Cliff Lee or Jamie Moyer? The best and worst $9-million you can spend!

Cliff Lee is gone!  They could have had him for $9-million.  They tell us it's because they couldn't lock him up, and that he was going to walk at the end of the season and test the market.  They tell us it's because they depleted their farm system, and needed to acquire some prospects.

To address the first statement, Lee said he expected to finish his career in a Phillies uniform.  Not the sign of a guy that's gonna walk!  To address the second statement, the Phillies would have acquired two draft picks in the event that he walked, replenishing their farm system!

It doesn't add up!  Could it be a salary dump?  They tell us no, but then again, they told us they weren't going to get Roy Halladay either!

If it was a salary dump, we have to question the singing of Jamie Moyer.  If they don't have Cliff Lee right now because they handed a 46-year old pitcher a 2-year $13-million contract, what else can you say but...WOW!

If that is the case, then Jamie Moyer, you better have one heck of a season!