Philadelphia Phillies: Ruin Tomorrow Jr.

[holeplug]

Originally Posted by jmussina

I've been hearing a lot about the Phils re-signing Cole, then going to trade Lee to Texas. This doesn't make a lot of sense to me, not to mention how dumb it is given the histories of those involved. I really do like Hamels and think he has #1 stuff, but is he better than Lee in the long-term? Seems like a gamble at best to me if they go that route. Perhaps RAJ just wants to saying he did find a way to re-sign Hamels.

Think Lee has a no trade clause. Plus he took less $$ to come to Philly he not going anywhere.

[tdomeski]

Originally Posted by holeplug

Think Lee has a no trade clause. Plus he took less $$ to come to Philly he not going anywhere.

according to Cot's he's got "limited no-trade protection"

[tylermathias]

Cole re-signs, they do as much dealing as they can for salary relief including some or all of Blanton, Shane, Polanco, Wigglesworth, etc. to avoid the luxury tax this season so they don't get raped when they almost necessarily exceed it next year. Hopefully they realize Jimmy is actually worth just about exactly what he gets paid and should be kept.

Upside, we keep Cole and hopefully maintain the ability to reload smartly for next season. Downside, the farm system won't be getting anything particularly exciting.

[EricLindros]

Originally Posted by tylermathias

Cole re-signs, they do as much dealing as they can for salary relief including some or all of Blanton, Shane, Polanco, Wigglesworth, etc. to avoid the luxury tax this season so they don't get raped when they almost necessarily exceed it next year. Hopefully they realize Jimmy is actually worth just about exactly what he gets paid and should be kept.

Upside, we keep Cole and hopefully maintain the ability to reload smartly for next season. Downside, the farm system won't be getting anything particularly exciting.

[Eurotrash]

welp

[Bremen]

Lee cannot block a trade to the Rangers, per mlbtraderumors... I wanna see it happen just for pure awesomeness

[EricLindros]

Why?

I'd rather have Lee on the Phillies and not be hoping that whatever prospects we get back don't turn into the next Matt LaPorta.

They're not in rebuilding mode. They have enough talent that a few tweaks around the edges should put them right back in contention next season.

[Bremen]

Because it would be pure awesomeness?

I fully concede it isn't optimal if you want to actually, you know, have a good baseball team.

However I've pretty much conceded Ruin Tomorrow will ruin next year, so actually having a good baseball team is unlikely and any steps taken in that direction are pointless.

[Horatio777]

whoa just checked the standings, whats up with the phillies ...i thought they had a stud pitching rotation.

not a huge baseball fan here but i like philly

how's cole hamels doing?

[holeplug]

k-rod in full meltdown mode tonight

[holeplug]

4 run 9th.....took em long enough to win a game trailing after 8

[Pippen33]

That was fun....I had fun

[EricLindros]

Originally Posted by holeplug

k-rod in full meltdown mode tonight

lol someone on twitter said after the K-Rod walk of Pence said something like, "Pence just got walked by the pitching version of Pence." I chuckled.

[EricLindros]

I gotta say, though, I'm a little concerned that these last few days are going to make Ruben think this team is something that it isn't, and do something stupid like I said in poast #9761. :<

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