December 27, 20241 yr I would prefer Hoffman over Estevez. I've never seen a guy ( Estevez) who throws 100mph get hit around as much as he does. In regards to Ranger, it's better to just keep him. This is his walk year and just signed on with Boras so if he's motivated, including keeping himself in shape, then he would be more useful to the Phillies than whatever prospect they would get back for him. Wheeler, Nola, Lizardo, Sanchez, Suarez is a damn good rotation. Don't forget that someone usually misses time due to injury so its better to have too much pitching than too little. Just look at last year when they were struggling to fill the 4th and 5th spots in the rotation. Santander and Hernandez I believe have qualifying offers attached to them so I don't think the Phillies would go in that direction. Bregman is interesting but for only 1 year, what kind of prospects would you have to give up for him?
December 27, 20241 yr 2 hours ago, vsptroops said: I would prefer Hoffman over Estevez. I've never seen a guy ( Estevez) who throws 100mph get hit around as much as he does. In regards to Ranger, it's better to just keep him. This is his walk year and just signed on with Boras so if he's motivated, including keeping himself in shape, then he would be more useful to the Phillies than whatever prospect they would get back for him. Wheeler, Nola, Lizardo, Sanchez, Suarez is a damn good rotation. Don't forget that someone usually misses time due to injury so its better to have too much pitching than too little. Just look at last year when they were struggling to fill the 4th and 5th spots in the rotation. Santander and Hernandez I believe have qualifying offers attached to them so I don't think the Phillies would go in that direction. Bregman is interesting but for only 1 year, what kind of prospects would you have to give up for him? Bregman is a free agent
December 27, 20241 yr 24 minutes ago, iladelphxx said: Bregman is a free agent Guess I was confusing him with Kyle Tucker. Thanks. While Bregman is an upgrade defensively over Bohm, do we really need another 30+ year old player signed to another ridiculous contract in terms of years?
December 28, 20241 yr 6 hours ago, vsptroops said: Guess I was confusing him with Kyle Tucker. Thanks. While Bregman is an upgrade defensively over Bohm, do we really need another 30+ year old player signed to another ridiculous contract in terms of years? Don’t see Bregman happening. If they dealt Bohm then I’d see it. Frankly i don’t think they can get anything worthwhile for Bohm and to just deal Bohm away is not smart. my biggest issue with the Luzardo trade is he had a back issue last year. Two out of the last three years he has not stayed healthy. I thought Matt gelb touched on it perfectly, his fastball was at 97 in 2023. It was down to 93 to 94 in 2024. Gotta hope he stays healthy and that lower lumbar stress reaction doesn’t continue to affect him. To me giving up a top 100 prospect you should be taking back less risk then they are with luzardo. It’s less about what Caba becomes or doesn’t, it’s about utilizing an asset and maximizing on that trade chip. Only way it’s maximized is if luzardo stays healthy and can get back to 2023 form which is still higher risk due to his durability. I said similar when acquiring marsh that i do not like giving up top 100 prospects for guys i have to fix and we are still trying to fix marsh. It wasn’t about what O’hoppe became or didn’t. It was about cashing in a asset and maximizing the value that said i dont see Hoffman or estevez back. They’d have to be sitting out there til middle to end of February which means the market isn’t there. I dont see that. They don’t want to spend big this offseason. It’s why they traded for luzardo as his arbitration is less than what it would cost to add a starter in FA. Romano was cheaper for his potential upside due to injury. Kepler the same. I think they realize next offseason they’ll finally have money to spend or can say we are going to play the young kids and save some money for down the road
December 28, 20241 yr Gonna be a work stoppage with next cba negotiations like rosenthal alluded too. Tend to think owners are going to stick it to the dodgers for deferring over $1 billion
December 28, 20241 yr 48 minutes ago, GoEagles5921 said: Dbacks have the best rotation now by far That move made a ton of sense as i don’t think Kelly and gallen are back in 2026. Both are FAs. (There’s been rumors that they might unload gallen prior to the deadline if they get a good offer). Plus if Burnes pitches great he’s gonna opt out and they don’t pay him the year from 34-36. He lives in Scottsdale so makes sense for him.
December 29, 20241 yr 17 hours ago, GoEagles5921 said: Dbacks have the best rotation now by far By far? Hardly.
January 1, 20251 yr On 12/28/2024 at 3:01 AM, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said: Gonna be a work stoppage with next cba negotiations like rosenthal alluded too. Tend to think owners are going to stick it to the dodgers for deferring over $1 billion
January 4, 20251 yr PHILLIES NEED TO SIGN JURICKSON PROFAR... Mets, Yankees and Dodgers all in on Profar. We need him more.
January 11, 20251 yr 1 hour ago, DaEagles4Life said: Don't worry Bryce hasn't slept in a month Someone definitely said something to him cause doesn’t look nearly as bad today
January 12, 20251 yr Just checking in. So they managed to retain all of their sucky players. Lost a good pitcher. And Harper is deciding which type of mental breakdown to have. Will it be an Aaron Rodgers au naturale sort of decline with his raw milk, or an Embiid eeyore attitude where he Pinterests his way to an Embiid physique? Seems like a typical philly sports (non-eagles) offseason.
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