Comments on: In trouble?

By: egrissom

egrissom — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 14:40:55 +0000

I’d be surprised if Werth turns out to get $17 million for seven years. I don’t think it’s going to take that much for the Phillies to bring him back. He is an elite outfield in baseball, though, so it’s not going to be cheap.

I don’t think there’s any chance that the Phillies give Lee a five-year contract at any money. Like we’ve said before, I think it’s highly unlikely that Lee is added unless Oswalt gets moved.

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:34:38 +0000

I would like to see Werth back, but not at any price. If they are talking 7 years and $120 million for Jaysen, then someone will be overpaying for him. I do not want it to be us. (Is it mean of me to point out that a long time ago I thought we ought to trade him for serious prospects if he was unsignable? I still think I was right, but then, so what at this point.)

There is an interesting point of view by John Smallwood in the Daily News today that suggested that the $20 million a year Lee will likely get may well be overpaying for Lee too, given that Lee has averaged something like 12 wins a year in his career. I agree with Smalls that $20 million a year for 5 or 6 years needs to buy an incandescent talent; so far Lee has not been that, as good as he has been.

By: egrissom

egrissom — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 14:50:45 +0000

I feel pretty sure that the Phillies aren’t going to give Werth seven years, $120 million. Let’s hope that’s not really what it takes. I do think Werth is a pretty fantastic fit. Let’s hope he wants to come back to Philadelphia. Really a lot.

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 14:47:11 +0000

It’d be nice to be a player, but what is out there that the Phillies really need other than Werth? They don’t really need Lee unless they trade Oswalt.

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 23:11:19 +0000

Free agency is wide open. Lee. Werth. Others. I wonder if we will be in the game. From all I hear, I guess not. Middle relief is all, really, that I hear us getting into. Not exactly inspiring, though necessary.

Doncha wish that we would be a player again? I sure do.

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 18:27:13 +0000

Sigh. I know you do not like Polly, but if the rest of the infield returns to some semblance of what they are supposed to be, I just cannot see Polly’s signing as that awful. I kind of like Polly. I like the lifetime 300 average. I like the tough two strike out. I like his ability with the bat moving folks along. And I really, really like the flexibility he gives us defensively in the infield between third aand second.

By: egrissom

egrissom — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 16:04:38 +0000

I’m ready to see Galvis play defense, but it’s really hard for me to imagine that the .294 career slugging percentage in the minors is going to translate well to the major leagues offensively. I hope I’m wrong, but I think it’s a bad, bad sign for the Phils if any of Bocock, Rivero or Galvis wind up getting significant playing time. And, yeah, Galvis is young, but he’s not that young. He turns 21 later this month.

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 14:43:48 +0000

Jim/Eric/et al. I am far from arguing that Rivero is an answer to anything, just pointing out that I don’t see both him and Bocock on the 40-man roster next year. No need to have redundant middle infielders who cannot hit sitting in the minor leagues, no matter how unhealthy/unproductive Rollins may be next year. I also think that Galvis needs to be added to the 40-man roster this year or else risk being lost to Rule 5, although he may have one more year, not sure.

By: egrissom

egrissom — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 13:09:02 +0000

I think there’s about zero chance that Bocock or Rivero can help the Phillies.

The point that the Phillies won the most games in baseball this year is a good one. Is there anyone who actually thinks they were the best team in baseball, though? I don’t. Huge years from Werth and Ruiz helped them offset down production from their stars, but we obviously shouldn’t be counting on that again. I do believe they can win it all again, even if they never get Howard and Utley back at their previous levels. They’re going to need some luck, though.

I think the Polanco signing looks really bad at this point.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 23:07:50 +0000

Oh, and Greg.. a .230 AA batting average is not exactly what I’m looking for in an offense-capable backup infielder