Phillies random things: July can only be worse than June

by **CalvinBall** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 11:11:07

long stride maybe?

by **RichmondPhilsFan** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 11:22:11

Okay, after watching these highlights (most from 2011), he's definitely not running quite as well this season, but a lot of it still seems like it's his long stride.

(Mute if you want to avoid bad hip-hop.)

by **stevemc** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 12:43:04

It's gotta be that he's hurting. The footage definitely shows him faster than today. Dude also needs to learn how to slide!

by **FTN** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 13:43:27

buster olney and keith law ranked the phillies as the 22nd best org in baseball moving forward. 4th in the nl east.

The Overview

The organization's long-term and short-term plans can be defined in two words: Win now. The Phillies paid top-of-the-market dollars to Ryan Howard, Cliff Lee and Cole Hamels, and now they owe about $93 million to those three players and Roy Halladay. The credit card bills are coming due. -- Buster Olney

The Dilemma

Phillies GM Ruben Amaro became a seller at the trade deadline for the first time in his career, as he successfully dealt Shane Victorino to the Dodgers and Hunter Pence to the Giants while stockpiling inexpensive, controllable talent in return. This is a franchise that needed retooling, not rebuilding. Improving the bullpen depth and getting younger in the field without having to trade Halladay or Lee will be Amaro's biggest challenge.-- Jim Bowden

The System

Repeated losses of first-round picks for signing free agents and relatively meager signing budgets in the draft and internationally have led to the decline over the past few years of this system, which has also suffered this year from steps backward from starters Trevor May and Brody Colvin.-- Keith Law

http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/ ... -nos-16-30

by **Grotewold** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 13:49:36

FTN wrote:buster olney and keith law ranked the phillies as the 22nd best org in baseball moving forward. 4th in the nl east.

I wonder if it's too late for the phils to take the lsat's

by **Soren** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 13:53:48

I'm not giving them the page views, but are we seriously behind one of the Mets/Marlins?

by **FTN** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 13:55:35

marlins are below us

by **joe table** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 13:58:44

Grotewold wrote:
FTN wrote:buster olney and keith law ranked the phillies as the 22nd best org in baseball moving forward. 4th in the nl east.

I wonder if it's too late for the phils to take the lsat's

Would be a solid move IMO given their lack of a hard science background

by **jeff2sf** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 13:58:45

Didn't you guys laugh at them last time and then here we are finishing around 4th?

I think there needs to be a little more anger at our GM and team and a little less scoffing at the media.

by **Grotewold** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 13:58:47

FTN wrote:marlins are below us

I wouldn't trust David Samson to plan his daughter's birthday party

by **phillychuck** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 14:03:25

FTN wrote:buster olney and keith law ranked the phillies as the 22nd best org in baseball moving forward. 4th in the nl east.

Too conservative. Position player depth is really pretty good right now outside of outfielders (and maybe 1B).

1B-Ruf, Serritella, maybe LGreene
2B-Hernandez, Pullin, maybe TGreene
SS-Galvis, Quinn
3B-Asche, Franco, Walding, ZGreen
C-Valle, Joseph, Rupp, Lino
OF-Gillies, Castro, James??/Myers??, Collier, Altherr, Dugan, LGreene

Starting pitching is good at the top of the minor league system. The Martin acquisition helps a lot, as does Morgan's solid year and move to AA.

Relief pitching is a strength, especially in AA/AAA.

Some of these guys will take the step forward next year to the top 100.

I think this system is pretty darn solid right now. I'd put them at least in the middle of the pack.

by **Soren** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 14:07:02

yea but Keith Law said we're the worst team ever

by **CalvinBall** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 14:20:28

carli llyod will be at the game tonight. you heard it here first!

by **ReadingPhilly** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 14:25:49

there's so much info out there that is readily available that these national writers are obsolete. if you're a diehard fan, you don't need keith law to tell you shit about baseball. you can look at every stat online, watch clips of most players online and reach your own conclusion about how good you think a player is/isn't or will/won't be. law is some sort of foodie now and hardly, if ever, comes east to see prospects anyway. he's too busy getting trolled by darin ruf questions #AAby26 to offer anyting relevant about the phillies minor leagues.

by **danrosz** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 14:33:53

stevemc wrote:I heard Wheels talking about Dom's knee and hamstring issues and I hope that's the cause for what i'm about to say. Does anybody see Dom as slow? I thought a former NCAA Div I WR prospect would be faster. On the play the other night where he slid head first into home, I watched him lumber around the bases. He has baserunning issues as he takes enormous turns around the bags (especially 3rd) but he just seemed slow.

I still love me sum Dom but what's the deal?

Definitely something wrong with his leg. He's limping.

by **FTN** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 14:54:47

joe table wrote:
Grotewold wrote:
FTN wrote:buster olney and keith law ranked the phillies as the 22nd best org in baseball moving forward. 4th in the nl east.

I wonder if it's too late for the phils to take the lsat's

Would be a solid move IMO given their lack of a hard science background

nice.

by **FTN** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 14:56:19

ek wrote:they gave us a 39.1 out of 100 score. we had a 24 in finances, but a 6 in minors and a 9 in management

its hard to imagine there being 6 teams with better finances.

yankees, dodgers.....red sox? tigers? cubs? angels?

we have the 2nd highest payroll in baseball and have been talking about breaking through the luxury tax barrier next year...

by **Grotewold** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 15:30:19

Horst is back, Schwimer sent down to Pigs

by **Monkeyboy** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 15:40:56

FTN wrote:
we have the 2nd highest payroll in baseball and have been talking about breaking through the luxury tax barrier next year...

and one of our owners is like a gazillionaire.

by **RichmondPhilsFan** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 16:02:35

Meh, so much of that is shaded due to the big league team's performance that I'm not concerned. If the Phils' middle relief crapped the bed three fewer times this season and the Phils BABIP into a couple more wins for CLIFF LEE, and they're competing for the second WC spot. People would be talking about how the Phils have survived their devestating injuries to start the year and are now shifting into their usual Aug/September Beast Mode.

Instead, the story is that they're old and getting older. Whatever. Fix the bullpen, Rubes.

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