07/08 Phillies Offseason Thread

[Sgt PSN]

Not really sure who they can get for 3rd but they can't go into the season with what they've got, that's for sure.  I actually liked MDS' idea of trying to trade for Tejada but the Phils don't really have anything to offer....at least not without weakening the team in another area.   

As for Rowand, I don't see any reason why they don't bring him back.  They didn't have to spend money on a starter or a closer so there's no excuse to at least not bring him back. 

[PhillyPhreak54]

Well, I would love Tejada. The only hope would be that BAL wants Burrell again and he actually waives his NTC. Which won't happen. And the O's would probably ask for Kendrick and/or Carrasco. No thanks on giving them up.

As for bringing Rowand back, yeah it makes sense to all of us. But we know how this FO operates. Once he asks for 50+ they'll tell him to go farg himself and then sell us on Vic in CF and a Dobbs/Werth platoon in RF.

I spoke to an Astros fan at Chili's today. He laughed at me because the Phils got Brad Lidge. So I laughed at him because Ed Wade is the Astros GM, and because tey have Gas Can Geary as a centerpoint for giving up Lidge.

I bought the guy a beer, had it sent to his table and he asks why I bought him one. I told him its a sympathy brew for having to deal with Ed Wade for however long the schmuck has a job here.

[SD_Eagle5]

I was happy when I saw they re-signed Romero and figured he'd get something in the ballpark of 3 years 8-9 million. The 3/$12 mill deal is high but whatever, its not like there's a cap in baseball. He was practically lights out last season so I'm not expecting that to repeat, but if he can keep his pitches down and do close to what he did last season the money they gave him is a non-issue. He always had good stuff he's just struggled with his location.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

The 3/$12 mill deal is high but whatever, its not like there's a cap in baseball.

There is if you work for the Phillies.  They're a small-market team, remember?

[ice grillin you]

wow @ that contract....gotta do things like that tho...im impressed

[SD_Eagle5]

The 3/$12 mill deal is high but whatever, its not like there's a cap in baseball.

There is if you work for the Phillies.  They're a small-market team, remember?

Speaking of which:

Phils hike some ticket prices

Some Phillies tickets will cost more in 2008, which season ticketholders will see when they receive their invoices over the next couple of days.
Lower-bowl seats (Sections 108 to 114 and 133 to 139) will rise from $35 to $37, the first time the price of those seats has gone up since Citizens Bank Park opened in 2004. Seats in Sections 201 to 205, the pavilion area, and the scoreboard porch area will increase to $22, from $20. The $15 seats in the club and terrace levels will be $16.

Scoreboard porch seats tied to a $10 concession add-on last season that cost individuals or groups $30 will cost $32 next year.

An average Phillies ticket in 2007 cost $27.25, according to Team Marketing Report, seventh among major league teams. That was slightly below the Yankees ($29.01) and much below the Red Sox ($47.71), who sold baseball's most expensive ticket to see its best team.
Team Marketing's signature list, the Fan Cost Index, ranked the Phillies ninth. That index adds up the average cost for a family of four to attend a baseball game; in Philly it was $196, a slight increase over '06. *

[SunMo]

keep raising them, who cares, get more players.

i keep reading little tidbits of info from different sources about the phillies talking to ARod...you read it once and you can dismiss it, but a couple of times makes you wonder where it's coming from

[Rome]

It's coming from Boras or one of the gargoyles who works for him.

As for the Romero signing I think it's a fantastic move.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Alot of things have to happen to get ARod, so they'll never get him. His price must come down and other guys have to sign or be traded to the teams with the cash to pay him now.

Angels would have to get Cabrera from FLA...because they want ARod...and the Dodgers would have to get someone too.

No shot he comes here.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

If the team got A-Rod and absolutely no one else, would that be good?

[PhillyPhreak54]

Nope.

I would prefer more pitching and suffer through a Dobbs/Helms/Bruntlett/who cares platoon at 3B.

[MDS]

Romero signing is great. Sure relievers are a dime a dozen and you have no clue how theyll do year to year, but this had to be done.

Sounds like the Phillies are going for a platoon in RF (Jenkins was mentioned), are content with 3B and want to improve the pitching some more. Damn.

[SD_Eagle5]

I'd sell the farm and try to get Johan Santana. Your top 3 would be Santana, Hamels, Myers.

[Geowhizzer]

I'd sell the farm and try to get Johan Santana. Your top 3 would be Santana, Hamels, Myers.

Depends on whether they can sign him long term.  A one-year rental would be too expensive (in terms of talent).

That said, the Phils probably don't have the talent to pry him out of Minnesota, anyway.

[SD_Eagle5]

If there's even any truth to the rumor they're interested in A-Rod or Cabrerra then you'd have to assume they'd give them a long term deal, Santana is more valuable then either of those players.