HBT: Phils' meeting with Rollins doesn't go well

Jimmy Rollins? agent met recently with the Phillies and Jim Salisbury of CSNPhilly.com reports that the meeting ?did not go all that well.?

Salisbury writes that Rollins continues to insist on a five-year contract, with the Phillies understandably balking at making that sort of commitment to a 33-year-old shortstop who?s already started to decline.

In the meantime the Phillies have increased their pursuit of free agent Aramis Ramirez and are said to be shopping Placido Polanco to potentially make room at third base. However, a source told Salisbury that he still expects Rollins to eventually re-sign with the Phillies and indicated that the team?s interest in Ramirez is only as a fallback option.

Source: http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/05/phillies-meeting-with-jimmy-rollins-agent-did-not-go-all-that-well/related/

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