06/07 Phillies Offseason Thread

[ice grillin you]

manny is a disgrace in the field and his career in general is about to hit the iceberg

i want no part of him

[Eaglez]

If worse comes to worse, whatever, keep Burrell. He is better than  Conine/whoever platoon.

Would I want someone else in left? Sure, but I'm not going to be delusional and think that Trot Nixon/Jeff Conine platoon is going to be better.

What I'd rather see is the Phils trade Rowand, get some pitching in return, and then sign Nixon to be a good bench player/clutch hitter. Nixon is all right, he's a good player who is an excellent team guy that could help the club house, but I don't think rotating him in and out with Conine will be better than having Burrell's ability to go yard batting behind Howard.

And, this is by no means a ringing endorsement for Burrell, just with the options left I'd rather the Phils focus on the bullpen and get a quality starting rotation guy. They have some trade bait available, and getting bullpen help should be relatively cheap as well.

I hope they are focusing on re-signing Utley and Howard. Those two are the future of this franchise, and I hope those guys aren't feeling like they are being left behind since they are making a cool half million dollars each when people with an inkling of their production and value are being offered 12-15 million a year or more.

I know Howard isn't eligible for FA until 2011, the same with Hamels, and I don't know when Utley is eligible for FA (I think 2009?), but I don't want bad blood to boil when Howard and Utley are arguably two of the best players at their position and get paid peanuts, when David Wright in NY was still on his rookie deal and he got a nice fat extension for putting up inferior numbers compared to Howard (obviously), and about the same sort of numbers compared to Utley.

[Rome]

By my way of thinking, if the choices are Burrell for two more years or Carlos Lee for six at $100M, I'll take Burrell.

which is why you post on a message board while the gm's in baseball sign carlos lee and run the other way from pat burrell

Carlos Lee is on his third f'ing team in three years.  He's in his prime, btw.

He's worth $100M about as much as you are, Igster.

[BigEd76]

Carlos Lee is on his third f'ing team in four months.

[Quasimoto]

I know nothing about baseball.  So someone tell me.  Are the Phillies currently better or worse than they were last year at this point in the offseason? 

[ice grillin you]

milwaukee doesnt really count tho as they got rid of him purely because they knew they couldnt afford to resign him

[mpmcgraw]

I know nothing about baseball.  So someone tell me.  Are the Phillies currently better or worse than they were last year at this point in the offseason? 

Worse. 

Gillick has continually made this team worse. 

[Eagles_Legendz]

Regardless, people are clamoring for Lee just to "shake things up".  He really isn't that good.  I don't understand the fascination with him.

[Geowhizzer]

I want pitching. 

[BigEd76]

Randy Wolf signed with the Dodgers

[SunMo]

good, i didn't want him

[ice grillin you]

nm

[MDS]

Years, Money?

On to Miguel Batista I guess. Oh dear god.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Good.

Get Eaton or Meche.

[MDS]

Eaton sucks. Meche sucks.

Die.