Flash Land Big Fish and Finish 25-Man

After a long bidding war, the Flash succeeded in bringing their one big offseason target to the city of brothery love. SP Maximo Lemon, a former Augusta Black Bear, is a lifetime 43-37 pitcher with a 4.15 ERA, and once won 17 games. His deal is a 2-year, $10.1 million deal, though it includes a $4.9 million signing bonus and a mutual option for the second year.

Lemon fills the final hole in the rotation, allowing SP Carl Oliver, who is a solid innings eater but not a power arm, to move to the bullpen as a long reliever. Top to bottom, if SP Benny Aybar builds off his Season 3 success, the Flash could be as strong as ever 1 to 5 in their rotation.

The Flash snagged 1B Ray Kent off the Waiver Wire to play the position against right-handed pitching this year. AAA 1B Davy Hausmann was disappointed by the news, as he had to journey back to the minors, but his numbers against right-handers are not there.

Philly also signed RP Macbeth Porter to complete their bullpen. While not the reliever Sour Surfer wanted, really all the Flash needed was a final arm to make sure they had enough bodies in the pen, especially given the low innings capability from some of their feature arms like RP Rafael Perez and RP Felipe Martin.

The Flash also promoted AAA RP Albert Rosado to the major league bullpen for the same reasons. Rosado likely will only pitch if he is the last option available on a given day.