phillychuck wrote:
Cesar
Cutch/Segura
Bryce
Rhys
JT
Odubel (to break up the righties)
Maikel
P
Segura/Cutch (2nd lead-off)

phorever wrote:pecota update has the phils at 89 wins

JUburton wrote:Vegas at 89.5 (highest in the division!). God bless whoever got us at 81 or whatever it was before all these signings.

Grotewold wrote:

phorever wrote:pecota update has the phils at 89 wins

Harper, Realmuto, Segura, Robertson, McCutchen, Rhys at first, and bullpen depth equate to nine wins?

We must have been lucky af last year but it really didn't feel like it.

mtcal wrote:

The Savior wrote:Also, lot of local babies about to be named Bryce or Harper. Dogs too.

some lady called marks and reese has a 3 month old named Bryce, said 'it wasn't the only reason we picked the name, but it was part'

ballsy

Shadow wrote:David Samson gave his breakdown on how the deal got done. He said it basically when down(mostly) like we all were figuring on here. They would not accept anything under Stanton's deal, they told every team that, that's all they ever asked for, no team was offering that, Harper started to get antsy, Boras told him not to panic he's gonna get you the deal. He gets the Dodgers and Giants involved, Middleton gets nervous and flies out to Vegas. When there tells him they aren't going to surpass Stanton yet among the things they discussed, Boras goes back to the Dodgers, to try to get them to go long-term, but they wouldn't, so he goes back to the Giants. Then Middleton gets nervous, Klentak and MacPhail implore him not to up his offer, but Middleton ignores it and says oh #$!&@ we can't let the fans down we gotta get this guy, ups the offer to beat Stanton and Boras says thanks that's all we wanted. Done deal.

JUburton wrote:Vegas at 89.5 (highest in the division!). God bless whoever got us at 81 or whatever it was before all these signings.

CalvinBall wrote:Winning 95 games

etched Chaos wrote:Realken seems weirdly obsessed with the 'no opt-out' thing.

etched Chaos wrote:Realken just destroyed the 'Dodgers offered $43m AAV' angle. They offered 3 years with opt-outs at under $40m AAV.

TempleFan22 wrote:

etched Chaos wrote:Realken just destroyed the 'Dodgers offered $43m AAV' angle. They offered 3 years with opt-outs at under $40m AAV.

He also wrote the morning that the fact the Nationals let Harper go without a fight should be cause of concern for the division rival Phillies. Buzz off, Ken.