CFP wrote:Why not just put the full red P inside the bell? That looks like shit.

BNightengale
Now, #Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant is on the trade clock with the #Phillies and #Nats showing at least exploratory interest.

BigEd76 wrote:

BNightengale
Now, #Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant is on the trade clock with the #Phillies and #Nats showing at least exploratory interest.

phorever wrote:

BigEd76 wrote:

BNightengale
Now, #Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant is on the trade clock with the #Phillies and #Nats showing at least exploratory interest.

nats actually have a somewhat weaker system than the phils, but they have more space under the tax limit.

having bohm ranked by mlb as the top prospect at bryant's position means that a package featuring bohm + howard would have a decent chance of being a winning trade bid, but that would leave the phils with lots of rotation holes in 2021 and little cash left over to fill in on the fa market after paying realmuto... in addition to putting them way over the cap. a 2020 payroll-neutral trade would be slightly more appealing, but the only such trade i could see the cubs making with the phils would be one including arrieta, and that would make losing howard even more damaging for the rotation. i'm trying to think of a plausible trade package for bryant in which the phils give up bohm and arrieta and keep howard, but i'm not sure such a thing exists. getting bryant without giving up howard is even more inconceivable for other payroll-neutral options like substituting obubel and robinson for arrieta, or getting the cubs to send a boatload of cash along with bryant. .... sigh....
gotta face it: the phils chances of making the playoffs over the next few years rely heavily on harper getting back to having mvp-ish seasons. if the luxury tax is the limit, they went nearly all-in with that bet. if it doesn't pay off, only getting really lucky with our prospect development or having management decide to pay the taxes and penalties above the limit can avoid the doom of hovering between 80 and 85 wins for the next few years.
the story would be different with better drafting/development over the past 5 years or avoiding the contract disasters of odubel, arrieta, and robertson, but those things didn't happen.
time to chance my sig back to ".... sigh .... "

Wheels Tupay wrote:The more this off-season goes on, the more I hate the Didi signing. Seems like a bad use of limited resources that they were going to spend after the Wheeler signing.

WhiteyFan wrote:No interest in Bohm+Howard for Bryant. He had one great season and seemingly never regained his power after his injuries.

Ace Rothstein wrote:They are officially retiring Halladay’s number 34

Wolfgang622 wrote:

Ace Rothstein wrote:They are officially retiring Halladay’s number 34

I loved Roy Halladay, have a jersey with his name and number, and, like everyone, I was devastated by this death.

But if Roy Halladay were still very much alive, and I know we all wish he was, would the Phillies be retiring his number?

He pitched here for essentially three seasons: two full and parts of two others.

He did not win a World Series here.

I know he is now in the Hall of Fame, and that is great and all, but it's hard to argue that he is more deserving to be honored in this way for his work as a Phillie than lots of players who will never sniff the Hall (Ryan Howard, Cole Hamels) but who were so important to the franchise.

Also, if Halladay's number is retired, by the same logic, then you have to retire Schilling's when he gets in. And Scott Rolen. And maybe Billy fucking Wagner if he gets in.

No way you can retire the numbers of those guys and not Utley, Rollins, Howard, and Hamels, regardless of their HOF status.