stl_ben Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 How cheap do you think the Phillies are willing to let Ryan Howard go for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacredheart Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Phillies have said that they would eat almost all of his contract, but they are going to want some talent back in return. They arent hurting for money, nor is he blocking anyone from playing (unless you think that Ruf is going to duplicate that one season in AA years ago), so they are only moving him if the other team takes on the contract, or they eat it and get a decent C+, B, guy in return. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebiglebowski Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 I wouldn't want him anywhere near my team unless he was basically given away. Too many crap years in a row to believe in a comeback at age 35. Basically a neutral WAR guy at the moment and that will finish in negative numbers again by the end of the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacredheart Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 I wouldn't want him anywhere near my team unless he was basically given away. Too many crap years in a row to believe in a comeback at age 35. Basically a neutral WAR guy at the moment and that will finish in negative numbers again by the end of the year. There is the belief that now that Howard has all the off field family drama fully behind him he is a lot more focused on his game and is making adjustments that he should have made years ago. While he still has trouble with outside breaking balls, he is swinging at more first pitches after years of always taking them. Pitchers are still grooving first pitch strikes and he is taking advantage right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebiglebowski Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 No one knows the future. I'm just betting that this is a mirage. Even if he has improved his approach, it basically just brought him back to being a fairly average major league player. Guys that are treading water at 35 usually are toast pretty soon after that. Thome was a 5 WAR guy at 35. Ortiz was a 4 WAR. Konerko was a 3 WAR. Those seem like pretty comparable players to Howard. Ortiz had a big year at age 37 but they also all generally declined from 35 on. If a zero-ish WAR is Howard at a peak, he's heading towards being a negative guy pretty soon again. If looking at it as a one-year rental guy and paying that price, he'll be fine. Cabrera is going to be no exception to the trend and we are committed to him for a long time. Just hope he can keep the 5-7 WAR going every year into his mid 30s so that when the slide happens at the end, it ends at a 2-3 WAR level near his 40s and not 0 to negative 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stl_ben Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Yeah, looks like we need a 1B in STL now...but doubting Howard wants to come to his home town after all the family problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Got adam lind for you guys lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Also, lol mark reynolds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3arl Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Got adam lind for you guys lol and i'll throw in a chris carter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 They only need a remtal 1b, adams will be back next year, lind is on a 1 yr + option contract,super appealing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3arl Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Keuchel with a complete game shutout and 11 Ks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whoshotthefrog Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Phillies have said that they would eat almost all of his contract, but they are going to want some talent back in return. They arent hurting for money, nor is he blocking anyone from playing (unless you think that Ruf is going to duplicate that one season in AA years ago), so they are only moving him if the other team takes on the contract, or they eat it and get a decent C+, B, guy in return. The Phillies don't care what they get in return for Howard. They won't get a team's top 10 propsect and they'll be lucky if they get anyone above Single A. As we all know they'll eat most of his money on his contract, but they just need a team to take him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whoshotthefrog Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 I'm not sure if anyone will agree with me, but Strasburg's career path is starting to resemble Mark Prior's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 I'm not sure if anyone will agree with me, but Strasburg's career path is starting to resemble Mark Prior's. I am agreeing with you, and I hope we are both wrong. Strasburg was so much fun to watch that first season, I was really hoping to see that continue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebiglebowski Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 It's a fair comparison but Stras has already pitched more innings that Prior did so unless you think Stras is pretty much done, it probably won't be a very good comparison 5 years from now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebiglebowski Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 I'm ready to give up on the Tigs. 8 losses in a row is brutal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3arl Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Correa called up for tomorrow plus the 2 and 5 picks in the draft. Tomorrow should be a very important day in Astros history Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacredheart Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Damn you Astros, I was all ready for you to be terrible this year, and now I am super excited for you to keep up this play. Pretty excited for Correa's first game tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouTwo Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 So close to having 2 No-Hitters on the same night last night. That would have been something. I wonder if people would get 2 Domino's pizzas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catalinacaper Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Padres throw at Simmons, miss, AJP goes to second base on the wild pitch. Then Simmons hits a bloop single to score AJP. You'd think in a Sabermetric age teams would realize how stupid the unwritten rules are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3arl Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 King Felix got demoted to Prince Felix tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catalinacaper Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 It's so hard to watch the pitching halves of Braves innings this year. It's like there's some kind of voodoo hex.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 holy shit, the FBI and DOJ are investigating the Cardinals for HACKING the Astros. WOW. Cant wait to see how this all unfolds, and what happens to the heads of the Greatest Fanbase In Baseball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stl_ben Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Wow this seems very odd. I can't imagine the team / owners will get in any real trouble, but I am sure what ever dummy did this will have the hammer come down on him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3arl Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 holy shit, the FBI and DOJ are investigating the Cardinals for HACKING the Astros. WOW. Cant wait to see how this all unfolds, and what happens to the heads of the Greatest Fanbase In Baseball. The Cards were already my least favorite team in baseball ... but this takes it to a whole other level Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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