Madson is now activated too.

Nice timing. now we have plenty of time to froth about that perfect 3b trade, but not so much it gets boring.

Wizlah wrote:Nice timing. now we have plenty of time to froth about that perfect 3b trade, but not so much it gets boring.

league average batting for 3B: .248/.312/.377

Deliver me Mark Reynolds.

After hearing for years that the Phillies strike out too much, I was shocked to see that they are dead last in that category in the NL.

phdave wrote:After hearing for years that the Phillies strike out too much, I was shocked to see that they are dead last in that category in the NL.

The 2011 World Series champion Atlanta Barves have struck out the 3rd most times in all of baseball.

Oh, Buster Olney, how you tease us.

Phillies are in play for Heath Bell or Mike Adams or Chad Qualls. They have been considered frontrunner to land a SD reliever.

I'd prefer Adams by far

76erfan wrote:polanco to dl.....ut oh

i remember getting this circled in a project in elementary school. i was all like "but that's totally how i say it" and she was all like "you're wrong. interjections clearly have to be spelled a certain way. why? because i said so."

same thing happened with "shew" (phew)

no one actually says "phew".

also, polanco sucks. giant head and whatnot.

I feel like we've been "in on Chad Qualls" for a few years in a row now. He's a shoo-in for the Mike Lowell all-star team.

Woody wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote:

Howard leads all of baseball with 296 runners on base.

If we're being honest, this completely shocks me

stat per JoePoz

So in theory he could have a lot more RBIs than he does, right Bill Conlin?

The only 1Bmen who have a higher RBI percentage than Howard's 40.2% are: Fielder (45.6); Votto (42.2) and Morse (41.2).

Most guys are in the low to mid 30s. Loney is at 23.5!!! Arizona's 1Bman is a guy named Miranda (30.3) . Padres Rizzo is at 18.3 but he's young yet.

Howard always drives in more runs than expected based on his numbers but he isn't incredibly remarkable in this respect. But I guess it's better than driving FEWER runners in than expected.

Wow. How come Gillick and Looper didn't get us this Mike Morse guy? He was really cheap to get at one time. The Nats got him for Ryan Langerhans, currently tearing up the PCL. Ryan LANGERHANS!!!! I know he took some badass steroids when he was young and he was hurt a lot for a while but he can play the OF and maybe even 3B (Probably not but he started out as a SS).

Phils should fire Gillick, Looper, Amaro and anyone else associated with this fiasco.

phdave wrote:After hearing for years that the Phillies strike out too much, I was shocked to see that they are dead last in that category in the NL.

smitty wrote:From Perrotto's Rumors and Rumblings:

Two right-handed-hitting outfielders that interest the Phillies are the Padres' Ryan Ludwick and the Giants' Pat Burrell, and there is talk that they might make a big move and trade for Padres closer Heath Bell…

Rube is surprised/concerned too.

With RISP, Howard actually has performed tangibly better in his career, and I think the lack of a shift is a huge part of it

Eem wrote:With RISP, Howard actually has performed tangibly better in his career, and I think the lack of a shift is a huge part of it

That's the theory I believe. Bill James named him the "Clutch Hitter of the Year" in 2009.

James has a specific definition for a clutch plate appearance and I'm not sure what it is. But Howard hit .357 with 12 homers and an .810 slugging pct. in clutch situations in 2009. He was the clutchiest hitter by far that season.

In his career through the 2009 season he had 435 Clutch Plate Appearances and had 48 homers.

smitty wrote:

Eem wrote:With RISP, Howard actually has performed tangibly better in his career, and I think the lack of a shift is a huge part of it

That's the theory I believe. Bill James named him the "Clutch Hitter of the Year" in 2009.

James has a specific definition for a clutch plate appearance and I'm not sure what it is. But Howard hit .357 with 12 homers and an .810 slugging pct. in clutch situations in 2009. He was the clutchiest hitter by far that season.

In his career through the 2009 season he had 435 Clutch Plate Appearances and had 48 homers.

Nice research, smitty.

The message, as ever: Stop fuck-ing bitching about Ryan Howard already!

Boarder JUburton did some research himself on this and wrote it up but I figure I'll let him post it

mozartpc27 wrote:The message, as ever: Stop #$&! bitching about Ryan Howard already!

the bitching is about his contract

ReadingPhilly wrote:the bitching is about his contract

So the Phillies paid somewhat more than they should have a for a likeable, marketable star who came through their very own farm system and was and has been a critical cog in the best team the franchise has ever built.

Will the injustices never cease!?!?!?!

So how do we pry Aramis Ramirez away from the Cubs to replace Placebo Polanco? I could live with our outfielders if we had Ramirez.

Ramirez or Hunter Pence. I throw in Cosart and don't think twice. Those are the only two position moves that I think help us this year as well as in future years.

mozartpc27 wrote:

ReadingPhilly wrote:the bitching is about his contract

So the Phillies paid somewhat more than they should have a for a likeable, marketable star who came through their very own farm system and was and has been a critical cog in the best team the franchise has ever built.

Will the injustices never cease!?!?!?!

heh, differing opinions.

Eem wrote:With RISP, Howard actually has performed tangibly better in his career, and I think the lack of a shift is a huge part of it

yeah, did some looking on bbref the other day on this. with a man on first he's still average or so. a runner on second and first he gets a little bit better. but a runner on third and second he's a beast.