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Re: Phillies Thoughts- Ruben Amaro: Great GM or The Greatest

Postby pacino » Mon Aug 19, 2013 07:39:30

i've noticed lots of talk amongst the hoi polloi that Rollins is 'selfish' and 'lazy'. No, maybe he's just 35 years old and not that good anymore. This crap gets tiresome.
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Re: Phillies Thoughts- Ruben Amaro: Great GM or The Greatest

Postby rolex » Mon Aug 19, 2013 08:12:22

mcare89 wrote:I think the ultimate failure of the Lee trade was that it was a bad trade. If Aumont was a starter or Gillies developed into even what Revere is now, that trade would be semi-defensible, and would be a prime example of the type of moves people think Amaro should've made to balance the present and the future. The fact that they're all spare parts or worse is the killer.

To me, the failure of the Lee to Seattle trade falls into the lap of Bennie Looper. He came to the Phillies FO from the Mariners organization and knew the talent that they had in their system. He had to be consulted on which players to take back in the deal. Most likely, Gilles, Aumont and Ramirez were the guys that he fingered as good compensation for Lee.

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Re: Phillies Thoughts- Ruben Amaro: Great GM or The Greatest

Postby usctrojans31 » Mon Aug 19, 2013 08:55:42

pacino wrote:i've noticed lots of talk amongst the hoi polloi that Rollins is 'selfish' and 'lazy'. No, maybe he's just 35 years old and not that good anymore. This crap gets tiresome.


I don't get the lazy claims either, but Rollins has been labelled a selfish player for more than a decade. Frankly, it is an assessment with which I agree.

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Re: Phillies Thoughts- Ruben Amaro: Great GM or The Greatest

Postby td11 » Mon Aug 19, 2013 09:34:37

Ruben Amaro Jr. and his girlfriend, Jami Schnell, (below) just celebrated their second anniversary together.

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hmm
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Re: Phillies Thoughts- Ruben Amaro: Great GM or The Greatest

Postby Grotewold » Mon Aug 19, 2013 09:35:53

td11 wrote:Ruben Amaro Jr. and his girlfriend, Jami Schnell, (below) just celebrated their second anniversary together.


Extra year

smh

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Re: Phillies Thoughts- Ruben Amaro: Great GM or The Greatest

Postby Trent Steele » Mon Aug 19, 2013 10:13:33

pretty sure that was a dude once
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Re: Phillies Thoughts- Ruben Amaro: Great GM or The Greatest

Postby nycphils » Mon Aug 19, 2013 10:24:18

Grotewold wrote:
td11 wrote:Ruben Amaro Jr. and his girlfriend, Jami Schnell, (below) just celebrated their second anniversary together.


Extra year

smh


She must have had vesting options.

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Re: Phillies Thoughts- Ruben Amaro: Great GM or The Greatest

Postby Houshphandzadeh » Mon Aug 19, 2013 10:25:18

they should take a trip to Belize together

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Re: Phillies Thoughts- Ruben Amaro: Great GM or The Greatest

Postby The Dude » Mon Aug 19, 2013 10:26:48

:lol:
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Re: Phillies Thoughts- Ruben Amaro: Great GM or The Greatest

Postby GrizzledVeteran » Mon Aug 19, 2013 10:26:53

Houshphandzadeh wrote:they should take a trip to Belize together


:mrgreen:
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Re: Phillies Thoughts- Ruben Amaro: Great GM or The Greatest

Postby Ace Rothstein » Mon Aug 19, 2013 10:29:39

Trent Steele wrote:pretty sure that was a dude once

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Re: Phillies Thoughts- Ruben Amaro: Great GM or The Greatest

Postby Eem » Mon Aug 19, 2013 10:36:16

Houshphandzadeh wrote:they should take a trip to Belize together

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Bed and bath i love this places

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Re: Phillies Thoughts- Ruben Amaro: Great GM or The Greatest

Postby usctrojans31 » Mon Aug 19, 2013 11:34:44

Houshphandzadeh wrote:they should take a trip to Belize together


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Re: Phillies Thoughts- Ruben Amaro: Great GM or The Greatest

Postby BigEd76 » Mon Aug 19, 2013 12:01:52

awesome Emma at Cole's charity event on Thursday

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Re: Phillies Thoughts- Ruben Amaro: Great GM or The Greatest

Postby smitty » Mon Aug 19, 2013 13:00:24

rolex wrote:
mcare89 wrote:I think the ultimate failure of the Lee trade was that it was a bad trade. If Aumont was a starter or Gillies developed into even what Revere is now, that trade would be semi-defensible, and would be a prime example of the type of moves people think Amaro should've made to balance the present and the future. The fact that they're all spare parts or worse is the killer.

To me, the failure of the Lee to Seattle trade falls into the lap of Bennie Looper. He came to the Phillies FO from the Mariners organization and knew the talent that they had in their system. He had to be consulted on which players to take back in the deal. Most likely, Gilles, Aumont and Ramirez were the guys that he fingered as good compensation for Lee.


Yeah. Looper was the guy. Although Gillies and Aumont both looked pretty good at the time. Gilliies is actually a pretty big guy. his ceiling was higher than Revere. His hamstrings failed him when he should have been developing. Now he's way far behind and is barely a prospect at all. Aumont can be unhittable at times. Has zero command of the control. I'm sure the Phillies thought they had a chance to fix him. JC throws hard.

This is the problem with prospects. These guys looked pretty good at the time of the trade. I don't know if Saunders was even available but he is a guy I've liked. But he has had lots of struggles too. Morrow is a guy a lot of folks here loved. But he's not really been much good either.

In fact, many teams made out like bandits trading with the Mariners during the Bavasi years. But since then, the Mariner prospects have been big disappointments for the most part.

Prospects are a funny game.

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Re: Phillies Thoughts- Ruben Amaro: Great GM or The Greatest

Postby Rev_Beezer » Mon Aug 19, 2013 14:24:19

Forgot completely about this.

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Re: Phillies Thoughts- Ruben Amaro: Great GM or The Greatest

Postby Trent Steele » Mon Aug 19, 2013 15:27:35

d'arnaud has 5 BBs in 10 PA
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Re: Phillies Thoughts- Ruben Amaro: Great GM or The Greatest

Postby JFLNYC » Mon Aug 19, 2013 15:33:00

How's his production?
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Re: Phillies Thoughts- Ruben Amaro: Great GM or The Greatest

Postby 1 » Mon Aug 19, 2013 15:41:02

Trent Steele wrote:d'arnaud has 5 BBs in 10 PA

That's why he had to go.

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Re: Phillies Thoughts- Ruben Amaro: Great GM or The Greatest

Postby swishnicholson » Mon Aug 19, 2013 15:41:09

Projects to ground into 81 double plays over a full year. Do not want.
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