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Report: Phils Close To Signing Chan Ho Park

UPDATE (12:55 a.m.): Though he admits the Phillies haven’t confirmed a deal, Josh Schlegel of MLB.com predicts a one-year pact for Park, and an audition for the rotation.

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Yahoo! Sports’ Tim Brown reports the Phillies are close to signing free agent pitcher Chan Ho Park.

Last season, Park went 4-4 with a 3.40 ERA in 95.1 innings for the Dodgers. He started five games for Los Angeles; Brown says the Phils may view Park as a starter.

Thoughts: This is the type of back-end starter the Phils can use going into Spring Training. Sure it’s not Derek Lowe (yet), but it’s a solid back-end piece that can compete for fifth starter against Kyle Kendrick, JA Happ, Carlos Carrasco and maybe even Jamie Moyer, say all four return to the Phillies. At the very least, it’s starting pitching depth, something I think is a priority for any team.

Tim Malcolm

Tim first found the Phillies as a little infant at Veteran’s Stadium, cheering on a Juan Samuel game-winning home run in his very first game. With the pinstripes in his blood, he witnessed Terry Mulholland’s 1990 no-hitter, “Steve Carlton Night” at the Vet, game three of the 1993 World Series, countless games during the charmed 2008 championship season and various road excursions. Since November 2007 Tim’s been writing about them daily at Phillies Nation, becoming one of the world’s most popular Phillies scribes. You can catch him on Twitter and Facebook, as well. When he’s not talking about the Phils he’s relaxing with a St. Bernardus ABT 12 or one of his many favored brews.