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Postby CFP » Tue Jan 21, 2014 18:10:31

Bastardo agrees at $2M

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Re: Asche to Mouth and other random phillies things

Postby swishnicholson » Tue Jan 21, 2014 18:12:50

my cousin mose wrote:so who's wife did ruf bang?


Unless he's switched sides of the plate over the winter, he's not this thing that we supposedly need.
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Re: Asche to Mouth and other random phillies things

Postby Trent Steele » Wed Jan 22, 2014 11:12:10

Seriously though, what the hell is going on with the Phillies? Why are we now complete non-players in the FA market?
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Re: Asche to Mouth and other random phillies things

Postby Shore » Wed Jan 22, 2014 11:17:28

http://citypaper.net/article.php_The-Wolf-of-Broad-Street-Dissecting-the-disastrous-offseason-of-Ruben-Amaro-19352

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Re: Asche to Mouth and other random phillies things

Postby heyeaglefn » Wed Jan 22, 2014 11:21:07

Trent Steele wrote:Seriously though, what the hell is going on with the Phillies? Why are we now complete non-players in the FA market?

We are close to our self imposed salary cap.

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Re: Asche to Mouth and other random phillies things

Postby Woody » Wed Jan 22, 2014 11:21:58

Trent Steele wrote:Seriously though, what the hell is going on with the Phillies? Why are we now complete non-players in the FA market?


I think Ruben was likely told to pump the brakes on the big signings and large dollar deals, thus negating his one discernible skill, soooooo here we are
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Re: Asche to Mouth and other random phillies things

Postby SK790 » Wed Jan 22, 2014 11:26:07

Trent Steele wrote:Seriously though, what the hell is going on with the Phillies? Why are we now complete non-players in the FA market?

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Re: Asche to Mouth and other random phillies things

Postby Squire » Wed Jan 22, 2014 11:28:30

The Phillies have seemingly always required revenues to justify spending, rather than spending to increase revenues. Perhaps the ticket sale writing is on the wall.

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Re: Asche to Mouth and other random phillies things

Postby Napalm » Wed Jan 22, 2014 11:29:02

this thread is a good way to have a depressing morning

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Re: Asche to Mouth and other random phillies things

Postby Woody » Wed Jan 22, 2014 11:33:58



I’ve seen Hezbollahis hiding from Mossad who were easier to find than Mujica in October.


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Re: Asche to Mouth and other random phillies things

Postby JFLNYC » Wed Jan 22, 2014 11:36:55

I think money is only part of the issue. I think (or at least I'd like to think) that they now realize the next Golden Era will only be achieved through development and they're simply not going to part with draft choices for mediocre FA's. Again, that's my hope.

OTOH, with their resources it makes no sense at all that they wouldn't be major players for a guy like Tanaka, who is in his prime and would cost them nothing but money. IMO he's just the sort of player whom they should always be pursuing vigorously.
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Re: Asche to Mouth and other random phillies things

Postby Grotewold » Wed Jan 22, 2014 11:59:47

Agreed

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Re: Asche to Mouth and other random phillies things

Postby my cousin mose » Wed Jan 22, 2014 12:37:54

JFLNYC wrote:I think money is only part of the issue. I think (or at least I'd like to think) that they now realize the next Golden Era will only be achieved through development and they're simply not going to part with draft choices for mediocre FA's. Again, that's my hope.

OTOH, with their resources it makes no sense at all that they wouldn't be major players for a guy like Tanaka, who is in his prime and would cost them nothing but money. IMO he's just the sort of player whom they should always be pursuing vigorously.

definitely. just have a couple of comments

-- tanaka probably wasn't coming here. while i wasn't expecting the yankees to be outbid, i am halfway surprised he didn't sign with a west coast team given their relative proximity to japan. but when you combine the yankees' willingness to spend and their international presence, they were almost a shoo-in.

-- what's frustrating about the phillies with regard to your first point is their apparent hokey-pokey they're doing with "rebuilding" or whatever they'd like to consider it. their decision to rebuild probably should have been made in 2012 and dealt lee and hamels at the deadline along with pence and vic; and furthering that, utley last year. how papelbon never became a tiger is beyond me but i understand it takes two to tango.

this just sucks. it's like someone dying but the funeral keeps getting postponed. if they were keeping star players in able to score the tv contract, fine, but i wish they'd at least pretend having a plan on putting some of that new income back into the team if they're really trying to win now
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Re: Asche to Mouth and other random phillies things

Postby BigEd76 » Wed Jan 22, 2014 13:03:58

The FA market wasn't exactly the best. I'm not surprised at how inactive they were

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Re: Asche to Mouth and other random phillies things

Postby 1 » Wed Jan 22, 2014 13:55:07

Halladay and Lidge invited to ST

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Re: Asche to Mouth and other random phillies things

Postby CFP » Wed Jan 22, 2014 13:56:59

To be guest instructors

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Re: Asche to Mouth and other random phillies things

Postby Bucky » Wed Jan 22, 2014 13:57:01

we're doing it!

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Re: Asche to Mouth and other random phillies things

Postby Napalm » Wed Jan 22, 2014 13:57:52

our team is gonna be sick

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Re: Asche to Mouth and other random phillies things

Postby ReadingPhilly » Wed Jan 22, 2014 14:40:08

JFLNYC wrote:I think money is only part of the issue. I think (or at least I'd like to think) that they now realize the next Golden Era will only be achieved through development and they're simply not going to part with draft choices for mediocre FA's. Again, that's my hope.


if they believe that then they've totally fucked up going about it.

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Re: Asche to Mouth and other random phillies things

Postby Rev_Beezer » Wed Jan 22, 2014 15:08:45

So Kevin is the Reading Winter Banquet going to happen?
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