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. 

Also potentially blow up in his face. So going into the season not knowing if Crawford could play CF and we know marsh isn’t a good centerfield lol 

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.

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

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.

4 hours ago, Sack that QB said:

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.

So much opportunity wasted. The guy is a f'ing clown and so is the owner to watch and support him.

Once Harper and Turner are gone, along with Schawarber, they build up the farm, I would say a new window opens in about 12 years

Gonna be some other bargain bin guy.

What is the status of Harrison Bader?

2 hours ago, mattwill said:

What is the status of Harrison Bader?

He’s gone because our fearless leader says our outfield is good enough with what we have now

Unless Crawford turns out to be a plus outfielder this season, which is unlikely given his age and never playing a MLB inning (which was stupid of the Phillies last season), the OF is going to be a disaster. I wouldn’t be surprised if Rojas is in the roster as this point given the lack of depth.

LF: Marsh/Kemp

CF: Crawford/Rojas

RF: Garcia/Rojas

That’s a bottom 5-10 outfield.

3 hours ago, Blazehound said:

Unless Crawford turns out to be a plus outfielder this season, which is unlikely given his age and never playing a MLB inning (which was stupid of the Phillies last season), the OF is going to be a disaster. I wouldn’t be surprised if Rojas is in the roster as this point given the lack of depth.

LF: Marsh/Kemp

CF: Crawford/Rojas

RF: Garcia/Rojas

That’s a bottom 5-10 outfield.

Another issue is Crawford is a better LF than a CF. He may be better than marsh in CF but bader is light years better than both defensively. I guarantee Rojas is here. He might actually wind up platooning with marsh if Phillies deal Bohm and use kemp at 3rd.

But this all goes back to since 2023. The Phillies have spent poorly. And ran up their payroll to a point they don’t wanna go past. I said earlier in the off-season they have enough even if they signed Schwarber, Jt to extensions to make one semi big splash due to money coming off in 2027. That looks like it’s gonna be that Japanese pitcher cause I wanna get into that market. The issue is you still have the same lineup problem you had before because Garcia is essentially Castellanos at this point in his career so really you haven’t fixed anything with your lineup and frankly I could argue with actually worse because you’re essentially getting Garcia, who’s Castellanos and Crawford who’s never hit in the major leagues and you still don’t have a platoon with marsh.

12 minutes ago, iladelphxx said:

I’d be more excited if our GM wasn’t Hellen Keller with the lineup

That said actually a good BP arm. Hes a RHO so don’t have to be reliant on Kerkering as don’t know what he’s going to be. His baseball savant is awesome

Just now, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

I’d be more excited if our GM wasn’t Hellen Keller with the lineup

That said actually a good BP arm. Hes a RHO so don’t have to be reliant on Kerkering as don’t know what he’s going to be. His baseball savant is awesome

Sneaky good signing.

Good move, be nice if they had an outfield , catcher, etc

We're probably going to trade Strahm or Banks