Phillies Offseason Thread 12-13

[Munson]

Some baseball person on twitter pointed out taht the addition of Hamilton makes Trumbo expendable and it might put them in play for Dickey

[Rome]

Guaranteeing him five years is the definition of insane.  Glad Smug didn't bite.  Shocked, but glad.

[Don Ho]

The LA nightlife/Hollywood scene will do wonders for Hamilton's "issues".

[ice grillin you]

Guaranteeing him five years is the definition of insane.  Glad Smug didn't bite.  Shocked, but glad.

they cant afford 5/125 so it was never a possibility

hence the reason he lowballed him at 3/80

[PhillyPhreak54]

Stark says that Mike Adams could be the next to sign here

[Rome]

Guaranteeing him five years is the definition of insane.  Glad Smug didn't bite.  Shocked, but glad.

they cant afford 5/125 so it was never a possibility

hence the reason he lowballed him at 3/80

They couldn't afford $25M per but they lowballed him with $26.7M per?

[ice grillin you]

125 > 80

they arent in position to give out another 100+ million dollar deal unless they got rid of a phifer for example

[Rome]

Years 4 & 5 won't be an issue.  We've been over this.  Repeatedly.

[ice grillin you]

you dont seem to want to listen tho....for some reason you think the phillies are the yankees red sox or an LA team....one day you will realize they are not....im not sure why you have to believe it...they spend a shteinload of money...more than enough to win....but they arent one of the true big boys....its ok

and for the record they knew like everyone else in the world that 3/80 wouldnt get it done (if it was even offered)....they just wanted to show like they were in the game

[Rome]

[BigEd76]

a Corpus Christi station is reporting Mike Adams to the Phils for 3/$18M

[ice grillin you]

what a terrible desperate deal.....but at least romey will love it

[Rome]

I'd love it if you dove off the top of the Empire State Building without a parachute.

Adams is a prototypical set-up man and although his health concerns me it's not a terrible way to spend $6M/year.

[SD]

I have no problems with signing Adams, they needed a setup man and when he's healthy he's very good. He had to have the same surgery as Chris Carpenter did and Carpenter came back stronger than ever. Not thrilled with the price tag for a 34 year old middle reliever but they had a need and they addressed it. Assuming Aumont is as good as he looked late last season the bullpen should be much improved.

[Rome]

At $6M/per he represents 3.4% of their projected payroll.  Not exactly back-breaking.

Besides, middle relief, especially the eighth inning guys, absolutely killed them last year, so they had to do something.

If he's healthy and pitches like he did from '08 to '11 he's a good signing.  And he really didn't pitch badly last year either.