March 16, 20224 yr Great bat. Dunno what the comparison in LF from 85 year old Cutch to Schwarber is defensively, but I'll take it. Some serious Righty Lefty pop with a Schwarber/Hoskins/Harper/Realmuto lineup.
March 16, 20224 yr 14 minutes ago, BirdsFanBill said: Great bat. Dunno what the comparison in LF from 85 year old Cutch to Schwarber is defensively, but I'll take it. Some serious Righty Lefty pop with a Schwarber/Hoskins/Harper/Realmuto lineup. Think in the batting order it should go: 3-Harper cleanup-Realmuto 5-Schwarber 6-Hoskins L/R/L/R and all with power to go out of the yard. Realmuto should hit for higher average than Schwarber or Hoskins so he'd be more consistent to have backing up Harper.
March 16, 20224 yr 44 minutes ago, TV Guy said: Who will be the Jerry Martin to Schwarber's Greg Luzinski in LF? Are you referring to a defensive substitute for Schwarber or a coke source?
March 16, 20224 yr Happy to see we landed Schwarber. Probably more per year than I recall had been predicted earlier in the offseason. I know I'm greedy, but can we afford more? Where are we versus the Luxury Tax Threshold? Bryant or Castellanos?
March 16, 20224 yr Any chance they can make a move for someone that would be a legit lead off hitter? No idea who that would be but this lineup needs someone in that spot. I don't know if I could stand watching Herrera batting there.
March 16, 20224 yr 51 minutes ago, Shepard Wong said: Are you referring to a defensive substitute for Schwarber or a coke source? Well played.
March 16, 20224 yr Seiya Suzuki to sign with Cubs. $85Mil with $14+Mil posting fee to Carp. 5yrs AAV $17Mil Good for the Cubs. Good for Suzuki. I'm glad they showed him the money.
March 16, 20224 yr 1 hour ago, Shepard Wong said: Any chance they can make a move for someone that would be a legit lead off hitter? No idea who that would be but this lineup needs someone in that spot. I don't know if I could stand watching Herrera batting there. Evidently they have $10m to spend before hitting the luxury tax. In that case, my guess is no.
March 16, 20224 yr I guess this is assuming Schwarber's 2022 number is around $19 million. They need a Brad Miller LH bat, who they just lost to Texas
March 16, 20224 yr 58 minutes ago, iladelphxx said: I guess this is assuming Schwarber's 2022 number is around $19 million. They need a Brad Miller LH bat, who they just lost to Texas Baseball uses the AAV for luxury tax purposes, not what is paid in each year, in order to reduce gamesmanship.
March 16, 20224 yr We need to go over the Luxury Tax Threshold. Didi is going into his last year at $15Mil. Segura is at $14Mil with a $1Mil buyout after this year. So, we would get some relief potentially in one year, if we can replace them. You can see everywhere that the Phillies lack of minor league production is killing our payroll. 8 out of 10 top paid players on Phillies are free agent signings. 2 of top 10 paid players on Phillies are drafted: Nola, Hoskins We still have question marks at 3rd and DH. We need Bohm to turn things around and Stott to make the grade by end of this year. I approve going over the Luxury Tax Threshold if we are signing Bryant or Castellanos.
March 16, 20224 yr Not to bash the Phillies, but i feel like out of Bryant, castellanos and schwarber that schwarber is the most likely to be a bust out of those 3.
March 16, 20224 yr 1 hour ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said: Not to bash the Phillies, but i feel like out of Bryant, castellanos and schwarber that schwarber is the most likely to be a bust out of those 3.
March 16, 20224 yr 1 minute ago, CouchKing said: Kris Bryant to Colorado Rockies 7 yrs $182Mil $26Mil / yr At least he plays in colts where his numbers should jump. Too bad he’s going to be stuck in a purgatory of a team. they dealt away arenado last year to just sign Bryant this year.
March 16, 20224 yr 6 minutes ago, CouchKing said: Kris Bryant to Colorado Rockies 7 yrs $182Mil $26Mil / yr Phillies weren’t touching that. Deservedly so.
March 16, 20224 yr I'm so happy for Kris Bryant and his descendants that he was able to leverage the Phillies interest into a huge payday from the Rockies. Good for him. Not so good for the Phillies. What's next? Castellanos? Conforto?
March 17, 20224 yr Not sure what else they can do. They are roughly 10 million under the luxury tax threshold. Not much you can do with that unless there is some trade in the works. They may be saving that 10 million for a trade deadline piece.
March 17, 20224 yr 40 minutes ago, vsptroops said: Not sure what else they can do. They are roughly 10 million under the luxury tax threshold. Not much you can do with that unless there is some trade in the works. They may be saving that 10 million for a trade deadline piece. That’s what I’m guessing. Flexibility for trade deadline moves. They probably make a couple minor signings to bolster the bench and starting pitching staff (couple million each) but that’s it. All in all, pretty uninspiring offseason. BP still an unknown, line up improved, but who knows how much, and the SP staff is also a big question mark. Can Nola return to form? Can Eflin stay healthy? Can Suarez and Gibson repeat better than average seasons?
March 17, 20224 yr So, I am wondering how it is okay for some teams, like LAD Dodgers signing Freeman, to go over Luxury Tax Threshold. And why the Phillies choose to remain under the Luxury Tax Threshold. An attempt to protect profits, I assume. MLB 2022 Luxury Tax Tracker | Spotrac So, I googled it. Found a real time tracker on Spotrac. Not sure how accurate this is or frequency of or latest data refresh. NOTE1: ATL braves won World Series under the threshold. NOTE2: NYM Mets are spending big right now.
March 17, 20224 yr 7 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said: Defense is still awful. No real improvement there. Arguably worse with Schwarber in left
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