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To be fair, outside of the Braves BS and the first one of the season, he's been very solid this season. It's just completely unnecessary for a team the shape that the Phillies are in to have spent the money they did on a closer when the team is barely treading water. That's a win-now piece, this team being the polar opposite of that.
Sell Brown to the highest bidder!!
7 games under .500 and only 4.5 out of first!!!
On pace for 30/100. Good LD and FB rates.Billy Bats said:7 games under .500 and only 4.5 out of first!!!
Face it...Phils are going to be bad for a long time. They're the NY Mets of early 2000's, with heavy, back-loaded contracts for aging players...tough to trade those types of players/contracts, so the Phils will have to eat a lot of $$ over the next 3-5 years.
Normally I would mock such a move too, but when your starting CF is Ben Revere, it doesnt seem like such a bad alternative.Eephus said:
Maybe the Phillies can get Raul Ibanez back? The Angels just waived him a couple of days ago.
That's reason #1 he should be fired, he doesn't see/get how long a MLB total re-build takes. I'd say a good/solid 5+ years. Nationals are a good example, terrible when we were good during the 08-11 run, but slowly accumulated pieces that are putting them into contention today.
Rebuilding an organization involves a lot of behind the scenes work in scouting and player development. It's not like the NBA where tanking for the #1 draft pick is a viable strategy for turning a team around. I reserve the right to reassess my opinion if the Astros are successful but I think they've been doing a whole lot more than just drafting guys and waiting for them to become big leaguers.
In your opinion who should we move at the deadline to help this process along? Burnett, Utley, Revere, Byrd, Brown, Kendrick, Paplebon?
The problem is their market-rate and underpriced assets aren't very good, and their overpriced assets aren't very good either. If you can find a taker for Lee, Papelbon, Kendrick, Utley, Rollins, Byrd, Burnett or Ruiz, I think you might as well blow it up. None of them will bring much in return though. I won't even mention Ryan Howard.
of course.
Hey, he has 11 RBIs and 10 BBs now. But I don't understand the hate with Revere. We essentially got him for nothing. And he is making relatively nothing. Leads the team in BA and SBs. His OBP is better than Billy Hamilton.
The fact that we traded anything to get him is embarrassing. Can't play defense. Hits singles but has a low OBP. No power, no arm. Has some speed. Sounds like a bench guy to come in as a pinch runner. We traded a 5th starter at the time for him.
