07/08 Phillies Offseason Thread

[reese125]

Ed-you seriously must never leave your computer. In general, I dont know where you find half the shtein you find man

You are a friggin well of info, some useless, but way more useful. Good stuff

[BigEd76]

thanks? 

[PhillyPhreak54]

Did these iceholes sign Chad Durbin today?

[BigEd76]

Pittsburgh Post Gazette thinks so

[SunMo]

supposedly Jenkins is on the way too, that's actually not a terrible signing...except it probably moves Victorino to center and doesn't utilize his arm which is better for RF

http://www.todaystmj4.com/sports/12652476.html

[ice grillin you]

jenkins stats have really gone downhill over the past several years and im not sure they need lots more strikeouts but even with that i think its a good signing...

the best they could have done seeing that they only deal with B level free agents

[PhillyGirl]

supposedly Jenkins is on the way too, that's actually not a terrible signing...except it probably moves Victorino to center and doesn't utilize his arm which is better for RF

http://www.todaystmj4.com/sports/12652476.html

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3162819

[phattymatty]

you can never have too many durbins on the team. 

[SD_Eagle5]

It's not that Jenkins is a bad signing but as a whole the outfield is defensively and offensively worse than it was last season. The only upgrade this offseason has been adding Myers back to the starting rotation. Unless they add another quality starter, and I'm not talking Lohse, this offseason has been another huge Gillick failure.

[reese125]

Gillick is doing a fantastic job staying under the cap....oh wait...

[SunMo]

a Werth/Jenkins platoon will probably put up close to the same numbers that Rowand did last year.  Victorino will be a better CF defensively than rowand, but RF defense will suffer, but i don't think a hole lot.  Werth actually showed some decent athleticism out there last year.

if anything, the bench is worse than last year, they don't have a late inning speed/defensive guy to replace burrell with (don't say roberson) and i'm not sure Bruntlett is the answer as the late inning defensive replacement. 

the bullpen is still a problem, gordon may be ok for the first few weeks but once he goes down they are in trouble once again.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Gillick is doing a fantastic job staying under the cheap ownership's self-imposed "small market team" cap

CHAD DURBIN = WORLD SERIES

[Rome]

Victorino better do a lot of extra pre-game stretching because he'll be covering a shteinload of ground this season with Burrell & Jenkins/Werth on either side of him.

[reese125]

I think Werth has good speed to cover ground out there. Its his arm Im worried about

[Rome]

As long as he can hit a cutoff man and catch the farging ball when it's hit his way, I'm fine with him out there.  Same for Jenkins & Burrell.  Having guys with cannons for arms is nice but having fundamentally sound fielders playing out there is more important.