heyeaglefn wrote:

MFP wrote:All true, but it was just interesting the way he couched it. Talked about it as Boras keeping his "prized client" in Harper happy by funneling one of Cole or Rendon here as a way to help Harper win.

Yeah I guess I could see Cole or Rendon saying, I want to go to these 10 teams and Boras mentioning Philadelphia if for some reason they don't want to consider coming here.

More likely though I think highest $$$$ will win for both guys no matter what.

bleh wrote:Put Haseley in AAA. We're not rebuilding anymore. Need better than a .714 OPS. He'll be up in week 2 when Quinn gets hurt anyway.

BigEd76 wrote:Rendon is good but I don't see the point in going after him when you have Hoskins and Bohm and pitching is a bigger need

MFP wrote:

BigEd76 wrote:Rendon is good but I don't see the point in going after him when you have Hoskins and Bohm and pitching is a bigger need

Thought would then be that the odd man out between Bohm and Hoskins would be trade bait to try to get an impact pitcher. Steaks has already floated the possibility of Hoskins being moved if this season scared the Phillies on committing to him long-term, though selling low on him after the year he had wouldn't seem to be particularly wise.

MFP wrote:

BigEd76 wrote:Rendon is good but I don't see the point in going after him when you have Hoskins and Bohm and pitching is a bigger need

Thought would then be that the odd man out between Bohm and Hoskins would be trade bait to try to get an impact pitcher. Steaks has already floated the possibility of Hoskins being moved if this season scared the Phillies on committing to him long-term, though selling low on him after the year he had wouldn't seem to be particularly wise.

philliesphhan wrote:Shore, I'd be curious to see the catcher numbers when you lower the games caught to 108. While obviously not nearly the amount JT does now, that seems more typical to have the starter catch 2/3 and backup catch 1/3

mtcal wrote:so the question is do you do something like see if JT is up for some frontloading on a longer deal? seems like a win on both sides if he starts to decline right?

does he have an injury history that we fear?

we can't let him disgruntled or leave right? we don't have anything that can compare to what he does anytime soon yes?

The Philadelphia Phillies told NBC News exclusively they are going to extend their netting to the foul poles by the 2020 season.

So far, a total of 13 teams have announced a further extension of netting. Six teams announced an extension this season — the White Sox, Braves, Washington Nationals, Baltimore Orioles, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Houston Astros. The other seven teams — the Arizona Diamondbacks, Kansas City Royals, Milwaukee Brewers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays and the Philadelphia Phillies — have all committed to extending their netting by the 2020 season.

Seventeen teams have not announced any plans to make additional extensions to their netting. Of those 17, some already have netting that extends past the home and visitor dugouts, but none have netting that extends to the foul poles.

SixerLed3 wrote:The Phillies will extend the netting from foul pole to foul pole in advance of next season.

The Philadelphia Phillies told NBC News exclusively they are going to extend their netting to the foul poles by the 2020 season.

So far, a total of 13 teams have announced a further extension of netting. Six teams announced an extension this season — the White Sox, Braves, Washington Nationals, Baltimore Orioles, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Houston Astros. The other seven teams — the Arizona Diamondbacks, Kansas City Royals, Milwaukee Brewers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays and the Philadelphia Phillies — have all committed to extending their netting by the 2020 season.

Seventeen teams have not announced any plans to make additional extensions to their netting. Of those 17, some already have netting that extends past the home and visitor dugouts, but none have netting that extends to the foul poles.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/we- ... d_nn_tw_ma

MoBettle wrote:

SixerLed3 wrote:The Phillies will extend the netting from foul pole to foul pole in advance of next season.

The Philadelphia Phillies told NBC News exclusively they are going to extend their netting to the foul poles by the 2020 season.

So far, a total of 13 teams have announced a further extension of netting. Six teams announced an extension this season — the White Sox, Braves, Washington Nationals, Baltimore Orioles, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Houston Astros. The other seven teams — the Arizona Diamondbacks, Kansas City Royals, Milwaukee Brewers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays and the Philadelphia Phillies — have all committed to extending their netting by the 2020 season.

Seventeen teams have not announced any plans to make additional extensions to their netting. Of those 17, some already have netting that extends past the home and visitor dugouts, but none have netting that extends to the foul poles.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/we- ... d_nn_tw_ma

They need to figure out how to invent the Wakanda clear force field thing. I get that this is inevitable but you can’t just have a majority of the seats have obstructed views in a sport that’s already struggling with attendance.

thephan wrote:$$ The Athletic reporting on the possibility of moving Jean Segura from shortstop in 2020. Apparently this has been an active discussion in the organization, One of the landing spots could be 3B. I never considered that, but it could be a good slot. That is the most intriguing move in my mind (others is 2B) as it solves one problem. Kingery gets moved all over the place in these what-if scenarios, but part of the possibility is looking for a replacement SS.