Comments on: Huh?

By: egrissom

egrissom — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 23:44:00 +0000

That would be great, but I think it’s a little premature.
http://www.csnphilly.com/11/28/10/Werth-Says-Hes-Not-Close-to-Signing–Any/landing_phillies.html?blockID=362004&feedID=704

I still believe the guys who say the Red Sox are the favorites at this point. We’ll have to wait and see. I think a Matt Holliday contract would be too much, cause he’s not quite as good as Holliday — I don’t think he will be in seven years, either.

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 13:18:15 +0000

From “Crossing Broad”:
Tom Byrne of 97.5 The Fanatic reports that a source told him the Phillies have offered Jayson Werth a contract and they believe it is enough to bring him back.

That, folks, would be shocking news. We’ve all but come to terms with Werth leaving, and since he’s probably going to command around $16 million a year, that seemed to be a safe assumption.

What could have happened here? The Phillies may have indeed offered Werth a contract. Of course they would think it is enough to bring him back. Whatever the offer was, realistic or not, they are going to say they think it was enough. What’s the alternative?

I’m not going to do jumping jacks yet, but it certainly is interesting.

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 18:13:35 +0000

BTW, guess who the new first base coach is for the Dodgers. Uh huh. You got it.

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 18:12:36 +0000

Man, is anyone else starved for information about what is going on with the Phillies? I wish they’d throw us a bone once in a while. Just sitting here with no ongoing understanding about what gives is getting to me. The winter meetings seem an awfully long way from now.

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 17:58:46 +0000

Agree, absolutely.

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 15:55:08 +0000

Oh yeah. HAD to offer him arbitration. There is no way he accepts and you may as well take the two picks.

By: egrissom

egrissom — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 15:37:24 +0000

I think it’s the right move, though. Werth will almost surely decline, so at least the Phils will get picks.

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 12:30:15 +0000

Apparently Werth is to be offered arbitration. Probably not a good sign for those who want him to stay in Philly.

By: egrissom

egrissom — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 00:24:32 +0000

I accidentally deleted comments from gkit while trying to remove spam. Sorry about that. He was making the rather good point that Ibanez had very good numbers in the second half of the season — 309/375/494 over 299 plate appearances in the second half.

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 22:09:38 +0000

I cannot figure out what Amaro was doing. I cannot believe that he thinks this fan base is stupid. I cannot believe that he actually thinks Ibanez and Werth are equivalent players, even if he was (as I agree is likely) talking about the second half. The only thing I can think is that he is trying to something to influence some aspect of the negotiating process.

No question about it; the comments are bizarre. SOMEthing has to be going on.