Phillies Offseason Thread 12-13

[SD]

Vance Worley and Trevor May to Minny

Terrible. I like Revere because he's a better option than Bourne but they just gave up a top 5 prospect and established starter. If the deal were just Revere for Worley it would be acceptable.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Yep...I don't like it.

Go away RUBE!!

[SunMo]

Worley is a dime a doze.

Revere has potential to be a top 10 CF and he's young and cheap.  i'm fine with the deal

[Eagles_Legendz]

It's better than giving 5 yrs 80 mil to an aging Bourn, but this team has 0 power, especially if they get Young, unless this is coupled with bringing in a power bat in RF.

[SunMo]

they just got a long term solution at CF making peanuts.  which means they have plenty of money to go get a power hitting corner OF (hamilbomb!)

[ice grillin you]

may has fallen off big time...he might be a top ten prospect for the phillies and hes only that because their farm system is so bare....his chances of ever making the majors as a regular starter even a bottom of the rotation starter were very slim

[SunMo]

biddle, pettibone, and martin are all in front of May as far as prospects go

[ice grillin you]

forget everything else....they got a black dood from the south for a guy that wears rec specs

WIN

[SD]

It's better than giving 5 yrs 80 mil to an aging Bourn, but this team has 0 power, especially if they get Young, unless this is coupled with bringing in a power bat in RF.

Silver lining to the deal and almost makes it palpable but giving up May in the deal was dumb. Worley and a lesser prospect or two would have made this a good deal.

[SunMo]

controllable contracts are a huge commodity in MLB, you have to give up something decent to get either a good player or a good contract back. 

[SunMo]

May's 5 years in the minors:

525 IP
433 H
647 K
237 W

career WHIP of 1.350

that's nothing special

[ice grillin you]

It's better than giving 5 yrs 80 mil to an aging Bourn, but this team has 0 power, especially if they get Young, unless this is coupled with bringing in a power bat in RF.

Silver lining to the deal and almost makes it palpable but giving up May in the deal was dumb. Worley and a lesser prospect or two would have made this a good deal.

may is a lesser prospect...even if he is a top ten prospect for the phillies that is irrelevant...if you are say the ninth best prospect for the phillies its like being the 16th best prospect for a top ten farm system

[SD]

6'5 and his fastball hits mid 90's.

[BigEd76]

May is another of those guys that you hear about a lot and never actually saw but as soon as he's dealt, omgworsttradeever.  How's Jason Knapp doing for the Indians?  And that can't-miss stud Drabek who's out for the year again.  There's no guarantee with pitching prospects, and the three guys Sunny mentioned have a better upside.  Minnesota was desperate for pitching and got two guys that can go into their rotation now, but it's weird that they dealt their new starting CF a week after trading Span.  Maybe the deal was too good to pass up.  I'm not gonna be a homer here but what I've seen of Revere so far looks promising.  He's almost a similar player to Bourn but also plays the corner spots, which Bourn hasn't done since he was dealt to Houston.  As for never hitting a major league HR, getting out of Target Field and coming here is gonna help.  Hell, he might get all the way up to 2 HRs.  He's also a better leadoff guy than Jimmy, but he'll probably hit 2nd since Jimmy is Jimmy.  I also heard he has a shtein arm like Pierre, but I've seen highlights where he reaches the plate with no problem.  He's also going to make at least  $79,500,000 less than Bourn and they have him under control for at least three more years while choke, Cliff and Cole get their $25M.  Figure out 3B (Young, Youk, whatever), get another power bat for RF, get an 8th-inning guy like Adams and things will look better.

[SD]

So does Cloyd move into the starting rotation permanently now?