Phillies Offseason Thread

[MDS]

he just had a raging papelboner

couldnt just let it sit there

[SunMo]

all that being said, it's really weird and seems unfair that MLB can change the compensation rules during an active free agency period.

for example, maybe the padres would have been more inclined to trade Bell at the deadline if they had known they wouldn't get a pick for him.

[ice grillin you]

but couldnt smuggerson have like all the other gm's waited until a cba was completed before tossin out an outrageous contract

i mean how many of the leagues 30 gm's besides smug were screwed this offseason by the new cba?

[SunMo]

im not even saying it's not fair to the phillies because rube has only himself to blame.

i'm just talking about teams like my SD example

[ice grillin you]

in the case of sd tho thats no different than what the nba is doing...maybe last march the sixers could have done something with iguodala that they wouldnt be able to do with whatever the new cba is....a new cba is a new cba...there are always changes

with smug the season was already over and we were in the middle of new cba negotiations and hes spending money and draft picks like hes leonard tose at a bakarat table....maybe sit back like the rest of the league and see how shtein plays out...i said it earlier in the thread we are all gonna puke when we see what these other closers incuding he phillies own sign for

really this is a larger issue than the cba...smug made a mistake period in what he gave paplebon and when he gave it to him...he did the same thing with ibanez....he just wants to be the guy and make noise...he doesnt care if its the best move for his team or not

[Don Ho]

that's because ruben is an impatient dummy

exactly

let the farging market set itself dumbass....there are 200 closers available this year including one on your OWN team

and btw closer isnt your teams issue

Post of the offseason.  How true.  Closer was the least of their issues and there is a bunch of quality ones out there.  What's the hurry?

[Rome]

If they don't set the market who will?

Haters.

[ice grillin you]

they arent setting the market thats the point...like the year they signed ibanez....they got him for 3-33 while adam dunn was getting 2-20 burrell 2-16 and bobby abreu 1-5

its just not necessary to go buckwild and spend gazillions for no reason while the other 29 teams sit back and wait for great deals

[PhillyPhreak54]

Ruben don't care because Ruben rolls hard. farg the haters!

[Rome]

[SunMo]

Phils get Ty Wigginton from Rockies for cash or PTBNL

[PhillyPhreak54]

Nice move

[MDS]

so no kid cuddy then

actually looking at his numbers hes terrible. if hes a bench player fill in once a week guy alright but if they are gonna plug him in for ibanez or polanco or something then its casey matthews level bad.

[SunMo]

he's still in play for some reason

[Rome]

Probably because he's farging awesome.