Phillies Season Thread 2013

[MDS]

the part that makes it OK is that even if they didnt have him they would still be terrible

its not like rube would take the 25 mil allocated for choke and sprinkle it around wisely to make a world series team. i mean their vaunted catcher who just had to come back because kratz was the worst game caller ever (so says halladone) tore a hammy 3 weeks into his season.

[ice grillin you]

actually you are probably saying three more years AFTER this season...i was counting this year and thinking it was 4-5 so yeah thats about right

yeah its going to be bad as we move along thru 14-16 not because the money will be keeping them from winning but because he is going to be clockin 25 mil per and be a guy who should be in the minors....right now he sucks but hes still in the declining mode...next few years he will be in the RIP mode...but the truly sickening aspect of it is when the deal is over there will not have been a single season of the extension where he produced...because if your recall the last year he was a run producer was 2011 and that was already covered by his existing deal

most bad deals become bad at the very end but you at least get 2-3 big production years in the early stages....this one was a hideous signing from jump

roob is truly a buffoon

[PhillyPhreak54]

Grit with an oblique strain. Late scratch.

And that inf single by Pierre sums up this group of shteinbags.

[MDS]

most bad deals become bad at the very end but you at least get 2-3 big production years in the early stages....this one was a hideous signing from jump

roob is truly a buffoon

they gave him 5 years A YEAR AND A HALF before his deal was up

the acl you couldnt forsee but he was already on a downward spiral and rube just ignored it and handed him 125 large like it was nothing

id love to think all this shtein will get him canned but i know that wont happen

[Sgt PSN]

ACL....Achilles.

Knee....Heel.

Eh....same thing.

[ice grillin you]

ACL....Achilles.

Knee....Heel.

flacco....UDFA

[Sgt PSN]

Ha!

[SD]

Lol

[Sgt PSN]

I'm still laughing at this.

[Seabiscuit36]

HA... PAD

[Munson]

Lidge is retiring as a Phillie

[ice grillin you]

Though Domonic Brown made his major-league debut in 2010, this is the first season we've been able to accurately judge his abilities and forecast his future because it's the first season he's played every day. And he's making quite the impression, providing power in the middle of the Phillies' order with a team-leading eight home runs.

Brown trails only Chase Utley and Ryan Howard with 23 RBIs, and his .435 slugging percentage is second only to Utley among Phils regulars.

At age 25, Brown is on pace for 28 home runs. Only 29 active players have hit that many homers in their age-25 season, meaning Brown will join a select group if he keeps it up.

What makes Brown's situation more impressive, though, is that this is his first full season. Of those 29 active guys with 28-plus homers at age 25, all but four previously had at least one full season under their belt. Brown's played in parts of three years, but even if you add up all those plate appearances it doesn't even equal one full season.

Carlos Quentin, Mark Trumbo, Pedro Alvarez and Josh Reddick – that's the complete list of active players who homered at least 28 times at the age and situation Brown is in.

Brown's success to this point has been the most positive sign of an up-and-down Phillies season. It's not just impressive plate discipline anymore -- Brown's power is developing to where the Phillies need it to be.

Over his last 25 games, Brown has six homers and five doubles. Those 11 extra-base hits came in the span of just 94 plate appearances; no other player in the NL East had that many XBH in that few plate appearances over the last month.

With Ryan Howard dinged up, Delmon Young coming around very slowly, Carlos Ruiz out several weeks and Chase Utley possibly the same, Brown's contributions have been important and will continue to be.

Brown has no walks and 14 strikeouts in May, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. He's already proven at this level that he has solid plate discipline, and now he's swinging in hitter's counts no matter how early.

On 1-0 counts this season Brown is 7 for 13 with two homers. On 2-0 counts he's 5 for 7 with a double.

Where Brown used to be passive, he's now taking charge. And his increased aggressiveness is paying off in the form of power.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Good game by Lee.

Aumont sent to AAA

[Eagles_Legendz]

Always a good sign as a pitcher when your batting average is higher than your ERA.

[MDS]

1 game under for a team hitting michael young third

think about that