Comments on: Phils making it tougher and tougher to put a Valdespin on their season

By: egrissom

egrissom — Wed, 09 May 2012 15:16:15 +0000

I think you can definitely blame Amaro for the Papelbon contract as well.

$46 million for Utley, Howard and Rollins makes things tough, especially if Howard and Utley aren’t going to play and Rollins is going to be horrid.

I think you can fault the team for thinking Mayberry and Galvis are good enough to play everyday at this point. I don’t think they are. Polanco has been great lately, but I think the Phillies need to get more out of their 3B.

And the bullpen is bad. Not this bad, but there are too many wishful thinking guys out there.

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Wed, 09 May 2012 14:28:36 +0000

Yeah, I get the Howard contract thing.

If the luxury tax thing is really an issue for them, then they are wasting a heck of a lot of money this year in bringing high priced pitching to town.

And just a little side note about cash flow and the Phillies. Up until this year I could sell my tickets on StubHub for more than face value, often twice or even three times face value. Prices on StubHub are sliding big time. Pretty soon they park will not be filling up unless they do something.

Expect Hamels to be gone at the deadline.

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 09 May 2012 14:08:43 +0000

If you want to blame RAJ for something, blame him for the Howard contact. More than anything, that seems to be tying his hands right now, as ownership is showing zero interest in paying a penny of luxury tax, and we would certainly have to pay to get non-replacement players on the field.

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Wed, 09 May 2012 13:35:16 +0000

Jimmy used to be the leader, or so we thought. Not any longer, not until he puts his bat where his mouth is. But who takes the leadership from him? Hard to see anyone there do that.

And I get Charlie. Amaro handed him a team that is just not very good. What can he say but that? And he cannot really say that out loud.

What I DO NOT get is why no one in Philly is calling Amaro out. This is his mess. He is the one who went into this season with his 3 and 4 hole hitters out for what may only seem like forever, no reliable offense from 3rd base or left field and did not address the black hole any fool could see would be there.

Amaro’s decisions are utterly incomprehensible to me.

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 09 May 2012 12:32:14 +0000

Wasnt crazy to hear Cholly in post game comments say he doesnt know what to say to this team either. Someone’s gotta step up and take a lead. The whole team just seems flat. Imagine if the starting pitching was as bad as the offense/bullpen, I doubt the Phils would have more than 3 wins, seriously.

The number of IronPigs on this team is really troublesome.

Can I take something away from Mayberry seeming to have a decent night? no? alright then…

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 09 May 2012 12:30:13 +0000

And after that whatever-that-was last night, Lee’s pitching tonight with a pitch count. Getting swept at home by the Mets with the bullpen going 0-3 is a real possibility.

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Wed, 09 May 2012 02:18:27 +0000

Just possibly our earlier thesis that the bull pen could not get worse was wrong.

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Wed, 09 May 2012 02:01:34 +0000

The 8th just makes me nuts. Our half I mean.

Is it too weird the Rod Barajas beat the Nats in the 9th?

By: egrissom

egrissom — Wed, 09 May 2012 01:49:01 +0000

At least it was against a righty. Qualls giving it up to another lefty would have been too much for me.

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Wed, 09 May 2012 01:37:33 +0000

Shoulda been up two if Q just gets one guy out. Just one. Jeepers.