2010/11 Phillies Offseason Thread

[SunMo]

[SunMo]

props to me and SD for calling this

[charlie]

Is there any doubt that Lee had no intention of signing with the Yanks and was just using them for leverage?  The Phils had the worst of the 3 offers on the table. The fact that he took NY for a ride and then pulled the rug out from underneath them makes this that much more awesome.

If he took a deal that was 50M short, there wasn't a whole lot of leverage to be exercised.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Sounds like the Yanks offered 6 years with a possibly-reachable 7th.  The Phils offered 5 with a slam-dunk 6th.  Money not nearly as far apart as the pundits are making it sound.

[ice grillin you]

Is there any doubt that Lee had no intention of signing with the Yanks and was just using them for leverage?  The Phils had the worst of the 3 offers on the table. The fact that he took NY for a ride and then pulled the rug out from underneath them makes this that much more awesome.

If he took a deal that was 50M short, there wasn't a whole lot of leverage to be exercised.

there wasnt a 50 million dollar difference but yeah leverage is used to get the highest possible deal...not the lowest

clearly wifey wasnt havin none of ny

[Drunkmasterflex]

can lee hit left handed pitching?

Only you would try to put a damper on this.

[ice grillin you]

sorry....i dont get excited just to get excited....i want a world series title and this move doesnt get them significantly closer to that

[ice grillin you]

wip saying that heyman is reporting a deal in place for blanton to the red sox

[Drunkmasterflex]

sorry....i dont get excited just to get excited....i want a world series title and this move doesnt get them significantly closer to that

I understand they need some more hitting in their lineup, but damn you can't get a better rotation.

[PhillyGirl]

sorry....i dont get excited just to get excited....i want a world series title and this move doesnt get them significantly closer to that

You are just on a whole different level of douchiness.

[SunMo]

people in boston are saying no deal is happening

[charlie]

Trade him for Grienke

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Sox already have Lester, Buchholz, Lackey, Beckett, and Dice-K.  Why would they want Blanton?

[SunMo]

Gordon Edes:Update: Sox source said Sox, Phils talked, but no deal, and unlikely to be a deal

[ice grillin you]

sorry....i dont get excited just to get excited....i want a world series title and this move doesnt get them significantly closer to that

I understand they need some more hitting in their lineup, but damn you can't get a better rotation.

they already had a stacked rotation...lee potentially makes them untouchable in the regular season...so if you were concerned with them making the playoffs this year i suppose would be big news...but if you are talking ws then i dont see this year being any different than last year and in fact they might actually be worse depending on how they replace werth

this all changes if choke grit rollins and victorino all come back and have their normal big years...but then you gotta think the bottoms might fall out of ibanez and polanco and i highly doubt chooch has a repeat of what he did last year

basically cliff lee to me isnt a huge difference maker on this team which is why i cant jerk off to the move...doesnt mean this team cant and wont win it all because they can but that is no different than before they got cliff lee