Comments on: A little help from his friends

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By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 22:25:06 +0000

RE: The Best Team. Got me; talk to me in October. But it is hard to argue with the potential. Of course, as Linus once said, “There is no heavier burden than a great potential.”

By: egrissom

egrissom — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 21:54:33 +0000

Fat Joe and the Terror Squad is pretty good. He’d definitely be one of the better fifth starters in the league. I’m going to be pretty surprised if he ends the year with the Phils, though.

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 21:08:50 +0000

I hope they dont trade Blanton. Honestly, the biggest reason being that I want the nickname of the starters to be ‘Fat Joe and the Terror Squad’

No offense to the real Fat Joe and his terror squad records or whatever. Sorry, I’m not a big rap fan. But while I cannot claim using this nickname first, I think its the best.

By: egrissom

egrissom — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 19:24:35 +0000

I don’t think he’s worth a whole lot, given that he’s going to make more than $8 million this year and threw to an ERA near five in the NL last year. Hopefully I’m wrong. If not, hopefully his value will increase dramatically with a few good starts early in the season.

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 18:23:52 +0000

Now that it is official that Andy Petit is retiring, I wonder what Joe Blanton is worth on the market. I know he is not a great pitcher, but he is a solid one. And when NEED is great for pitching, and it really is for so many folks, well…. I was just thinking that Big Joe might be looking pretty good to a lot of folks. Folks who have strong farm systems. And the money to make Joe’s contract work.

By: egrissom

egrissom — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 17:06:46 +0000

The thing I want to know is if this is Amaro’s devious master plan or not. Did he just get great pitchers and partly they are great cause they don’t walk anyone, or is he actively seeking people that don’t walk anyone (ie, giving more weight to preventing walks than other general managers do). I don’t know the answer. In support of the Amaro’s master plan theory, though, I present David Herndon. I see zero reason to keep Herndon on the roster all year in 2010 rather than offer him back to the Angels. If you look at Herndon’s minor league numbers, the most unusual thing about his minor league work is his ability to prevent walks.

I agree with you on the worries about the offense. The dropoff in right field offensively is going to be significant. Possible exception is if Brown is a monster in 2011, but I don’t think that’s going to happen yet. Phils need big rebounds from Utley and Howard.

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 16:56:17 +0000

I knew that Halladay was good at not walking guys (and Lee too) but didn’t realize the rest of the staff had contributed so much. I guess I never really thought about it. It seems counter-intuitive with some of the bullpen arms that they had last year who seemed to walk everybody after they came into the game. But, at the same time, limiting the innings can do that.

Anyway, this will be something that I’ll actually pay attention to this season now. I would still really like to see Hamels give up less home runs and have a better feeling about the pen, but I guess beggers can’t be choosy. I’m also slightly concerned about how this particular team will score runs.