It looks like the Phillies are going to have quite the rotation when spring rolls around.
According to MLB.com's T.R Sullivan, left-handed pitcher Cliff Lee is set to sign with the Philadelphia Phillies.
According to YES reporter Jack Curry, the Yankees have been told by Lee's representatives that he plans to sign elsewhere, and that appears to be Philadelphia. Curry also reports that the Yankees offered Lee a seven-year deal worth $150 million. It appears that Lee's deal with the Phillies will be for significantly less.
The Yankees and Rangers seemed to be the runaway favorites to land Lee, but the Phillies' late offer may have been what Lee was looking for the whole time.
The 2008 AL Cy Young winner pitched just under 80 innings for the Phillies in the 2009 regular season after being traded from the Indians. He then led the Phillies to the 2009 World Series where the Phils fell to the Yankees.
If the reports are true, Lee joins a stacked pitching rotation that already includes Roy Halladay and Roy Oswalt.