Trent Steele wrote:Bovada has Phillies at 75 to 1 to win 2015 WS.

Only AZ, Col, Hou, and Minn are worse.

Nice.

Trent Steele wrote:

Trent Steele wrote:Bovada has Phillies at 75 to 1 to win 2015 WS.

Only AZ, Col, Hou, and Minn are worse.

Nice.

General manager Ruben Amaro Jr. unveiled "The Phillies Way," a handbook distributed to all baseball personnel - coaches, scouts, athletic trainers included - during the team's organizational meetings this week.

The Phillies are not the first team to draft such a manual. Amaro planned it, well before the franchise shifted to a rebuilding phase, and decided this was the ideal time to affirm the team's direction.

There is a clearer course, at last, but the daunting application of said plan will require patience.

"We want to make sure we're implementing the things we've decided are important in the organization," Amaro said. "We're just looking to try to move forward."
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Amaro identified Cody Asche, Maikel Franco, Darin Ruf, Ben Revere and Domonic Brown as players to build around. He wants to foster a better developmental environment at the major-league level.

"Those are all younger players who need to be surrounded by quality people and players who can help us develop them as players and people," Amaro said.

Hence, the expedited one-year signings of outfielder Grady Sizemore and righthander Jerome Williams. They are the kind of fringe players a contending team adds in January, but ones a rebuilding team locks up in October.

Williams is not guaranteed a job in the rotation; the team views him more as a sixth starter/swing man type.
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Amaro declined to discuss Tomas, who was declared a free agent Oct. 2 and eligible to sign all month. The team's interest in him is logical; Amaro described "The Phillies Way" as a focused effort on best practices for player development.

Said Amaro: "The thought process is to design our decisions around rebuilding and identifying a new core of players that we can look to more on a long-term basis."

Shore wrote:

Trent Steele wrote:

Trent Steele wrote:Bovada has Phillies at 75 to 1 to win 2015 WS.

Only AZ, Col, Hou, and Minn are worse.

Nice.

I'm pretty sure I'd swap rosters with Houston, without even looking anything up.

BigEd76 wrote:Gelb

General manager Ruben Amaro Jr. unveiled "The Phillies Way," a handbook distributed to all baseball personnel - coaches, scouts, athletic trainers included - during the team's organizational meetings this week.

The Phillies are not the first team to draft such a manual. Amaro planned it, well before the franchise shifted to a rebuilding phase, and decided this was the ideal time to affirm the team's direction.

There is a clearer course, at last, but the daunting application of said plan will require patience.

"We want to make sure we're implementing the things we've decided are important in the organization," Amaro said. "We're just looking to try to move forward."
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Amaro identified Cody Asche, Maikel Franco, Darin Ruf, Ben Revere and Domonic Brown as players to build around. He wants to foster a better developmental environment at the major-league level.

"Those are all younger players who need to be surrounded by quality people and players who can help us develop them as players and people," Amaro said.

Hence, the expedited one-year signings of outfielder Grady Sizemore and righthander Jerome Williams. They are the kind of fringe players a contending team adds in January, but ones a rebuilding team locks up in October.

Williams is not guaranteed a job in the rotation; the team views him more as a sixth starter/swing man type.
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Amaro declined to discuss Tomas, who was declared a free agent Oct. 2 and eligible to sign all month. The team's interest in him is logical; Amaro described "The Phillies Way" as a focused effort on best practices for player development.

Said Amaro: "The thought process is to design our decisions around rebuilding and identifying a new core of players that we can look to more on a long-term basis."

ReadingPhilly wrote:we're in trouble if that's who he plans to build around.

Wheels Tupay wrote:Why would a rebuilding team lock up players like sizemore and Williams in October? What am I missing?

Squire wrote:

BigEd76 wrote:Gelb

General manager Ruben Amaro Jr. unveiled "The Phillies Way," a handbook distributed to all baseball personnel - coaches, scouts, athletic trainers included - during the team's organizational meetings this week.

The Phillies are not the first team to draft such a manual. Amaro planned it, well before the franchise shifted to a rebuilding phase, and decided this was the ideal time to affirm the team's direction.

There is a clearer course, at last, but the daunting application of said plan will require patience.

"We want to make sure we're implementing the things we've decided are important in the organization," Amaro said. "We're just looking to try to move forward."
.
.
.
Amaro identified Cody Asche, Maikel Franco, Darin Ruf, Ben Revere and Domonic Brown as players to build around. He wants to foster a better developmental environment at the major-league level.

"Those are all younger players who need to be surrounded by quality people and players who can help us develop them as players and people," Amaro said.

Hence, the expedited one-year signings of outfielder Grady Sizemore and righthander Jerome Williams. They are the kind of fringe players a contending team adds in January, but ones a rebuilding team locks up in October.

Williams is not guaranteed a job in the rotation; the team views him more as a sixth starter/swing man type.
.
.
.
Amaro declined to discuss Tomas, who was declared a free agent Oct. 2 and eligible to sign all month. The team's interest in him is logical; Amaro described "The Phillies Way" as a focused effort on best practices for player development.

Said Amaro: "The thought process is to design our decisions around rebuilding and identifying a new core of players that we can look to more on a long-term basis."

Rube really is a treasure.

Chapter 1 - Small Ball
Chapter 2 - Quality Outs
Chapter 3 - A player is worth what we say he's worth.
Chapter 4 - Cost Certainty
Chapter 5 - Watch The Games
Chapter 6 - Proven Veterans
Chapter 7 - F U Missanelli
Chapter 8 - OBP is Just Letters

BigEd76 wrote:Gelb

... Amaro identified Cody Asche, Maikel Franco, Darin Ruf, Ben Revere and Domonic Brown as players to build around.

Wheels Tupay wrote:Why would a rebuilding team lock up players like sizemore and Williams in October? What am I missing?