By Tim Kelly, Sports Talk Philly editor 
It would appear John Kruk is the favorite to replace Matt Stairs as one of the two Philadelphia Phillies color commentators on Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia. While it's unclear to what extent Kruk would join the announcing team, if he does at all, fans would likely be happy with a beloved former Phillies slugger joining the announcing team.
Of course, an even more beloved former Philadelphia Phillie currently seems to be in transition in his life, which could make him an interesting candidate.
After making a few guest appearances on FS1 this season, Jimmy Rollins spent the postseason working for TBS, who covered the American League playoffs.
It's unclear if Rollins is ready to retire. He made the Chicago White Sox out of Spring Training after signing a minor league deal, but was released on June 15 after batting just .221 in 41 games. While it's unknown whether Rollins received any offers to continue his career after his release, it would be hard to believe that no contenders reached out to Rollins to play a super utility role for their team. So perhaps Rollins chose to sit the rest of the 2016 season out.
It's possible he will attempt to continue his career in 2017, but it would likely have to be in a utility type role, because it took a minor league deal for him to even begin 2016 in the majors and he wasn't effective in his limited time on the south side.
If Rollins decides to retire, he may get offers from various national networks, including TBS, to join their team on a full-time basis. If not, however, it would make sense from both his perspective and that of CSN for him to join the Phillies announcing team. CSN would be bringing one of the most beloved players in the history of the team aboard to announce, which would please fans. That doesn't even take into account that he's still very familiar with a good portion of both the major league and minor league roster. Rollins would get a pretty good position to start his second career, which he could either remain in for the long-term or use to ultimately catapult himself into a better national position.
For the record, Rollins ultimately replacing Stairs in the booth feels like a long shot. He may try to resume his career in 2017. He may take the year off altogether. Or a national network may bring him aboard full-time to be a studio analyst. But it still would make sense for CSN to reach out to Rollins to gauge his interest.
