***The Official Philadelphia Phillies 2012 Thread***

polaris_x

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

He had a good opportunity to take the RF job beginning of last year and he sucked. He had a huge homer in the playoffs, but otherwise did nothing all season. Good speed but doesn't know how to steal bases, and seems like his defense should be better.

thanks ... i guess ... hahaha ...

well ... i don't believe in god but i do believe in AA ... so, here's hoping he was "misused" over there ...

Jearlpam0925

polaris_x wrote:

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

He had a good opportunity to take the RF job beginning of last year and he sucked. He had a huge homer in the playoffs, but otherwise did nothing all season. Good speed but doesn't know how to steal bases, and seems like his defense should be better.

thanks ... i guess ... hahaha ...

well ... i don't believe in god but i do believe in AA ... so, here's hoping he was "misused" over there ...

Dude's on his third team. Definitely hasn't been "misused". Definitely got more than his fair share of time to start both here and Cleveland. Dude's just an average player, but ya never know. He's versatile, plays all spots in the outfield, has a weak arm though, pulls everything, does everything at an average to below-average level.

Jearlpam0925

Ha. Just saw on Frank Gailey's baseball reference page that he's a Philly native.

polaris_x

Jearlpam0925 wrote:

Dude's on his third team. Definitely hasn't been "misused". Definitely got more than his fair share of time to start both here and Cleveland. Dude's just an average player, but ya never know. He's versatile, plays all spots in the outfield, has a weak arm though, pulls everything, does everything at an average to below-average level.

no ... i hear ya ... i'm not expecting much for him ...

The Juggler

Jearlpam0925 wrote:

Ha. Just saw on Frank Gailey's baseball reference page that he's a Philly native.

yeah looks like he went to carroll...and then west chester

Jearlpam0925

The Juggler wrote:

Jearlpam0925 wrote:

Ha. Just saw on Frank Gailey's baseball reference page that he's a Philly native.

yeah looks like he went to carroll...and then west chester

Wow. Dub C grad gets drafted? Hmmm, I know football we had good ol' Lee Woodall, but didn't know of any ball players.

Ledbetterman10

Well we do need a new left-handed power-hitter:

http://deadspin.com/5867604/phillies-si ... uben-amaro

polaris_x

Ledbetterman10 wrote:

Well we do need a new left-handed power-hitter:

http://deadspin.com/5867604/phillies-si ... uben-amaro

was it necessary to out the leak!? ... she probably gonna get fired?

JK_Livin

Best hitting pitchers in all of baseball. New strategy for the playoffs, fielders pitch and pitchers hit.

The Fixer

Jearlpam0925 wrote:

polaris_x wrote:

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

He had a good opportunity to take the RF job beginning of last year and he sucked. He had a huge homer in the playoffs, but otherwise did nothing all season. Good speed but doesn't know how to steal bases, and seems like his defense should be better.

thanks ... i guess ... hahaha ...

well ... i don't believe in god but i do believe in AA ... so, here's hoping he was "misused" over there ...

Dude's on his third team. Definitely hasn't been "misused". Definitely got more than his fair share of time to start both here and Cleveland. Dude's just an average player, but ya never know. He's versatile, plays all spots in the outfield, has a weak arm though, pulls everything, does everything at an average to below-average level.

I agree with this. solid fourth OF. much better than rajai davis

not like toronto gave up anything. Love the way AA operates

The Fixer

JK_Livin wrote:

Best hitting pitchers in all of baseball. New strategy for the playoffs, fielders pitch and pitchers hit.

seriously. he will be their best bat off the bench

I'm ok with the move as long as he doesn't go anywhere near the rotation. they were desperate for LH bullpen help. love RPs on one year deals (ie, the opposite of what they did with papelturd)

so the best move of this offseason was signing dontrelle willis. YAY!!

eeriepadave

The Fixer wrote:

JK_Livin wrote:

Best hitting pitchers in all of baseball. New strategy for the playoffs, fielders pitch and pitchers hit.

seriously. he will be their best bat off the bench

I'm ok with the move as long as he doesn't go anywhere near the rotation. they were desperate for LH bullpen help. love RPs on one year deals (ie, the opposite of what they did with papelturd)

so the best move of this offseason was signing dontrelle willis. YAY!!

he's a good hitting pitcher not sure if he's the best. Cliff Lee, hello???

Randy Wolf, Carlos Zambrano and CC Sabithia are also up there as well.

Not sure how i feel about this yet

Jearlpam0925

Like the move. Extremely cost effective with not a lot of downside since you're getting him for a bargain, is worth a shot using him in LOOGY-type situations(even though this is a major part of Manuel being an idiot - though, I won't put it all on him since he has at least a pitching coach who should be advising him otherwise), plus has decent speed for a pinch-run spot if you desperately needed him, absolutely rakes as a pitcher, and could possibly fill in for a spot-start since you need anywhere up to 9 starters over the course of a season. His numbers were sick against lefties. Now, we just gotta hope that management uses him solely in that role.

The Juggler

Jearlpam0925 wrote:

Like the move. Extremely cost effective with not a lot of downside since you're getting him for a bargain, is worth a shot using him in LOOGY-type situations(even though this is a major part of Manuel being an idiot - though, I won't put it all on him since he has at least a pitching coach who should be advising him otherwise), plus has decent speed for a pinch-run spot if you desperately needed him, absolutely rakes as a pitcher, and could possibly fill in for a spot-start since you need anywhere up to 9 starters over the course of a season. His numbers were sick against lefties. Now, we just gotta hope that management uses him solely in that role.

hard to believe we all agree on something. i'm a fan of this also. who knows, maybe he completely reinvents himself as a lefty beast out of the pen for the rest of his career. cost effective and the dude's still just 30 years old.

The Juggler

jimmy's last ditched effort to squeeze some more cash outta rube:

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/201 ... cebook.com

Wobbie

The Juggler wrote:

hard to believe we all agree on something. i'm a fan of this also. who knows, maybe he completely reinvents himself as a lefty beast out of the pen for the rest of his career. cost effective and the dude's still just 30 years old.

maybe, maybe, maybe. "wish in one hand and shit in the other"

The Fixer

for anyone looking to try a winter seasonal. fucking delicious

http://www.anchorbrewing.com/beer/christmas_ale

Johnny Abruzzo

The Fixer wrote:

for anyone looking to try a winter seasonal. fucking delicious

http://www.anchorbrewing.com/beer/christmas_ale

The one year I bought this it was fucking nasty.

The Fixer

apparently boston is talking with rollins

when I saw the lowrie trade I thought that it made absolutely no sense for boston. signing rollins would justify the lowrie move (somewhat, it's still a perplexing move for boston).

I really hope amaro knows what he's doing with this rollins contract. now that the FA market for IFs has dried up, the phils would be left with someone like yuneski betancourt, who might be the worst player in all of MLB.

the offseason has been so bad that I'm hoping they keep the inept lineup intact. funny. and incredibly frustrating.

Johnny Abruzzo

I'm gonna have to be the lone voice of dissent (so I can't be accused of "not having any opinions"). I just have a terrible feeling we're going to be stuck watching Dontrelle in some crucial situation walking in runners left and right. If he really is used as a LOOGY then it will probably work out well, but I have no confidence that he will actually be used that way.