2009 Phillies Offseason Thread

[smeags]

take me higher rome ! all day !

[smeags]

that was the point i was laboring (and evidently failing miserably) to make, jonny jon.

you're beer bitch next year and we call it even.

[ice grillin you]

halladay - lee - hamels - blanton for one year >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> halladay - hamels - blanton - happ for one thousand years

blanton is unbelievably expendable...pitchers like him come along every year

a halladay - lee - hamels trio comes along just about never

[SunMo]

and there's a reason for that

[Sgt PSN]

a halladay - lee - hamels trio comes along just about never

[mpmcgraw]

Blanton is an above average starting pitcher.  By definition those are not easy pitchers to come by.

I don't like the Lee deal because I'm not a big fan of the prospects, but I think Rube's line of thinking is at least understandable.

[PhillyGirl]

on the contrary...I think Blanton is as average as it gets.

[SunMo]

they don't win the world series in 2008 without him.

[mpmcgraw]

on the contrary...I think Blanton is as average as it gets.

career ERA of 4.21 and career ERA+ of 102.  Last year he had a 4.05 ERA and ERA + of 105. 

He's above average.

[Rome]

He's also as dependable and durable as it gets, or at least, he has been so far.

Again, no one is saying that having Lee wouldn't be preferable. 

But having Blanton with Hamels & Halladay locked up for years to come is better than Halladay, Hamels and Lee being gone after this season, which he would have been without even a shred of a doubt.

[ice grillin you]

Blanton is an above average starting pitcher.  By definition those are not easy pitchers to come by.

I don't like the Lee deal because I'm not a big fan of the prospects, but I think Rube's line of thinking is at least understandable.

oh its completely understandable from amaros standpoint

because he had a budget he could not go over

its just sickening that a few million bucks prevented them from doing it

[Rome]

143 million dollar budgets should not be laughed at or ridiculed under any circumstance.  the team is maxed out, dude.  i wish they weren't but they are, so we move on.

[Sgt PSN]

blanton is def an above average pitcher.....at least by today's standard.  there's not much room between his highs and his lows as   he's a pretty consistant guy and eats a shtein ton of innings every year. 

[SunMo]

along with eating everything else in sight

[Sgt PSN]

143 million dollar budgets should not be laughed at or ridiculed under any circumstance.  the team is maxed out, dude.  i wish they weren't but they are, so we move on.

NEVER!!