06/07 Phillies Offseason Thread

[BigEd76]

Marcus Hayes starting crap again

"We're not doing something on Ryan Howard. He's not our priority," assistant general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. said.

The Phillies' priorities in the next few weeks are named Chase Utley, Brett Myers, Aaron Rowand, Geoff Geary and Ryan Madson. Those are the Phillies' five arbitration-eligible players.

Howard, the National League Rookie of the Year in 2005 and the MVP in 2006, is a year away from being eligible for arbitration. It sounds as if he's at least a year away from being signed to any long-term deal, though the Phillies have indicated that Howard should expect something around a $1 million raise over his $355,000 salary.

"Right now, Howard is far less a priority than those five guys," Amaro said. "It's likely to be a year-to-year thing at this point."

The Phillies have indicated that Utley, in his first year of arbitration, is the only player whom they intend to pursue with a long-term deal.

[MDS]

That's my boy.

[ice grillin you]

how is he starting something easy...its was a direct quote from amaro...and i didnt hayes editorialize in the article about the phils making a mistake or treating him bad blah blah blah

[BigEd76]

That may not have been how Amaro said it or meant it.  C'mon, you know writers don't use exact quotes word for word.  It's however they wrote it down or remembered it, and Hayes has a history of spinning things negatively....

[ice grillin you]

i agree but i thought there was something in the article that showed he was starting ish as opposed to you just guessing he is

[mcnabbmvp]

Marcus Hayes starting crap again

"We're not doing something on Ryan Howard. He's not our priority," assistant general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. said.

The Phillies' priorities in the next few weeks are named Chase Utley, Brett Myers, Aaron Rowand, Geoff Geary and Ryan Madson. Those are the Phillies' five arbitration-eligible players.

Howard, the National League Rookie of the Year in 2005 and the MVP in 2006, is a year away from being eligible for arbitration. It sounds as if he's at least a year away from being signed to any long-term deal, though the Phillies have indicated that Howard should expect something around a $1 million raise over his $355,000 salary.

"Right now, Howard is far less a priority than those five guys," Amaro said. "It's likely to be a year-to-year thing at this point."

The Phillies have indicated that Utley, in his first year of arbitration, is the only player whom they intend to pursue with a long-term deal.

Maybe someone should show him the Denver nightclub scene some weekend.

[mpmcgraw]

Locking Utley up longterm now is definitely the right thing to do. 

[MDS]

Tim McCarver wants you to watch Welcome Back Kotter

How about Good Times and Greg Gross?

Maybe just a classic 80's Phillies World Series montage complete with catchy song

[Geowhizzer]

I remember that song from the Championship run.

Is there a way to download that to your own computer?

[BigEd76]

Phillies.com has a piece on Madson's busy offseason, including a newly-constructed house in Jersey, a new fishing boat, and twin boys born on Christmas Eve (giving him 3 children under the age of 16 months)

[phattymatty]

damn, he was all up in that nappy wheatsack right away.

[Seabiscuit36]

He looks like Vanilla Ice

[BigEd76]

Baseball America's Top 10 Phillies Prospects:

1. Carlos Carrasco
2. Kyle Drabek
3. Adrian Cardenas
4. Edgar Garcia
5. Scott Mathieson
6. Josh Outman
7. Michael Bourn
8. JA Happ
9. Matt Maloney
10. Greg Golson

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

2. Kyle Drabek

Ha.

7. Michael Bourn

Ha. Ha.

5. Scott Mathieson

LOLLERSKATES

[Rome]

LOLLERSKATES = S_rsly.

Stop it.  NOW.