Phillies Offseason Talk

[SunMo]

the problem with the Wells move is that they would make that trade and put Wells in center and put Howard in right 

[MDS]

howard cant play outfield. why cant people understand that.

[rjs246]

howard cant play outfield. why cant people understand that.

Because baseball is WAY too complicated. I mean, what a thinking man's game!

[MDS]

or he's just a big dude with no range, no arm and no idea how to judge a flyball.

[Wingspan]

or he's just a big dude with no range, no arm and no idea how to judge a flyball.

you must be right. in probably 2 decades of playing baseball, there is not a chance in hell ryan howard ever had to catch a fly ball. no way....it's just too uncommon!

[MDS]

fine. put him out there. if you think abreu sucks, just wait till you see a first basemen try and play. its like manny ramirez x1000.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

I think the Phillies should just get the 8 best hitters they can find and let the fielding sort itself out.


Maybe they can trade for Manny and play him at 3rd.

[MDS]

Lets sign Bonds and put him at short.

[SunMo]

Jayson Stark:

Clubs that have spoken to the Phillies say they're more interested in moving Bobby Abreu than they're letting on.One reason is Abreu could be at the peak of his value these days,now that he's a gold glove-winning homerun derby champ.And "who wouldn't want one of those"laughs one nl executive.

A second reason is dealing Pat Burrell,while an option,would leave the Phillies' lineup way too left-handed.

And a third is if the Phillies ever do decide to give Ryan Howard another audition in the outfield,manager Charlie Manuel thinks Howard would have a better shot at playing right field than left-if only because he has spent his whole life playing on that side of the diamond.

The big reason why an Abreu deal is a long shot,though,is (what else)money.He's guaranteed at least $30 million over the next two years($13 million in 2006,$15 million in 2007and a $2 million buyout of his 2008 option year).

There are all sorts of reasons it will be tough for Pat Gillick to trade away Jim Thome any time soon.But here's another:

A friend of Thome says the only place he's ready to waive his no-trade clause for right now is Cleveland.And the Indians would figure to want the Phillies to pay somewhere in the range of 75 percent of the 46 million or so Thome has left on his contract

But one reason Thome might be open to other destinations,according to the same friend,is he was hurt by the boo's and disrespect heaped on him in Philadelphia this summer-just because he had the nerve to be A)injured and B)not named Ryan Howard.

[MDS]

who was booing thome? is he hurt that we want the younger, better version of him?

[rjs246]

I would have boo'ed that raging steroid monkey in a heartbeat.

[MDS]

he never did steroids. burrell maybe. abreu probably. dykstra definatley.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

How about Philadelphia?

New Phillies GM Pat Gillick said there's no room for the 33-year-old Ramirez in his outfield, which has Bobby Abreu in right and Pat Burrell in left.

"Our corners are pretty good," Gillick said. "In high school he played center, but I don't think he can play center anymore."

Well, there goes my dream of Manny being our 3rd baseman next year.

[rjs246]

he never did steroids. burrell maybe. abreu probably. dykstra definatley.

You're farging dreaming. Take a look at him when he was a rookie. And look at him last year. Night and day. Get your head out of the sand.

[MURP]

RJS luvs him sum roids.