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With the Florida Marlins trimming more fat than Anna Nicole, the Philadelphia Phillies should be chomping at the bit to bring back a familiar face. Todd Jones, whose contract is meager ($1.1 million) in comparison with the premier closers in the league, racked up 40 saves in 2005, the second best year of his career. After playing for seven teams in five years, it also put an exclamation point on his comeback.

With the Jim Thome trade official, the Phillies are a closer away from a respectable team. GM Pat Gillick upped the team's offer to free agent Billy Wagner, but it appears he's headed up the turnpike to the divisional rival New York Metropolitans. Good closers are hard to find and there is no factory that produces them, so when you find one available for a bargain price you jump on it like a $10 digital camera on black Friday.

Other closers are available, but with Florida dumping salaries two years after their second World Series title (they did this right after their first championship, in 1997, as well), why look elsewhere?