The Phillies have already made it known that they have little desire to re-sign veteran lefty Jamie Moyer this offseason. But it might not matter anyway.
According to Dionisio Soldevila of Tiempo de Juego, Moyer suffered an injury to his throwing elbow while pitching Saturday in the Dominican Winter League. It’s the same injury that cost him half of the 2010 season and now it might cost him his career.
Moyer had a nice 4.84 ERA and 1.10 WHIP in 19 starts this past season for Philadelphia, but he will turn 48 later this month and he might not be back to full health by the start of spring training. Even if he is, there’s a good chance that his elbow will blow out again in 2011 and few MLB teams will want to risk a guaranteed contract on the veteran.
If Moyer truly wants to continue pitching, a minor league deal with no guaranteed roster spot might make sense. He currently boasts a 267-204 career win-loss record, 2,405 career strikeouts and a 4.24 career ERA.
