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We apologize for the slightly delayed updates today (we had a couple of things we were working on- stay tuned for that), but it was reported by SI.com's Jon Heyman that the Phillies offered Werth a $66 million contract over the summer, and he turned it down.

The Phillies are said by a source to have initially suggested this summer a repeat of the deal Jason Bay got from the Mets last offseason, which would mean $66 million over four years. But that was summarily rejected by Werth, and he is shooting to redo the $120 million, seven-year contract Matt Holliday got from the Cardinals.

Yeah, that's a big gap.

Earlier this summer we told you discussions were at an impasse… perhaps this was why.