1 hour ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

I’d point out that being the case they could’ve made a better move to fix the lineup than Garcia. Can use that same logic. Frankly said this earlier this offseason. Rumors mariners are dangling Arozerena whose value has declined like Garcia. Could deal Bohm (supposedly have interest) and strahm (also had interest) fo Arozerena. Salaries match somewhat evenly when projected for Bohm and Arozerena’s 2026. Then save the $10 mil with Garcia. Applied it toward Bichette to play 3rd. Eventually move Turner to second when miller is ready and use stott as a trade piece. 

Whoa buddy, thats a lot of thinking outside the box there. Unless DD can throw money at a player, he is incapable of moves like you described.

35 minutes ago, BirdsFanBill said:

Idiots. Basically the entire season rests on kemp hopefully taking over for Marsh in LF, Crawford being good his rookie year, and bohm and stott not sucking.

5 minutes ago, Joe Shades 73 said:

Are there still believers in this thread, or have all of you seen the light that this team is going nowhere

This is why I said I am not a Rob Thompson supporter but if you fire him and replace him thn your bigger issue still exists. Dave Dombrowski has wasted a ton of money in FA since 2023. with the money that John Middleton has given Dave Dombrowski this team should be significantly better. They are top 5 in payroll and they have the same issues every year in the playoffs. A shakey bullpen outside of 2 maybe 3 arms and a lineup that has needed a middle of the order guy to protect harper since Rhys went down.

The sad reality is he spent so much money on these contracts since 2023 that most are not good contracts that now Middleton/the Phillies don’t have as much money to give him to rectify those situations. So now you’re having to go bargain bin hunting, and hoping guys bounce back to what they were two or three years ago. The reality is Dombrowski has been given more money to spend then any other Phillies GM in history and he’s done a poor job in FA outside of schwarber, strahm and maybe one other guy I’m probably missing

Dombrowski Fing sucks. One and done FA signings and bringing the rest of em back every year. This man is a joke and cheap as hell. Not going through 162 more games of his nonsense

It's the same cycle every year. Fall short, don't do what's necessary to fix your biggest weaknesses, rinse and repeat. Enough of Dombrowski already. There has never been a more overrated GM in the history of this city. He's killed any excitement I have for the team.