Phillies

Jimmy Rollins Wants a Five-Year Deal

By Kyle Scott

Published: Sep 28th, 2011 · 9:47 AM EDT

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One for each car (Red Bull truck not included)

Of course he does.

Let’s make this the last time J-Roll’s™ contract is brought up until he has to address it while riding down (Crossing?) Broad St. on a float. Mmmkay?

Jon Heyman of SI.com wrote at length today about the market for Rollins and his chances of re-signing with the Phillies. Here are a couple of takeaways:

– Rollins in looking for five years. A league source tells Heyman the Phillies are thinking more like three or four (they call this “Werthing”).

– Money is not the most important part of this for Rollins. It’s 1A to years.

– Rollins successfully predicted his Bay Area buddy, C.C. Sabathia, would wind up with the Yankees in 2008. He was correct. Last week, C.C. said he thought Rollins would wind up at home in San Francisco. They need a shortstop and aren’t too concerned with age.

– The Phillies like Rollins and want him back. They would be willing to pay him over $12 million a year. But it’s probably all going to come down to years:

"Right now there is no better place to play baseball, especially in the National League,'' Rollins said of the Phillies the other day. "With that being said, I've been here since I am 17. I never thought of going anywhere else. But am I afraid to leave? Not at all. Nothing's permanent. I don't get caught up to the point where it's either this or nothing.''

 

Got it? Mmmkay.

Read the story here.