PHILLIES GOT BRAD LIDGE!!!!!

by **Grotewold** » Thu May 08, 2008 15:27:29

I have a feeling the next three or four years will be followed by about ten bleak ones, so I'm all in with Lidge.

by **phatj** » Thu May 08, 2008 15:54:12

1 wrote:
philliesphhan wrote:Nope, 3/25.75

i said "didn't"

Ah, the old single negative

by **philliesphhan** » Thu May 08, 2008 17:54:39

1 wrote:
philliesphhan wrote:Nope, 3/25.75

i said "didn't"

Touché

by **stevemc** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 10:40:02

Has anyone heard further updates on talks with Lidge?

by **LongDrive** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 18:58:32

I don't think they have even started any conversations.

by **JFLNYC** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 19:30:10

Hopefully the title of the thread won't have to be changed soon to: "PHILLIES LOSE BRAD LIDGE!!!!!"

by **philliesphhan** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 21:01:01

More Baseball Prospectus Bahhaha from earlier in this thread, shared by Smitty at the time

smitty wrote:Nate Silver of BP doesn't like the trade from the Phils POV:

Is that worth giving up two good prospects in the form of Michael Bourn and Mike Costanzo? No, and it isn’t close.

by **jerseyhoya** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 21:04:21

phuturephillies wrote:Lidge turns 32 in December. Id certainly offer him 3/36.

The key is going to be how he reacts after his first blown save, assuming he blows a save this year. If he bounces back and the stuff is still dominant, he'd be worth the money. His slider is unhittable, and his velo is back in the 94-97 range.

He didn't blow a save, so that's nice. Good job by Floppy to offer the qualification.

by **philliesphhan** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 21:27:30

He was almost right on the money with a contract prediction too

3 years/$37.5M (2009-11), plus 2012 club option

by **Bakestar** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 23:20:40

Laexile wrote:I'm glad some of you like this trade, because I don't. Brad Lidge makes me uncomfortable. He was very good and lost the closer job. He allows a lot of homers. I have a feeling that people will feel about him how they felt about Gordon this season. Lidge will be a lot more expensive than the guys they traded and is a free agent at the end of the year.

Brunlett is arbitration eligible. With his production I'd non-tender the guy. Does Gillick really want to go to arbitration with him?

Geary isn't a loss. I felt he was a non-tender. Bourn was pretty much the Phillies only Major League tradeable asset. I don't mind dealing him but I think they could have gotten more. The guy came on before his injury and he's been mentioned as being coveted.

I'm probably the only one who thought Costanzo would be a player. He's improved every year and really lit it up in the second half of the season. Even if the Phillies didn't like his defense he was pretty much their other tradeable asset. What do they have left to deal? Why do the Phillies always give away quality minor leaguers but never get any?

Ed Wade saved money and got three guys he drafted. I have a hard time believing he got the better of Pat, because if Wade is really smarter than Gillick it's pretty hopeless.

by **philliesphhan** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 00:38:42

Didn't Costanzo end up getting put with four other guys in a trade for Miguel freaking Tejada? That was him, right?

by **phorever** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 08:57:02

philliesphhan wrote:More Baseball Prospectus Bahhaha from earlier in this thread, shared by Smitty at the time

smitty wrote:Nate Silver of BP doesn't like the trade from the Phils POV:

Is that worth giving up two good prospects in the form of Michael Bourn and Mike Costanzo? No, and it isn’t close.

does this mean obama is doomed? (96% chance of winning on silver's 538.com)

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