Upton: On a scale of 1-10, a 6.5-7 chance they're going to get him is his gut feeling. He's the priority and the Phils get their guy. He's from Norfolk, VA which isn't too far.

Justin Upton: Sure they've had multiple conversations about him. But they're frustrated by the posturing with him and doesn't think they have the talent load to get him.

PTOITWCFTPP wrote:

76erfan wrote:if we add just one big bat in OF..we probably can afford youk

Endorse this along with a bullpen guy coming off an injury that you get discounted.

Soria or Mike Adams

Youk

Upton

then as someone may have said earlier..maybe you go Nix or Schierholtz with Ruf platoon in left...and Brown and Mayberry in RF platoon

could be worse i guess.

That looks like a hell of a squad to me, if Youk can hack 3B even most of the time. And we actually have some nice utility/3B depth

Gotta say I'm loving the bullpen approach if what Salisbury says holds true.

agree....8th inning guy is pretty important..going cheap and getting guy off injury could blow up in his face again. amaro openly said he didnt put enough effort into pen last year.

Grotewold wrote:That looks like a hell of a squad to me, if Youk can hack 3B even most of the time. And we actually have some nice utility/3B depth

Looks great to me, especially if it clicks for Brown.

Eem wrote:Gotta say I'm loving the bullpen approach if what Salisbury says holds true.

Thanks for the updates

Opening Day tweet?

Today's line-up: Rollins SS, Upton CF, Utley 2B, Howard 1B, Youkilis 3B, Brown RF, Ruiz C, Ruf LF, Halladay P

Rake.

Doll Is Mine wrote:Opening Day tweet?

Today's line-up: Rollins SS, Upton CF, Utley 2B, Howard 1B, Youkilis 3B, Brown RF, Ruiz C, Ruf LF, Halladay P

would not mind that at all.

bench of mayberry, nix or schierholtz, frandsen, galvis and kratz

Doll Is Mine wrote:Opening Day tweet?

Today's line-up: Rollins SS, Upton CF, Utley 2B, Howard 1B, Youkilis 3B, Brown RF, Ruiz C, Ruf LF, Halladay P

With that lineup, I can hope this is the year Charlie breaks up Utley/Howard.

totally forgot about KRATZ

proud of my co-worker, steaks!

All-time rankings on baseball-reference:

458. Kevin Youkilis
459. Von Hayes
460. Richie Hebner

ek wrote:

Eem wrote:Halladay: Trying to strengthen his core, which Salisbury said is weird considering he's already in great shape. No real health update. He has to make 28-31 starts and pitch well.

this was interesting. he said he's doing it to keep stress off the shoulder which makes sense i guess

It's interesting how underworked/appreciated the core is for guys that "are in great shape".

Guys that are "lean and strong" may not be doing any core work, and especially for a rotational type of profession (throwing, swinging, etc) every bit of power starts with the core stabilizers. If those are underdeveloped, the rest of the kinetic chain has to make up for the lack of power, leading to overuse/strain, etc.

I always find it odd when I hear that athletes are adding core work - don't that have professional trainers guiding them?

I still think there was something wrong with Doc that the Phillies were hiding or he was hiding from the Phillies

I rather have kepp than youk.

ek wrote:

Ace Rothstein wrote:I still think there was something wrong with Doc that the Phillies were hiding or he was hiding from the Phillies

the profusely sweating thing was strange. i don't remember that happening the two years before. i know he was in toronto and lived in colorado but it was strange nonetheless

He had a few isolated incidents the previous years but it seemed consistent last year. Red faced in the first inning even on cool days. Plus the absence for personal reasons.

Could just be he was training/working too hard at his age. Who knows

i hope walker doesn't tell him anything

Phils sign RHP Brandon Erbe to minor league deal.