Phillies Offseason Thread 12-13

[Sgt PSN]

The other thing with Chooch is that he's probably going to petition the league to allow him to take Adderall to treat his A.D.D.  Apparently there are 116 players in the league who have been given the exemption.  Cliff Lee is one (didn't see that one coming) and Pineapple Head is another (lol...shocking!).

If Chooch is denied (doubtful) then he's probably not even going to be a very good catcher.  Even if he doesn't actually have A.D.D., he thinks he does and he thinks the meds help him focus and play better.  Take that away and suddenly he's not going to be very good.   

[ice grillin you]

revere cant be described as good when his arm is juan pierre level weak

true but im not even really talking about arms....im talking about simply getting to a ball and catching it as a way of getting outs for the pitching staff

[MDS]

well of course he can do that

but they will have significantly fewer runs saved because of him. even stuff no one thinks about...like people not running on victorino. last year the dude is at 3rd. now hell score.

that shtein adds up.

[Sgt PSN]

revere cant be described as good when his arm is juan pierre level weak

true but im not even really talking about arms....im talking about simply getting to a ball and catching it as a way of getting outs for the pitching staff

Yup.  Just catch the ball, cut off gappers before they hit the wall, etc.  OF assists are nice but it's still pretty much a coin flip that the out will get recorded even if the guy has a rocket arm.  Still has to be accurate and the person receiving the ball has to field it cleanly, apply the tag and hold the ball throughout contact.  More runs are given up by shoddy OF play each year than they are saved by OF assists. 

[ice grillin you]

well of course he can do that

but they will have significantly fewer runs saved because of him. even stuff no one thinks about...like people not running on victorino. last year the dude is at 3rd. now hell score.

that shtein adds up.

absolutely....but hes still a good fielder and right now they are so piss poor in that repsect that im not even worrying about arms...their problem is getting to the ball first and hes one of the two on the team that cant at least do that....ill worry about what they do with the ball later

[ice grillin you]

btw i doubt anyone listened but choke held a press conference today where he pretty much went bedwetter goofy

[MDS]

2013: Ryan Howard, 34 years old, $20.0 million (14.05 percent of luxury tax threshold)
2014: Ryan Howard, 35 years old, $25.0 million (13.23 percent of luxury tax threshold)
2015: Ryan Howard, 36 years old, $25.0 million (13.23 percent of luxury tax threshold)
2016: Ryan Howard, 37 years old, $25.0 million (13.23 percent of luxury tax threshold
2017: Ryan Howard, 38 years old, $23.0 million or $10 million buyout (13.23 percent or 0.00 percent of luxury tax threshold)

lol

[PhillyPhreak54]

btw i doubt anyone listened but choke held a press conference today where he pretty much went bedwetter goofy

What did he say

[Sgt PSN]

Nm

[Don Ho]

2013: Ryan Howard, 34 years old, $20.0 million (14.05 percent of luxury tax threshold)
2014: Ryan Howard, 35 years old, $25.0 million (13.23 percent of luxury tax threshold)
2015: Ryan Howard, 36 years old, $25.0 million (13.23 percent of luxury tax threshold)
2016: Ryan Howard, 37 years old, $25.0 million (13.23 percent of luxury tax threshold
2017: Ryan Howard, 38 years old, $23.0 million or $10 million buyout (13.23 percent or 0.00 percent of luxury tax threshold)

lol

Wasn't it agreed that we weren't going to ever post this again?

[ice grillin you]

btw i doubt anyone listened but choke held a press conference today where he pretty much went bedwetter goofy

What did he say

i dont even remember he was just trying so hard to be gooffy/funny.....its was really uncomfortable to listen to

[Seabiscuit36]

he talked about how proud he is of Jared for keeping the weight off

[BigEd76]

Something about windows closing and not feeling a cool breeze

Baseball Prospectus projects the Phils to finish 80-82, tied w/ the Mets for 4th, 8 games back of Washington

[ice grillin you]

how do they not have the nats winning 90 games...thats a joke

king is saying delmon young is going to miss at least the first few weeks of the season

[MDS]

so the opening day lineup will look something like this:

rollins-revere-utley-howard-myoung-ruff-brown-kratz

holy shtein