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by **VFB** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 16:21:02

git r dun rosterbot!

by **RosterBot** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 09:00:13

Roster changes for Wed Mar 12, 2008 9:00 am
53 Lincoln Holdzkom R/R 6-5 245 03/23/82
Changed to...

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 09:17:21

RosterBot wrote:Roster changes for Wed Mar 12, 2008 9:00 am
53 Lincoln Holdzkom R/R 6-5 245 03/23/82
Changed to...

by **philliesr98** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 09:30:47

RIP Lincoln

by **Bob Loblaw** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 10:01:52

philliesr98 wrote:RIP Lincoln

The web doesn't have any links about Lincoln's demise...

by **philliesr98** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 10:16:15

larry literal?

by **philliesr98** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 10:17:33

he's as dead as tim allen

by **Bob Loblaw** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 11:19:05

philliesr98 wrote:larry literal?

No, I didn't see anything about the Rule V pick being offered back or optioned.

by **philliesr98** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 11:21:27

gotcha

weird cause he is a rule 5 and the 40 man doesnt have him on anymore, does that mean he's gone?

by **Larry Literal** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 11:24:02

philliesr98 wrote:he's as dead as tim allen

If you mean the actor from the hit TV show Home Improvement, he is still alive.

by **philliesr98** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 11:26:10

Larry Literal wrote:
philliesr98 wrote:he's as dead as tim allen

If you mean the actor from the hit TV show Home Improvement, he is still alive.

yea, but his career isn't

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 11:27:20

Joe Somebody was the hotness

by **JFLNYC** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 11:27:37

Harry Monroe wrote:
philliesr98 wrote:RIP Lincoln

The web doesn't have any links about Lincoln's demise...

I heard he was shot anyway.

by **smitty** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 13:33:34

JFLNYC wrote:
Harry Monroe wrote:
philliesr98 wrote:RIP Lincoln

The web doesn't have any links about Lincoln's demise...

I heard he was shot anyway.

Sic Semper Suckypitchers.

by **GrizzledVeteran** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 14:30:10

From Radano:

Right-handed pitcher Lincoln Holdzkom cleared waivers and is now a free agent. Holdzkom was selected by the Phillies in MLB's Rule 5 Draft this past December. He can be signed to a contract - most likely a minor league one - by the Phillies.

This move opens a spot on the 40-man roster and with Kris Benson prepped to throw on Thursday, the spot may be his by March 25.

by **JFLNYC** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 15:23:35

I suppose the good news is that if Benson is healthy, he's likely to be as effective as Lohse. But the bad news is we could probably use both of them if Kendrick doesn't get straightened out.

by **Barry Jive** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 16:52:18

GrizzledVeteran wrote:From Radano:
Right-handed pitcher Lincoln Holdzkom cleared waivers and is now a free agent. Holdzkom was selected by the Phillies in MLB's Rule 5 Draft this past December. He can be signed to a contract - most likely a minor league one - by the Phillies.

This move opens a spot on the 40-man roster and with Kris Benson prepped to throw on Thursday, the spot may be his by March 25.

Shouldn't he go back to the Red Sox, not become a free agent?

by **lethal** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 16:56:32

The Phillies had to first offer him to his former team for $25K. If they decline to pay that, they have to place him on waivers for any other team to claim (with the same Rule 5 restrictions). If he clears those waivers, he's free to sign with any team (including the Phillies) for a minor league deal.

by **smitty** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 17:25:44

He was offered back and the Sox said no thanks according to this:

http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/ne ... p&c_id=phi

The sox have no room/desire to have him back I think. It would be cool if he turned out to be the pitching version of Victorino.

by **swishnicholson** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 17:53:25

smitty wrote: It would be cool if he turned out to be the pitching version of Victorino.

A Lincoln Bobblehead!

Maybe not.

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