2009 Phillies Offseason Thread

[MDS]

its was a forgone conclusion that they were gonna pick it up and its a sign of good faith. if jimmy tears his acl and can never play again they can buy him out or im sure amaro will get some kind of exception for the 8 mil

stop worrying about black people getting paid cash money you dork

[PhillyPhreak54]

the more time shady amaro spends in the league as a GM the more stories like this are gonna come out

Yep.

That dude is a jerkoff.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Completely unnecessary at this point and in turn, retarded. 

Tell the truth, you'd be happy with Rafael Belliard right now over Jimmy Rollins.

[mpmcgraw]

its was a forgone conclusion that they were gonna pick it up and its a sign of good faith. if jimmy tears his acl and can never play again they can buy him out or im sure amaro will get some kind of exception for the 8 mil

stop worrying about black people getting paid cash money you dork

listen if Rollins gets hurt there is less than a 0 % chance that he will let them buy him out as opposed to collecting the 8.5 million he is owed.

[MDS]

what are the odds that hes going to have a career ending injury

[mpmcgraw]

It doesn't have to be a career ender just an injury that will effect his 2011 play and the odds are good enough not to risk it by pointlessly excercising the option almost a year ahead of time.

[ice grillin you]

Lee is a professional.  He'll be missed.  If you thought Banner was a tightwad in trying to balance a 53 man roster then the Phils brass is surmounting that this year with their artificially imposed cap.  5th largest market in the country plus a World Series Championship and a repeat appearance last year yet they are still concerned about having one year where they may have to eat a huge payroll.  Again, I don't know their finances well but as a fan I have a hard time not coming to the conclusion that they should have taken that risk.  

While I agree its hard to understand why they wouldnt go over their budget, they must have a pretty damn good explanation thats beyond our thought.

not really...they have a 140 number they werent going over...giles has said in interviews that even at the 140 number they are losing money..now whether you believe they are losing money or not the fact is it was a salary dump...why do you think toronto had to include six mil in cash in the halladay deal

[Rome]

Rollins re-upping is the best news I've heard about this team all offseason.  Not because Beane is upset over it but because it's the first sound baseball decision they've made that didn't come with some sort of pain attached to it.

[MDS]

what pain is there in getting the best pitcher in baseball other than being a miserable old coot

[mpmcgraw]

braves are +/- 3 games of the phils

alrighty $50 spot on the phils winning the nl east this year. lets go you flag.

Igy you might as well give him the money now.

Any chance the Braves got lucky and got within three just went out the window. 

They traded Javier Vasquez for Melky farging Cabrera hahahahah.

[PhillyPhreak54]

I guess that is the only way they could keep Derek Lowe, eh?

lol at Vazquez going back to NYC.

lol at that fag Melky being in the division now.

[ice grillin you]

braves are +/- 3 games of the phils

alrighty $50 spot on the phils winning the nl east this year. lets go you flag.

Igy you might as well give him the money now.

Any chance the Braves got lucky and got within three just went out the window. 

They traded Javier Vasquez for Melky farging Cabrera hahahahah.

not that i still wont do it but we havent agreed on anything

tommy hanson = nl cy young

[MDS]

i thought we did you little Hoyda

dont back down now

[ice grillin you]

i dont see anywhere where we laid out and agreed to exact terms

but as long as i have the braves +3 im in

[MDS]

ITS ON