PHILLIES NEWS

The Phillies have been working on their latest free agent signing for some time now, but today they finally made it official signing righthanded pitcher Adam Eaton to a 3 year, $24.5 million contract. Eaton, a former Phillies draft pick in 1996, went 7-4 with a 5.12 ERA for the Texas Rangers last season in limited work (just 65 innings due to a finger injury), and will replace another former Phillies draft pick, the recently departed Randy Wolf , in the Phils rotation (Wolf just signed a one year $8 million deal with the LA Dodgers, his hometown team). In his career Eaton is 54-45, with a 4.40 ERA, and 666 strikeouts. Those are not great numbers, but clearly good enough for the Phils to include him in their rotation, which will also feature, Brett Myers, Cole Hamels, Jon Lieber, and of course the newly re-signed Jamie Moyer.