2007 Philadelphia Phillies Thread - DIVISION CHAMPS MOTHER fargER!!!!

[BigEd76]

Stark:

If the Red Sox don't bring back Mike Lowell, the Dodgers, Angels, Padres, Astros and Yankees (if they lose A-Rod) would all be major bidders. But Lowell has sent signals to his friends on the Phillies that, in the words of one of them: "He would love to play in Philadelphia." And why not? Lowell is a .353 lifetime hitter in 70 career plate appearances in Citizens Bank Park, with seven homers, six doubles and a .750 slugging percentage. The Phillies could have about $27 million coming off the books this winter, depending on whether Aaron Rowand departs. And a year from now, Pat Burrell's $14 million will also disappear. So the Phillies should have money to spend to address their third-base and bullpen issues.

[SunMo]

they could buy him a walker with the money they save too

[ice grillin you]

yeah that would turn into a disaster....plus we have wes helms

[Wingspan]

Lowell is only 33. Thats not so bad.

Unless there's a young prospect 3B, 2 years of Lowell is better than what has played 3B for the phils since Rolen left.

[BigEd76]

Lowell turns 34 in February and they'll have Costanzo at Lehigh Valley next year.  I wouldn't go more than 2/$20M on a deal...

[Rome]

He'd laugh out loud at two years & twenty million especially if the Yankees get involved.

[ice grillin you]

seriously

adam eaton 3 years 24 mil


lololol

[Rome]

I am curious what other third basemen of his caliber are making these days.

[BigEd76]

Wright = $1M this year, $5M in 2008, $7.5M in 2009, then between $10M-$15M for the next 4 years after that
Chipper Jones = $12.3M this year, somewhere around $13M-$15M next year
Rolen = $14.5M this year, decreasing slightly over the next 3 years
Beltre = $11M-$12M this year, 2008 and 2009
Glaus = $10.5M this year, $12.5M in 2008
Ramirez = $8M this year, then between $14M-$16M for the next 5 years after that
Cabrera = $7.4M this year, last year of arbitration in 2008 (after which he becomes a FA)
Atkins = rookie contract
Zimmerman = rookie contract

[MDS]

id spend the money on pitching and pitching only. who gives a shtein about 1 of position and 3b. they are winning with nonsense greg dobbs and jayson werth. its farging pitching, pitching, pitching. and not zesty adam eaton pitching, good pitching.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

id spend the money on pitching and pitching only. who gives a shtein about 1 of position and 3b. they are winning with nonsense greg dobbs and jayson werth. its farging pitching, pitching, pitching. and not zesty adam eaton pitching, good pitching.

That is hard to find on the free agent market.

[SD_Eagle5]

Now that Zambrano re-signed the f/a pitching market is thin - guys like Lohse are what's gonna be available

[PhillyPhreak54]

And Lohse likely will roll out too...he said the other day, when asked about a long fly in Turner Field, if it was good to not be in CBP at that time. And he said its always good to not be there.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

This is how low we've dropped - we're worried about losing KYLE LOHSE.

[MDS]

well i guess if no pitcher will sign here, then we might as well as sign arod and score 3000 runs a game.