2010/11 Phillies Offseason Thread

[SD]

There is a belief Lee is heading to the Phillies, according to Jack Curry of the YES Network (on Twitter).

[MDS]

really unlikely and again it would be a giant waste of money

the lineup sucks. they need to focus on that.

[Sgt PSN]

I didn't think you could get any worse thna being a bicycle chinese food delivery Jew.....but babysitting?  And why does this kid, who is still presumably very much a kid, have the inside track on a sports story and you don't?

[SD]

really unlikely and again it would be a giant waste of money

the lineup sucks. they need to focus on that.

How would signing a number 1 starter who's a lefty and is money in the playoffs be a waste of money?

[PhillyGirl]

really unlikely and again it would be a giant waste of money

the lineup sucks. they need to focus on that.

How would signing a number 1 starter who's a lefty and is money in the playoffs be a waste of money?

I have to believe MDS is completely bullshteinting on this thread right now.

[Sgt PSN]

really unlikely and again it would be a giant waste of money

the lineup sucks. they need to focus on that.

With a Doc/Lee/Hamels/Oswalt rotation, 3 runs gets you a win most nights. In it's current state, this offense is still capable of doing that.

[SD]

really unlikely and again it would be a giant waste of money

the lineup sucks. they need to focus on that.

How would signing a number 1 starter who's a lefty and is money in the playoffs be a waste of money?

I have to believe MDS is completely bullshteinting on this thread right now.

No he isn't. He thinks the Phillies need to upgrade their lineup...which is true and fine, but who's out there? No way they pay Werth that type of money, Crawford is a lefty so he'd be a waste. So what other options are there?

[PhillyGirl]

I agree with PSN...Werth leaving didn't completely destroy this offense. And they will still find room to get something better than what they have.

[Don Ho]

@jaysonst: Surveyed 3 teams to see if Joe Blanton is moveable if #Phillies sign Lee. Consensus was yes, but they'd have to eat half his $17M remaining.

shtein, we could get about 4 million members of the Phillie Nation to each chip in two bucks to offset that.

Blow your wad on Russell Martin Cashman.

[SD]

[ice grillin you]

it wouldnt be a waste of money because there no good offensive players to use the money on but it wouldnt get them any closer to the world series...an aging brain dead offense is why they lost last year and they have lost arguably their best offensive player from that group and they arent getting younger

basically lee would make their number three starter in the playoffs hamels instead of oswalt which is a sideways move...4th starters mean very little in the post season

[MDS]

it wouldnt be a waste of money if they spent cash like the sox or yanks, which they could

but they have a stupid ass budget and this would absolutely leave them handcuffed with the lineup they got. and again, regular season they be $ and it wont even be a fight. but playoff time when it gets cold, rotations shorten up, no more nationals and mets to play...thats where hitting with risp and situational baseball take over and this team has never done that.

they lost to the giants because of the bats. pitching wasnt a problem and wont be a problem cliff lee or no cliff lee.

[SD]

They lost to the Giants because the Giants got hot at the right time and hit in the clutch. Who in the NL scares you next season? The Giants are one year wonders.

[Sgt PSN]

If there was a free agent bat who could improve this offense, I'd agree.  But there isn't anyone out there. So if you can't substantially improve the offense, then you improve the pitching.

As for the postseason, you'd have 4 guys who are capable of starting game one of any series, so who cares if you sweep or play the max # of games?  You can run any one of them out there to start the next series on regular rest. And I guarantee you that a guy like Oswalt would even be willing to keep coming out of the pen. That dude wants to win and has already shown he's willing to do pretty much whatever it takes.

[MDS]

the red sox?

even making the world series isnt good enough. the sox's lineups is 300000x better than the phillies and their pitching is pretty good. i believe ryan braun is available for trade....if you get lee you have to get him to go along with it. or something like that. no matter who is pitching, rollins/polanco/utley/howard/vicctorino/ibanez/francisco/ruiz is trash and isnt winning dick.