Comments on: Shane, on you

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 13:14:06 +0000

Sounded like Amaro wanted to pay him like a first base coach and Lopes wanted to be paid like a bench coach. Or something.

I hate see Lopes go, but his services are much more valuable on a team that can actually run anyway.

By: egrissom

egrissom — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 13:02:26 +0000

Here’s the Rollins article.
http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/phillies/20101026_Phillies_Notes__Phillies_have_no_plans_to_negotiate_an_extension_with_Jimmy_Rollins_-_yet.html

If Rollins is not way better in 2011 than he was in 2010 or 2009, the Phils shouldn’t bring him back. I don’t think they will, either.

I would really like to know what the dollars difference is in the Lopes thing. It sounds like there’s some friction between Amaro and Lopes.

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 01:49:38 +0000

Um, Jim… pretty interesting.. where did you here about rollins money in 2012?

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 01:45:11 +0000

Yeah, I am with Bill big time. this team will miss davey lopes.

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 00:02:24 +0000

Just read the article on Lopes from philly.com. A shame, I was a fan of Lopes over there at 1st. His results since taking over the run game speak for themselves.

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 23:18:49 +0000

There’s also whispers of freeing up the Rollins money in 2012 if he continues his decline. There’s a reason they didn’t sign him to an extension this year.

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 21:03:54 +0000

Er, sorry… it is the Crossing Broad FB post about Lopes.

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 21:01:31 +0000

Phillies FB post has Davey Lopes not returning next year: cannot “agree to terms”.

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 20:35:00 +0000

BTW, I am assuming that the Ibanez money coming off the books in 2012 will be the money spent in trying to sign Hamels. Anyone else see it that way?

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 20:32:57 +0000

This will not thrill anyone, I am sure, but I am reading that the brain trust is thinking that this is the year that John Mayberry either craps or gets off the pot. I think he has been put on notice, and they may be leaning his way at least a little. Like I said, no one finds this a bit thrilling; I certainly do not.

I cannot imagine that Ibanez is going to be anywhere else next year but in left. The only way out of that is to eat his salary. If they do that, it certainly will not make Werth affordable, or Crawford either for that matter.

Somewhere the money boys have to figure out what to do to find more money. If they do not do that, then in my mind, they will be wasting the starting pitching money they have locked up in both Oswalt and Halladay, but especially the former. If they have just “rented” Oswalt for the end of 2010 (his trade veto notwithstanding), then this will be a wild off season indeed. As Bette Davis (kind of) said, “Buckle up boys. We are in for a bumpy ride”.

The prospect of that does not light my fires.