Comments on: Jose, can you see us out of this mess? http://www.philliesflow.com/2011/03/30/jose-can-you-see-us-out-of-this-mess/ A fan's Philadelphia Phillies blog Fri, 24 May 2013 02:13:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Evalyn http://www.philliesflow.com/2011/03/30/jose-can-you-see-us-out-of-this-mess/#comment-53518 Evalyn Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:52:52 +0000 http://www.philliesflow.com/?p=2827#comment-53518 Book-marked, I love your site! :)

]]> By: Aurora http://www.philliesflow.com/2011/03/30/jose-can-you-see-us-out-of-this-mess/#comment-53515 Aurora Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:26:57 +0000 http://www.philliesflow.com/?p=2827#comment-53515 This is exactly something I need to do more research into, appreciate the post.

]]> By: DaMannse http://www.philliesflow.com/2011/03/30/jose-can-you-see-us-out-of-this-mess/#comment-53501 DaMannse Thu, 31 Mar 2011 01:27:29 +0000 http://www.philliesflow.com/?p=2827#comment-53501 I do like watching Pete Orr run. But it is true… we have no one to replace #26. Problem is, there isn’t anyone anywhere who can do that. And yeah, I get that we still need someone who can do it better than the guys we have. But from where does that person come, and at what cost? Who IS that person? Is anyone of us a secret Gen’l Manger who has someone in mind?

]]> By: egrissom http://www.philliesflow.com/2011/03/30/jose-can-you-see-us-out-of-this-mess/#comment-53500 egrissom Thu, 31 Mar 2011 01:02:31 +0000 http://www.philliesflow.com/?p=2827#comment-53500 I think he could be good, too. He was great this spring. I think if he gets a lot of at-bats against righties he’ll put up good enough power numbers, but we’ll be wishing for someone who gets on base more. I don’t think RF is the big problem right now. I think the big problem right now is they have a huge hole in their lineup they’re trying to fill with Wilson Valdez, Pete Orr and Michael Martinez.

]]> By: Jim http://www.philliesflow.com/2011/03/30/jose-can-you-see-us-out-of-this-mess/#comment-53499 Jim Wed, 30 Mar 2011 23:43:56 +0000 http://www.philliesflow.com/?p=2827#comment-53499 I’m actually kinda excited about Francisco in RF this year.. I just hope his spring wasn’t a fluke. If he’s the real deal, we’ll be set with Ibanez coming off the books after this year – and if he flounders and Dom recovers well from injury – possibly starting to cede some time during the course of the year.

I don’t think we can trade any of the 4. It’d be bad PR, after all the hype they’ve drummed up.

Being a pitching/defense club isn’t the worst.. of course, we play in exactly the wrong ballpark for that, but it’s a valid way to build a team. As much as I would like to see 3 guys with 40 homers (and as exciting baseball as that makes), I don’t think it’s strictly necessary to try to replace Utley’s offense right now. We’ll see what July holds and go from there. Not like the Phils ever win the midseason division title anyway.

]]> By: egrissom http://www.philliesflow.com/2011/03/30/jose-can-you-see-us-out-of-this-mess/#comment-53498 egrissom Wed, 30 Mar 2011 22:45:40 +0000 http://www.philliesflow.com/?p=2827#comment-53498 I think they need to trade for a left-handed corner outfielder, a 2B or a 3B and move Polanco to 2B. Getting Valdez out of the lineup should be the top priority, way more important than a platoon partner for Francisco. I think Blanton is the obvious guy to trade, but they should be open to dealing their prospects (other than Brown) away too.

]]> By: DaMannse http://www.philliesflow.com/2011/03/30/jose-can-you-see-us-out-of-this-mess/#comment-53495 DaMannse Wed, 30 Mar 2011 21:48:31 +0000 http://www.philliesflow.com/?p=2827#comment-53495 Can we play “what if”? As in, what if they trade for the bat you mention. Who should they trade, do you think? And for whom? Who is out there that we could get? Right field? second? Third? Some other position? (I am not trying to box you in here.. it is a genuine question.)

]]> By: egrissom http://www.philliesflow.com/2011/03/30/jose-can-you-see-us-out-of-this-mess/#comment-53494 egrissom Wed, 30 Mar 2011 21:21:19 +0000 http://www.philliesflow.com/?p=2827#comment-53494 The guys that can field but can’t hit at all seem like they should be pretty easy to find. Not sure how many of them you need on the same team at the same time. I don’t understand why the Phillies love Wilson Valdez so, but I worry it may be terminal.

I think if Utley is done for the year the Phils should get someone like Luis Castillo and let him play at second.

]]> By: DaMannse http://www.philliesflow.com/2011/03/30/jose-can-you-see-us-out-of-this-mess/#comment-53493 DaMannse Wed, 30 Mar 2011 21:17:39 +0000 http://www.philliesflow.com/?p=2827#comment-53493 Castillo released? Man, that does surprise me, though I have to admit that if the Mets cut a guy free and eat his contract to do it (especially given their present financial crisis), there HAS to be some pretty good reason that is not visible to me. Wow. I thought he was going to be starting tomorrow night for sure.

I have no problem with our developing talent, as long as “developing talent” does not mean “plugging a hole with someone who is not ready to play at this level just because we are desperate”. If our young guys can play, then bring them up if they are ready.

I would love to see them find someone who can hit, but I cannot for the life of me see who they would trade for that bat who would not make me absolutely crazy. Oswalt. Or Hamels, for example, even as much as Hamels pisses me off by squandering his talent generating mediocre won/lost stats year after year. (and really, I do not give a rat’s fanny what he did in the 2008 post season.) Still, if they trade him (or Oswalt) to get a bat, that bat better be someone huge, and no older than Hamels is. And I mean huge. Oswalt to Texas for Young would not come close to huge. Heck, who else would they trade but the pitching that has everyone charged up and which they have so painstakingly acquired? Failing that, “developing talent” is the only way I can see them going.

If Utley is cooked for the year, or (God forbid) forever, then all bets are off. I have no idea what we do then. I cannot even bear to think about it.

]]> By: egrissom http://www.philliesflow.com/2011/03/30/jose-can-you-see-us-out-of-this-mess/#comment-53492 egrissom Wed, 30 Mar 2011 19:09:09 +0000 http://www.philliesflow.com/?p=2827#comment-53492 I don’t think it’s a great time to be developing young talent for the Phillies, especially offensive young talent. They need to get some players who can hit. Also, I’m not sure about the quality (or the youthfulness) of the talent they are going to keep instead of Castillo. Michael Martinez? He turns 29 in September. I’m going to be pretty surprised if he turns out to be good.

It seems like Castillo gave them the best chance in the short term.

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