: Phillies are Limited

by Matthew Cerrone on November 7th, 2007 at 8:55 am

Yesterday, Phillies GM Pat Gillick told the Philadelphia Inquirer that he is likely to only acquire one pitcher this off-season, due to budget restraints.

…from what i understand, they really wanted Curt Schilling, who signed a one-year deal to return to the Red Sox yesterdayso, the buzz in philly suggests they could look heavily to the international market, with a large crop of Japanese pitchers available, as well as potentially use Michael Bourne in an effort to trade for a young starting pitcher