06/07 Phillies Offseason Thread

[SunMo]

oh boy

[mpmcgraw]

I find that hard to believe anyway since Soriano was getting hot dogs thrown at him in left the last time he was in philly. 

We rul3 at enticing free agents to come here. 

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

85-77 then.

95-67 is entirely possible if they address all their needs and get Soriano.

You're talking about the Philadelphia Phillies, right?

No way these bums win more than 90 next year.

[MDS]

Hmm. Ok.

Zolecki shot down interest in Ramirez, guy is normally on who the Phillies target/want. He did continue to mention interest in Soriano and Sheffield (didn't he get his option picked up by the Spankees?). Soriano here=I jizz my pants.

[rjs246]

The team still has no pitching so no matter what kind of bats they bring in they'll continue to suck ass. How is it possible that you monkeys don't see that? You are the ones who actually watch this team.

[mpmcgraw]

If they can stay healthy this pitching staff is good enough. 

[MDS]

It depends on obviously health, but Myers and Hamels. If they pitch like top of the rotation guys, everything will fall into place. Neither has done it for a full season, so it's still no guarantee. Most likely they'll have ups and downs and the Phillies will fall short like they always do.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Soriano!

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Soriano here=I jizz my pants.

Don't you do that every time you see a pretty girl?

[Geowhizzer]

I don't really want Soriano, if it means that the Phils go into next season without addressing the piss-poor pitching staff.

[MDS]

Soriano here=I jizz my pants.

Don't you do that every time you see a pretty girl?

that and when i talk dirty on the phone to mpmcgraw

[Eagles_Legendz]

The Phillies already have Hamels/Myers/Moyer/Lieber locked in next year.  They don't have much options for addressing starting pitching, sans one spot in the rotation, but I think they are happy with Myers and Hamels at the top of the rotation.  Not saying it's good, but I expect a 5th starter added or Wolf to re-sign, nothing else.

[Geowhizzer]

The Phillies already have Hamels/Myers/Moyer/Lieber locked in next year.  They don't have much options for addressing starting pitching, sans one spot in the rotation, but I think they are happy with Myers and Hamels at the top of the rotation.  Not saying it's good, but I expect a 5th starter added or Wolf to re-sign, nothing else.

Then they won't be any better than last year.

If the last two seasons proves anything, it's that pitching trumps all.  The Phillies' pitching, as-is, is insufficient.

[PhillyPhreak54]

An e-mail response from Todd Zolecki to a fan on PhilaPhans (GMAN) about Soriano:

"No, they're interested. Seriously, seriously interested. They absolutely will pursue him. Will they get him? It depends. The Yankees don't have the room for him. There's a report in New York that the Mets won't pursue him ither. The Phillies have money to spend and are willing to offer Soriano a nice package. But it's no PR move. If it were a PR move, they'd be talking about him publicly. They aren't.

Like SunnyMo, I don't want to get my hopes up. But having him in this lineup would be amazing. Just gotta get rid of Burrell.

Pitching still needs to be addressed but remember they have money to play with. Soriano would basically be taking over Bobby Abreu's salary slot.

[MDS]

Soriano hit under .150 batting 3rd. Not sure what the correlation is from 3rd to 5th, but he might just be better off batting 1st. Which means Jimmy Rollins might be batting 5th. Yikes.