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The Juggler

eeriepadave

The Juggler said:

actually he kinda looks like you juggler.

nice 8th inning for the phills

The Juggler

eeriepadave said:

The Juggler said:

actually he kinda looks like you juggler.

nice 8th inning for the phills

no way!

chase's been smacking the ball around for last couple weeks.

JK_Livin

Too bad the game didn't end after top 8. How can Ruben defend what he's done with Ruf & Asche? How is that a process?

pjhawks

JK_Livin said:

Too bad the game didn't end after top 8. How can Ruben defend what he's done with Ruf & Asche? How is that a process?

Why Asche wasn't playing outfield from Day 1 of Spring Training this year was pretty dumb. They should have asked Ruben why he waited until May to actually get Asche playing time in the outfield. I can't believe their plan was to play him for a month and a half at 3rd then try him in left in the minors.

hard to blame the Phils too much on Ruf. He is a platoon player at this point. He is really not very good against Righties at this point. Maybe he gets it at some point like Werth did but so far hasn't shown he will consistently hit righties. hard to play a guy every day that can't hit righties.

There is no point for Nola still to be at Reading. He has dominated there. He needs to be at Lehigh Valley. i know the Phils probably don't want to bring him up this year because his service clock will start but if he dominates at Lehigh Valley and Hamels and/or Harang are traded how are they going to justify not bringing him up later in the season?

JK_Livin

pjhawks said:

JK_Livin said:

Too bad the game didn't end after top 8. How can Ruben defend what he's done with Ruf & Asche? How is that a process?

Why Asche wasn't playing outfield from Day 1 of Spring Training this year was pretty dumb. They should have asked Ruben why he waited until May to actually get Asche playing time in the outfield. I can't believe their plan was to play him for a month and a half at 3rd then try him in left in the minors.

hard to blame the Phils too much on Ruf. He is a platoon player at this point. He is really not very good against Righties at this point. Maybe he gets it at some point like Werth did but so far hasn't shown he will consistently hit righties. hard to play a guy every day that can't hit righties.

There is no point for Nola still to be at Reading. He has dominated there. He needs to be at Lehigh Valley. i know the Phils probably don't want to bring him up this year because his service clock will start but if he dominates at Lehigh Valley and Hamels and/or Harang are traded how are they going to justify not bringing him up later in the season?

Because we're too dumb to understand the process!

eeriepadave

The Juggler said:

eeriepadave said:

The Juggler said:

actually he kinda looks like you juggler.

nice 8th inning for the phills

no way!

chase's been smacking the ball around for last couple weeks.

didn't mean it a bad way.

and back to the real phillies now. Didn't know they had a day game, which is good since the got smoked.

pjhawks

Ryan Howard to St. Louis? Matt Adams out 3-4 months. would they have interest in Ryan? Local guy who has hit extremely well in Busch Stadium in his career. interesting to see if anything happens there.

eeriepadave

pjhawks said:

Ryan Howard to St. Louis? Matt Adams out 3-4 months. would they have interest in Ryan? Local guy who has hit extremely well in Busch Stadium in his career. interesting to see if anything happens there.

i could see that possibly happening. Although it would be interesting to see who th Phills would get? Heard Wacca's name thrown around and an infielder?

Cliffy6745

eeriepadave said:

pjhawks said:

Ryan Howard to St. Louis? Matt Adams out 3-4 months. would they have interest in Ryan? Local guy who has hit extremely well in Busch Stadium in his career. interesting to see if anything happens there.

i could see that possibly happening. Although it would be interesting to see who th Phills would get? Heard Wacca's name thrown around and an infielder?

Stop it. The Phillies would get one certified baseball by the commish and would have to play 85% of salary

If Amaro could turn Howard into wacha, the city of Philadelphia should line up to blow him. What they have in mark Reynolds is better than howard

The Juggler

http://www.thegoodphight.com/2015/5/27/8670727/why-ryan-howard-and-the-cardinals-are-a-perfect-match

Why Ryan Howard and the Cardinals are a perfect match

By John Stolnis

@FelskeFiles on May 27, 2015, 1:29p 210

During their 6-4 win over the Diamondbacks on Tuesday, the St. Louis Cardinals lost first baseman Matt Adams to an injury, and according to MLB.com's Jenifer Langosch, the injury could keep Adams out for a while.

After the game, Matheny acknowledged that he has a "high level of concern" regarding the severity of the injury and the time it could cost Adams.

