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Sunday, February 15, 2009

Phils sign Miguel Cairo to minor-league deal


Perhaps the Phillies have found their right-handed bat for the bench. Perhaps not.

Either way, here's the skinny: the team has signed veteran infielder Miguel Cairo to a minor-league contract.

Cairo, a career .266 hitter in 13 big league seasons, hit .249 with no home runs 23 RBIs in 108 games with the Seattle Mariners last season.

The versatile Cairo, who played everywhere but center field, catcher and pitcher last year, has played second base the most in his career, so he could compete with spring-training invitee Marcus Giles as possible insurance for Chase Utley, who is recovering from hip surgery.

Cairo will wear No. 9 when he arrives to camp.

posted by Ryan at 3:38 PM

2 Comments:

Anonymous Ed O'Malley said...

This relationship with the Mariners is beginning to look incestuous.

February 16, 2009 3:29 PM 
Blogger Ryan said...

Haha.

So how is it that Seattle stinks but most players the Phils get from the Mariners (Moyer, Dobbs) turn out to be pretty darn good.

And by the way, although Gillick is no longer GM (he is here, however, and maintains a front office job), the Phils have a new assistant GM who spent over 20 years in the Mariners front office.

February 16, 2009 3:59 PM 

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