Comments on: Sandy, the pitching angels have lost their desire for us

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 01:48:23 +0000

Geez. That platoon at third and only part timers as well?

Not going to the post season next year either, huh. Cause they are not good enough now.

By: egrissom

egrissom — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 00:56:28 +0000

Cause they can make money even if they lose? Dunno. But I do think they’re near the top of what they can spend on payroll. Hopefully I’m wrong and they bring in more than one offensive guy who plays regularly. I’m worried they think Galvis/Frandsen might be enough for 3B.

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 00:42:26 +0000

Oh man. You really don’t think we get more than one full timer? Isn’t that just throwing the existing salary money away? Why have these high paid guys if they don’t have enough troops to make those investments pay off?

By: egrissom

egrissom — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 20:28:46 +0000

I will be pleased if the Phillies add more than one guy who is more than a part time player. I don’t think they will. I think they add one guy who can play a lot in center field and maybe one or two others who will play part time in the OF or 3B. I think the real question is what they think of Ruf and Mayberry and how much they can play in 2013. I don’t think we’ll know for sure until we see what they do this off-season. I don’t think there’s much chance of anything other than a part-timer to help at 3B.

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 16:50:08 +0000

Been thinking about it and I think I’d go CF, OF, 3B, RP. At least two of the position guys need to hit from the right side.

By: egrissom

egrissom — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 14:11:12 +0000

I think it will be an OF who can play CF, but not sure which one. Second guess would be a RP. But I think a CF is most likely.

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 21:57:05 +0000

So who is everyone’s guess as RAJs first sign?

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 20:01:53 +0000

It sure would help if the guys in the minors would look real real good next year.

By: egrissom

egrissom — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:47:41 +0000

I think Utley can be counted on to be pretty good when he plays. Hopefully that is a lot.

In my mind, the biggest factor is what Halladay does as he has potential to be so much better than he was in 2012. Howard can be better, and I think he will, but I don’t think he can be better by as dramatic a margin as Halladay can for 2013.

Howard needs to hit a whole ton of home runs if he’s ever going to be an elite player again. He hasn’t hit more than 33 in any of the last three seasons, so that’s seeming kind of unlikely to me.

I think what the young guys in the minors do this season is going to have a lot of impact on what the Phillies do with Ruiz after 2013. A long, expensive contract seems like a mistake.

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:18:13 +0000

I guess the fantasy is that Utley, Howard, and Halladay are healthy next year and that is all that is needed for the three to become big time productive. I think Utley’s case is most likely, which really IS scary.

It’d kill me to see Chooch go, but we cannot take another long term high buck contract to an aging player. Especially at the catcher position. If he can move like Yogi did, then maybe let’s talk. But not at Molina numbers.