Phillies Offseason Thread 12-13

[MDS]

2013: Ryan Howard, 34 years old, $20.0 million (14.05 percent of luxury tax threshold)
2014: Ryan Howard, 35 years old, $25.0 million (13.23 percent of luxury tax threshold)
2015: Ryan Howard, 36 years old, $25.0 million (13.23 percent of luxury tax threshold)
2016: Ryan Howard, 37 years old, $25.0 million (13.23 percent of luxury tax threshold
2017: Ryan Howard, 38 years old, $23.0 million or $10 million buyout (13.23 percent or 0.00 percent of luxury tax threshold)

lol

[Geowhizzer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALZZ_VcqpoA

[ice grillin you]

2013: Ryan Howard, 34 years old, $20.0 million (14.05 percent of luxury tax threshold)
2014: Ryan Howard, 35 years old, $25.0 million (13.23 percent of luxury tax threshold)
2015: Ryan Howard, 36 years old, $25.0 million (13.23 percent of luxury tax threshold)
2016: Ryan Howard, 37 years old, $25.0 million (13.23 percent of luxury tax threshold
2017: Ryan Howard, 38 years old, $23.0 million or $10 million buyout (13.23 percent or 0.00 percent of luxury tax threshold)

lol

wow

[Sgt PSN]

At least he stops getting pay raises after next year.  That's good, right? 

[Geowhizzer]

What's $105 million between friends?

[MDS]

im not sure whats going to funnier: paying him 10 million to go away whens hes 38 or paying him 25 when hes 37 and more washed up than thome was this year

[Don Ho]

Jesus H. Christ!  That is horrible.  Oh well, here's to 2018, cheers.

[QB Eagles]

You guys are so negative. I'm sure Howard will be back to hitting 58 homers a year in no time.

[Don Ho]

Yeah, to bad it will be in MLB The Show.

[Don Ho]

Todd?

This is from an article I saw in The Bleacher Report defending Lee

However, the most traditional of traditional stats, and the one that unfortunately lacks real meaning — W-L record — is absolutely going to prevent Lee from winning his second Cy Young Award. It's also probably going to prevent him from even placing in the voting.

[SD]

The Phillies have hired former big leaguer Wally Joyner as the assistant hitting coach to Steve Henderson. Former Phillies Matt Stairs and Mike Sweeney were rumored to be associated with the job last week.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Interesting hire...haven't heard that name in years.

[MDS]

im sure hes gonna be the one to invent the time machine so choke plays likes hes 27 again

[ice grillin you]

hes gonna mr miagi GRIT's knees

if that doesnt work they will just hook them up to die hard batteries when hes on the bench like christian welp used to do

[Don Ho]

Interesting hire...haven't heard that name in years.

Damn right.  Wally Joyner.  Haven't heard that one in a long time.