2013-14 Phillies Offseason Thread

[smeags]

didn't igy tell you people last week there's zero reason to complain about what this team does or doesn't do the next five years ?

[Rome]

didn't igy tell you people last week there's zero reason to complain about what this team does or doesn't do the next five years ?

He was talking about the Nats but was drunk and mistakenly posted in the Phils thread.

[MDS]

they are now up to 102.5 mil already for 2015

25 to cliff
25 to choke
23.5 to heidi
13 to GRIT
8 to marlolon
8 to roidhead

not included is mike adams' option (will hit in 2014 if hes healthy, which he of course will not be) and arbitration figures for hof and revere

but yeah go ahead...it all matters, they can definitely win a world series. go team.

[Geowhizzer]

Wally Joyner left (again) to become the Tigers hitting coach and Mick Billmeyer was added as the bullpen coach

Didn't they just let go of Billmeyer?

[PhillyPhreak54]

Yeah they didn't renew his contract

Meanwhile...who the farg is the pitching coach going to be?

[Geowhizzer]

Yeah they didn't renew his contract

Meanwhile...who the farg is the pitching coach going to be?

I sent my application in the other day.  I'll let you know how it goes.

[Don Ho]

I don't hate them bringing back Ruiz...they have no one ready on the farm to replace him and I am less than thrilled with the free agents out there. He knows the staff so this is a deal I can live with.

The Tommy Joseph promiseland has failed.  They have nothing in the system.

Oh well Jay,  could be time for our favorite drunk to rear his ugly head, Sardinha.

[Geowhizzer]

I don't mind resigning Chooch for the time being, but the years and money is, well... Amaro-esque.

[ice grillin you]

didn't igy tell you people last week there's zero reason to complain about what this team does or doesn't do the next five years ?

it might be the next ten

they are in worse shape than even the flyers

[BigEd76]

Bob McClure is the new pitching coach.  You may remember him from such zesty teams as the early 2000s Rockies, the late 2000s Royals and the 2012 Red Sox

[Sgt PSN]

Excellent Simpsons reference.

[SunMo]

people have been doing that on twitter for 3 hours now

[ice grillin you]

from jayson starks hot stove rumblings

If the trend in this sport is that teams are getting younger, the Phillies apparently didn't get that memo. In their current roster configuration, five of their prospective starting position players next year will be 34 or older. And in case they're wondering, only four teams since 1900 have had five players, age 34-plus, who played at least 120 games in a season -- the 1985 Angels, 2002 Giants, 2003 Astros and 2004 Astros.

On one hand, those teams averaged 91 wins. On the other, baseball wasn't testing for greenies then!

[MDS]

next year is going to be horrible but it has nothing on 2015

[smeags]

it will be a thousand times worse reading your vagina monologues about the team all year long.