Comments on: May and June bug

By: egrissom

egrissom — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 18:58:44 +0000

Should be taken not seriously. It’s a nice thought, though.
http://www.metsblog.com/2011/12/24/rt-jonheymancbs-folks-can-stop-speculating-about-the-mets-trading-david-wright-to-the-phillies/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+metsblogfeed+%28MetsBlog.com%29

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 22:42:19 +0000

Guys, I am seeing some stuff now about the Phillies being interested in David Wright. I have no way to measure how seriously to take this. It would require a trade; I wonder who we have to trade for that level player that would not absolutely kill us to lose.

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 02:48:02 +0000

Nats get gio gonzalez

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:49:15 +0000

I cannot tell you how much I want to eat crow about Brown. Please, please, be a monster. I would rather me eat crow than he be a turkey.

By: egrissom

egrissom — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:39:22 +0000

I really don’t know about Thome at 1B. If he can play first and still hit like Jim Thome, even if it’s only against righties, he can help the Phils a ton while Howard is out. 261/379/523 over the last three years. That’s good. Howard 270/353/524 over the last three years.

I think Mayberry will prove to be not quite as good as he was last year. If he’s really as good as he was last year, he’s great. I know you hate him, but Brown has monster upside. Not someone you want to count on in 2012, but he could surprise a lot of people I think.

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:19:40 +0000

Mayberry really is a wild card, then, isn’t he. Another “if”, but IF he can do this year what he did last, we would sure do well with 95 ribbies.

Man, I sure wish we had someone who has been there and done that, though.

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:15:41 +0000

Thome. Geez. I had forgotten Big Jim. He’s another one of those “if” guys, but IF he can play he would sure help.

By: egrissom

egrissom — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:47:06 +0000

Whole year of Pence (we hope). Whole year of Utley (we hope). Ibanez was atrocious last year. I think left field gets better in 2012.

Mayberry isn’t going to produce as his 2011 levels in 2012. If he did, though, and got the same 575 plate appearances that Ibanez got in 2011, he would put up 29 homers and 95 RBI.

No idea how much time Howard is going to miss. If Thome can really play 1B, he can be a huge help while Howard is out. Thome was a good offensive player last year and a great offensive player in 2010. He’s going to get old sometime, let’s hope it’s not yet.

I agree the Phils aren’t in real good shape to deal with major injuries if they occur.

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:32:09 +0000

I have to admit that I am a little anxious about the Phillies. With Howard gone – and I think he will be gone far longer than anyone is saying out loud, much less be back and actually effective – I think that RAJ’s estimation of his line up is extraordinarily optimistic. I am trying to see where the runs are going to come from to make up for the runs Ibanez and Howard produced. Howard is an RBI machine. Wigginton is a nice bench guy, but he is no Ryan Howard.

“If everyone stays healthy” feels pretty squishy, given the last two years. Utley’s power days may be behind him. Pence should help, being here the whole year, but I just feel edgy about that being enough. And I wish third or left field had been a place where RAJ had gone for a serious bat. I continue to be bummed that Ramirez went elsewhere. Really bummed.

By: egrissom

egrissom — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:35:11 +0000

I think Luna can hit better than Galvis/Martinez. Don’t think he can play SS, though — I think he’s appeared there once in the minors since then end of 2008.

Montanez was the third pick in the 2000 draft. The Cubs took him 12 picks before the Phils took Utley. He’s old now, too, but has hit well in the minors despite not-so-good results in the majors.

I wouldn’t hold your breath on either of those guys.

I saw the news about Oswalt willing to take a one-year deal, too. Kind of a surprise to me, cause he’s not that old at just 34.

Nats are going to need to add more than Gio Gonzalez before I start to worry.