2014 Phillies Thread - There's Always Next Year

[Dillen]

The problem is signing a 1 year deal for a 37 year old pitcher with a NTC really only matters if you're closing to winning something substantial.  E

Does he really have a no-trade clause? Lol

[MDS]

he does but its kinda moot. the only kind of team that could afford him to begin with is a team hed OK a deal to. the padres arent adding an $8 million pitcher at the deadline.

His lifetime average season is 13-12.

lol...two seconds later legendz destroys you. man i love you rome but come on.

[ice grillin you]

bases loaded pitcher batting...heidi walks him

[Don Ho]

This vagina does not like being wet.

[PhillyPhreak54]

In true Phillie fashion

Offense scores and a pitcher immediately gives the run(s) back

[PhillyPhreak54]

Great job, jerkoff

Booed off the field early in the season against the Mets again

[MDS]

nice to nice nikki in midseason form

[Rome]

The Phillies top 3 minor league teams' scores from last night:

8-0 (Loss)

10-2 (Loss)

20-0 (Loss)

Roob's legacy looking especially juicy these days.

[Geowhizzer]

Good to see Reading's offense is firing on all cylinders.

[Sgt PSN]

The Phillies top 3 minor league teams' scores from last night:

8-0 (Loss)

10-2 (Loss)

20-0 (Loss)

Roob's legacy looking especially juicy these days.

Might as well throw the Phil's 6-1 loss in there too.

The organization was out scored 44-3. Good thing I love hockey so much.

[BigEd76]

No shock, but tonight's game was rained out

[Eagles_Legendz]

3. Jonathan Singleton | 1B |Houston Astros

Singleton, 22, was drafted by the Phillies and came to Houston in 2011 as part of the Hunter Pence trade. I always liked his swing and thought he would hit; the question was if he would have enough power to be a middle-of-the-order first baseman. Early evidence from 2014 suggests that he will.

Singleton continues to improve and is getting closer to being ready. His strikeout rate is down, his walk rate is up, and after posting a .687 OPS at Triple-A last year, he's over 1.000 in 2013. He homered six times in 294 plate appearances at Triple-A last year, and he has eight through 107 plate appearances this season. After missing 50 games last year while serving a suspension for testing positive for marijuana, he's showing that his transgressions are behind him.

He will be promoted after the Super Two deadline has passed and prior to the All-Star Game, giving Astros fans another reason to be excited.

GM Jeff Luhnow's take: "He is playing with confidence, and that seems to be the biggest difference. Defensively, he's very sound and projects to be an average to plus fielder at first base. With these top guys, you prefer not have to send them back, so we want to be pretty sure they are ready [when you promote them]."

[MDS]

hunter pence for tommy joseph

[ice grillin you]

the worst part of the cosart/singleton deal was that the phillies wouldnt do it unless the houston farging astros threw in a few million bucks

who the hell asks houston for money much less a huge market team

[PhillyPhreak54]

I should ask Houston for money for wear and tear on my ride from their motherfarging pot holes