"Still have our 1st-rd pick!" & other random Phils thoughts

by **Bakestar** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 19:02:07

Someone awaken Larry Literal

by **BDawk** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 19:32:44

Checking in from a the Puerto Rico World Series game in Mayaguez. Pretty fucking awesome, amazing atmosphere.

by **WheelsFellOff** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 20:02:18

Is Halladay there?

by **phdave** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 20:43:25

He's in Florida doing stairs.

by **Grotewold** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 21:02:50

phdave wrote:He's in Florida doing stairs.

Don't call my two favorite humans into question

by **td11** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 21:09:39

by **BDawk** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 21:34:20

WheelsFellOff wrote:Is Halladay there?

I wish. $2 beers though and it's 82 degrees

by **Monkeyboy** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 21:45:10

smitty wrote:
thephan wrote:I was thinking about 2008. That team, at times, had:

Clay Condrey (can't believe he had an impact)
Chad Durbin (most effective boring guy you saw come into a game)
Adam Eaton (pissed me off so much, then caused great joy when he was dumped, then pissed me off again that he got a ring)
Scott Eyre (did so much better then I expected)
Tom Gordon (holding on just enough)
J. A. Happ (not a factor)
Jamie Moyer (best record as a starter)
Brett Myers (attitude problem leading to his departure)
Rudy Seánez (bleh)
Eric Bruntlett (fun to make fun of - thanks for the triple play general)
Greg Dobbs (really?!? Had a magic bat from the bench)
Pedro Feliz (great glove, but made you insane)
Tadahito Iguchi (were you ever so happy to have Iguchi on the roster?)
So Taguchi (stopped by to pick up another ring - but not much else)
Softball Star Matt Stairs
& a pretty worn out Pat Burrell.
.

I think almost all those players were better than Young. Of course, the biggest difference between Young and most of those players is that Young will be expected to produce. It wasn't such a bad thing having Feliz at 3B when the rest of the IF had the best players in Phillies history at each position.

Also, Amaro must think Revere has the biggest range in the history of the game.

by **smitty** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 21:54:29

Young had an OPS + of 124 two years ago as a 24 year old. He even finished 10th in the MVP race. Very few guys on that list did anything close to that ever.

Young was signed for 750 K. I don't think he is the key to the season. Hamels, Lee, Halladay, Utley, Howard. Rollins, Chooch, and a bunch of other guys will determine the Phillies fate this year.

Young is a depth move who has a half assed chance to have a Juan Pierre good type season. I'm not counting on it though.

by **BigEd76** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 12:18:39

Cheese is in a bad mood

by **Soren** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 12:22:32

stopped reading at "tragicomedy"

by **Grotewold** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 12:24:46

BigEd76 wrote:Cheese is in a bad mood

He's insufferable

by **The B1G Piece** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 13:16:43

Grotewold wrote:
BigEd76 wrote:Cheese is in a bad mood

He's insufferable

His cooking style mimicks his writing style.

by **The Nightman Cometh** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 13:23:55

Feel like if you can get Bourn on a reasonable three year deal he becomes a huge trade asset too.

by **Woody** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 15:14:36

I forgot that we signed John Lannan

by **Doll Is Mine** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 15:21:59

Ryan Lawrence ‏@ryanlawrence21
Phillies invite following players to spring training: Cody Asche, Justin Friend, Tommy Joseph, Joe Mather, Adam Morgan, Kyle Simon.

by **smitty** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 15:25:41

Joe Mather? Damn.

by **FullCount** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 15:36:30

Soren wrote:stopped reading at "tragicomedy"

That's a shame. You missed two great entries for this year's Washington Post new word creations:

dilligence - managing to do something stupid despite being thorough

monsterd - a great steaming pile

by **FTN** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 18:35:21

According to FOX Sports' Ken Rosenthal, the Braves are "waiting to hear" back from the Diamondbacks about their trade offer for outfielder Justin Upton.
ESPN's Buster Olney heard from sources on Wednesday afternoon that the offer from the Braves was "strong." But the D'Backs are also in talks with the Orioles about Jason Kubel, so this all could take a little while to fully shake out. Upton, 25, hit .280/.355/.430 with 17 homers, 18 steals and 67 RBI in 150 games last year for Arizona. He would be joining his brother B.J. in Atlanta.

if the braves get upton we're screwed again

by **ReadingPhilly** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 19:31:00

it's sad that this is the best offseason amaro could come up with as the window for this group closes. the nationals are the best team in baseball. the braves are better, much more so if they get justin upton. it feels like everything will have to go right for the phillies to even play on the road in a one game playoff. if the deadline comes and they are treading water it'd be best to move some of their pieces if they are healthy and performing (halladay, utley, papelbon).

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