Phillies Offseason Thread

[Rome]

Holla

[Munson]

http://philly.sbnation.com/philadelphia-phillies/2012/1/17/2714701/hunter-pence-arbitration-phillies-outfielder-files-for-11-8-million

Pence wants 11.8, Phillies wanna give him 9.

If Hunter wins, that'll put their payroll for 2012 at around 168.1 million. They'd still have to may Mayberry Jr, Martinez, basticho, and Herndon at league minimum (425K or so) and Valdez on arb (900K last yaer)...so what, 3.5 million between those guys?

So around 172 Million, 6 million dollars in space.....

[Sgt PSN]

Valdez already got about 930k this year.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Andy Musser is dead.

[Munson]

Valdez already got about 930k this year.

Well, there you go.

Ed, any worth while bats gonna be available this summer that are worth 6 million or less?

[PhillyPhreak54]

I saw a tweet today that the Phils are interested in Francisco Cordero.

That would be a nice move as an 8th inning guy.

[Don Ho]

SIGN HIM!

2011 League Ranks:
 • 7th in NL in Sv (37)
2011 Salary: $12,125,000

[ice grillin you]

a 36 year old pitcher is exactly what this teams needs to be concentrating on

[MDS]

"I'm kind of happy," he said. "Really happy. Because if I would have had to put an 8- or 9-year deal on Howard's deal right now, that would be a little disconcerting. Right now, we have Howard for the next 5 years. I kind of like that idea rather than having to do an 8- or 9- or 10-year deal.

"You can say what you want about Ryan Howard and how he stacks up against those guys, but there's not too many people who, over the last several years, have had this kind of production - and he's right there in the mix with those guys."

smug smugging it up on his ONLY 5 year howard contract

id rather have pujols for 30 years than howard for 2. one is very good. the other is fat and zesty.

[ice grillin you]

thats funny i didnt know they were both 27 and entering the prime years of their career

dont get me wrong the prince deal is a little wacky but its still preferable to chokes as hes a way better player

smug as usual jumped the gun with choke signing him two years before he was to become a free agent and doing this when the guy was 30 years old

[MDS]

and at worst prince and albert can still do their things at dh for the next 10 years

choke wont be able to walk right in 3 years after playing 160 games in the field.

[BigEd76]

Valdez is outta here.  Traded to the Reds for a minor league lefty reliever

[Rome]

so they sign him and then trade him a few days later?

wut

[ice grillin you]

so they sign him and then trade him a few days later?

wut

they didnt wanna go to arbitration with him and you cant trade someone who isnt signed

[PhillyPhreak54]

I thought they signed him for 930k?

I liked that dude. They should have kept him.