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</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD class=subHead vAlign=top colSpan=3>Phillies acquire Roy Oswalt from Astros </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD class=vaLabel colSpan=3>Roy Oswalt - S - PHI - Jul. 29 </TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top colSpan=3>Phillies acquired RHP Roy Oswalt and cash considerations from the Astros for LHP J.A. Happ, INF Jonathan Villar and OF Anthony Gose.
The Astros will pay $11 million of the approximately $23 million left on Oswalt's contract through 2011. It turns out that Oswalt did not demand that his 2012 mutual option for $16 million be picked up by the Phillies, but he would receive extra compensation if or when the Phillies decline. The 32-year-old right-hander leaves Houston behind with a 3.24 career ERA and a 143-82 lifetime record, just one win shy of the franchise's all-time leader Joe Niekro. With Roy Halladay, Cole Hamels and Oswalt, the Phillies immediately have the best 1-2-3 punch in all of the National League, if not all of baseball. If the Phillies make the playoffs again, they'll be positively scary.
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</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD class=subHead vAlign=top colSpan=3>Phillies acquire Roy Oswalt from Astros </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD class=vaLabel colSpan=3>Roy Oswalt - S - PHI - Jul. 29 </TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top colSpan=3>Phillies acquired RHP Roy Oswalt and cash considerations from the Astros for LHP J.A. Happ, INF Jonathan Villar and OF Anthony Gose. The Astros will pay $11 million of the approximately $23 million left on Oswalt's contract through 2011. It turns out that Oswalt did not demand that his 2012 mutual option for $16 million be picked up by the Phillies, but he would receive extra compensation if or when the Phillies decline. The 32-year-old right-hander leaves Houston behind with a 3.24 career ERA and a 143-82 lifetime record, just one win shy of the franchise's all-time leader Joe Niekro. With Roy Halladay, Cole Hamels and Oswalt, the Phillies immediately have the best 1-2-3 punch in all of the National League, if not all of baseball. If the Phillies make the playoffs again, they'll be positively scary.
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