06/07 Phillies Offseason Thread

[dis12]

phils sign howard for 900k

as a goodwill gesture i would have tossed him a at least a mil

...AND there are NO incentives in his new contract.

[ice grillin you]

More than double what he was expected to be paid this year.

everyone thought hed get at least a million and there was a lot of talk he was gonna get a million more than he got last year...

its not about how much money he got...we all know how the years of service system works in the majors...but to avoid any possible future contentiousness i would have given a million even...or at the very least given him $1 more than pujols got

[SD_Eagle5]

He won't even remember this years salary when he signs a 10 year $150 million deal next season.

[ice grillin you]

yeah if the phils blow him away with an offer next year than this is all irrelevant

[Rome]

Don't give me Pujols.  He deserves more than what Pujols got however many years ago.

$900K for a reigning league MVP is an insult regardless of his service time.  The right thing to do both from a PR standpoint and a fairness standpoint was to give him more than what was generally expected, not less.

Just because they have him over a barrel doesn't mean they should stick it up his ass.

[MDS]

What a complete non issue

[BigEd76]

Is that extra $100K really going to bother him?  The Phils didn't have to do anything this year or next year but they doubled his salary.  Like I said, Pujols is the only other 2nd-yr player in MLB history to get that.

[ice grillin you]

i dont think the 100k is the issue

the issue would be if howard asked to get more than pujios or for a million even and the phillies fought back and penny pinched him down to 900k

that aside if i was the phils he doesnt even have to ask for it i give him the million no questions asked

christ look at what the guy has done for this team

[PhillyPhreak54]

They should have given him $1M.

It is a non-issue though because he will get a fat ass deal within a year and that'll be that. Because if the Phillies let this one sour and he leaves or it becomes a problem they will be eaten alive by this city. More so than ever before.

By the way, Ruben Amaro has surpassed Joe Banner as the leader in being Philadelphia's sports executive lead icehole. That guy is condescending and a total prick. And he talks like his daddy Ed Wade when he continually says "get to the finish line" when talking about contracts or trades. I can't wait for when Gillick retires and the old boy club leader Monty hands it over to Amaro. Good times in our future!

[MDS]

I have it on good word from my boy Marcy Marc Hayes that Amaro is a douche. So yea, this could be a problem.

But it won't matter. If Howard turns out to be worthy of a long term deal down the line (you never know with injuries and what not, but its safe to say hes going to good for a long time), then him getting $100,000 less than he wanted won't matter. The Phillies will throw a lot of money in his face and he'll take it. Can we just get on with the season so people stop obsessing over this overblown issue.

[Rome]

They should have given him $1M.

It is a non-issue though because he will get a fat ass deal within a year and that'll be that. Because if the Phillies let this one sour and he leaves or it becomes a problem they will be eaten alive by this city. More so than ever before.

By the way, Ruben Amaro has surpassed Joe Banner as the leader in being Philadelphia's sports executive lead icehole. That guy is condescending and a total prick. And he talks like his daddy Ed Wade when he continually says "get to the finish line" when talking about contracts or trades. I can't wait for when Gillick retires and the old boy club leader Monty hands it over to Amaro. Good times in our future!

Word life or something.

[ice grillin you]

i wanna marry phreak even tho i feel like i dont even know him

[PhillyPhreak54]

 

[Rome]

Uhhh... yeah.   




Anyway, go Phils.  They play the Yankme's tomorrow and I'm tempted to take a ride over to Clearwater. 

[SD_Eagle5]

By the way, Ruben Amaro has surpassed Joe Banner as the leader in being Philadelphia's sports executive lead icehole. That guy is condescending and a total prick. And he talks like his daddy Ed Wade when he continually says "get to the finish line" when talking about contracts or trades. I can't wait for when Gillick retires and the old boy club leader Monty hands it over to Amaro. Good times in our future!

I saw him being interviewed lastnight, the whole head bobbing thing and childish response was enough to get my blood boiling. I wanted to reach through the screen. My g/f turned to me and said "what an icehole".