Adams pulled up just after rounding first base and hobbled to second for a one-out double while grabbing at the quad. Assistant athletic trainer Chris Conroy met Adams there and, after a brief consultation, ushered him back to the dugout.

Mark Reynolds entered the game and took over at first base for Adams. And right now, if the Cardinals don't make another move, it is Reynolds who would become the team's everyday first baseman. He is hitting .250/.314/.406 so far this year with three homers and 12 RBIs in 105 PAs, good for an fWAR of 0.5.

Adams, meanwhile, had struggled this year, hitting .243/.281/.374 with just four homers and 20 RBIs in 153 PAs, with an fWAR of 0.1. His wOBA was a meager .285 and his wRC+ was just 79.

Surely, St. Louis will ride with Reynolds for a little while and see how it goes. And with the pixie dust that is usually sprinkled upon that organization, he'll probably become a 3-win player and hit 30 homers.

But just in case he doesn't, the Phillies have the perfect solution to their problem.

That would be St. Louis native Ryan Howard.

Howard's resurgence this year has been well documented. He's batting .261/.304/.529 with 10 HRs and 24 RBIs, with a wOBA of .355 and a wRC+ of 124, worth 0.6 fWAR, already his highest total since 2011.

Since April 24th, Howard has been terrific, hitting .291/.333/.624 with all 10 homers hit during that span.

Even better, Howard has always loved hitting at Busch Stadium, posting a career 1.111 OPS there in 34 career games. The only park that he's done better in is Camden Yards, with a 1.326 OPS, however, he's only played three games there. His slash line playing in St. Louis is .341/.468/.643 with 11 career HRs.

And with Howard now a 10-5 guy, he can refuse any trade, but it's likely he'd accept a deal to go play in his home town for an organization that could get him into one more World Series.

Why would the Cardinals do it? Well, Adams would have to be out for more than just a few weeks. They would only make the move if it was a long-term injury. Their best minor league option is first baseman Xavier Scruggs, who is hitting .212/.360/.462 in AAA with 7 HRs in 164 PAs.

But it makes sense for St. Louis for two reasons. One, the Cardinals have been devoid of power for the last two years, finishing 29th out of 30 teams in homers last year with just 105. Only the Royals had less. They're a bit better this year, tied for 22nd in homers.

Two, it likely wouldn't cost the Cardinals much in terms of money or prospects. The Phils would likely pick up the vast majority of the approximately $50 million left on Howard's deal, and the Phils likely wouldn't be requiring a top prospect, although it's reasonable to assume a B-level prospect would be expected.

In the end, this probably won't get done. Howard still makes the most sense going to an American League team to be a designated hitter. But if there is one NL team that can deal with Howard's subpar defense at first in exchange for an uptick in power, it's St. Louis.

It's not crazy.

Cliffy6745

On the train for the first time since the accident. Took that corner as slow as a train can possibly go, I think

The Juggler

Keith Law has JP as the 4th best prospect in the game right now.

By all accounts they've drafted well these last couple years. They made out well with the Rollins trade. If they play their cards right with the Hamels trade, draft well again, and land this next Cuban kid....they should have a boat load of young talent as early as next year......some big "ifs" in there obviously. Haha

Go Phils

eeriepadave

and another great Hamels pitching performance wasted no thanks to the offense. He must have one of the worst run support in baseball history.

cutz

eeriepadave said:

and another great Hamels pitching performance wasted no thanks to the offense. He must have one of the worst run support in baseball history.

He better hope he doesn't get traded to Boston then as i think they score less then the Phillies>LOL!!

eeriepadave

7 game losing streak!

JK_Livin

The Juggler said:

Keith Law has JP as the 4th best prospect in the game right now.

By all accounts they've drafted well these last couple years. They made out well with the Rollins trade. If they play their cards right with the Hamels trade, draft well again, and land this next Cuban kid....they should have a boat load of young talent as early as next year......some big "ifs" in there obviously. Haha

Go Phils

Ifs and hope are all we got.

F Me In The Brain

Any fans interested in Phillies/Reds ticket Wednesday? Have an extra...Arcade section front row.

F Me In The Brain

^^ Free ticket, should have put that there. My nephew has a game and cannot go with, others are busy.

Cliffy6745

This is the guy people want to be President of the United States...

http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/breaking/new-legislation-proposes-three-casinos-for-north-jersey/article_c1a60fcc-0872-11e5-bcb2-5bec49b0b6c2.html