News: Phillies No Longer Interested in Lohse
According to George King, in today’s New York Post, the Phillies are no longer interested in free-agent LHP Kyle Lohse, because he will not budge from seeking a four-year deal.
King writes, “It’s believed the Mets have made an offer to the 29-year-old for four years, but it’s not known if it is for 
the $10 million per he is seeking.”
Earlier this week, Tim Brown at Yahoo! Sports wrote that both the Mets and Phillies had offers out to Lohse.
However, in a report yesterday for Newsday, Ken Davidoff wrote that the Mets ‘do not seem particularly interested’ in free-agent starting pitchers Livan Hernandez, Carlos Silva or Lohse, ‘unless their prices drop.’
In 34 starts for the Reds and Phillies last season, the 29–year-old Lohse was 9–12 with a 4.63 ERA, while striking out 122 batters through 192 innings.
…as i said before, while lohse is durable, he’s also hittable…basically, he strikes me as the kind of pitcher who, in the perfect ball park, when on his game, can be a great-looking pitcher, but every thing must go right…the thing is, if Mike Pelfrey or Philip Humber are still on this team’s roster come opening day, i’d just as soon start them over lohse…
