Comments on: Phils Could Restock Farm With Draft

By: Ron

Ron — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 04:11:33 +0000

First off, you cant go off of what is going on in AAA; AAA is the island of unwanted toys and I think is actually a public works program started by gov. Rendell. You really want to look at AA and down for the prospects. Lou Marson will be the future at catcher, Jason Donald’s future is at 3B ( if he can play SS, then he can play 3rd), greg golson should be up next here at the latest and will help bring back the speed lost with the trading of bourn. carrasco, bastardo, and outman are nice, young pitchers who will come in and create parity in the staff. Of course, if things get flimsy with Howard, we could trade him, move Utley to 1st and bring up Adrian Cardenas. cardenas has hit over .300 at every level he’s played at and may be the diet pepsi version of rod carew. The phillies have produced Howard, Utley, Rollins, Burrell, hamels, happ, eaton, myers, madsen, and kendrick, so i have no doubt that the above mentioned players in the minors. I remember hearing Paul Owens once say that if you produce two good major leaguers from every draft, then that draft is a success. lets other teams refuse to take our talent, its their loss. Instead I will feel comfortable that when a young guy is called up midseason, he will suceed, just like howard, kendrick, and happ have. Adieu my friends, till we meet again

By: VA Steve

VA Steve — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:21:17 +0000

My vote, take the best overall athlete available at the point of selection. Unlike other sports, it is virtually impossible to tell how a selection will pan out. Start drafting by need, and I’m afraid you set yourself up for failure. If the best selections available for the Phils happen to all be pitchers at their respective slots, take ‘em.

By: Andy Reid

Andy Reid — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 02:50:06 +0000

The phillies should trade their first round pick then take a 2B with their 2nd round pick. The rest of the draft should consist of projects from Division III schools who never played against top competition. Lastly, make sure you grab at least 4 defensive tackles. Oh, and Billy King told me to tell you to grab a 20 year old swingman with no experience

By: Tim Malcolm

Tim Malcolm — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:40:07 +0000

I believe they can call a game at the earliest 1.5 hours before, so they could now. But we know nothing yet. I say listen to WIP or either keep it here or check the Phils site.

By: Brian G.

Brian G. — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:32:34 +0000

What’s the best way to find out if they’re gonna play the game tonight?

By: Geoff

Geoff — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:51:59 +0000

3rd base, corner outfielder, left handed pitcher, right handed pitcher, first base are the top things id focus on.

By: Tim Malcolm

Tim Malcolm — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:45:33 +0000

Matt: I think we’re good with catcher, considering Lou Marson is being slated as an everyday catcher and is 22. We do also have Jason Jaramillo, who lacks Marson’s offensive punch but is suitable in a backup role. Ruiz, while not great, could be a cheap backup.

By: Don M

Don M — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:34:40 +0000

Derek Jeter is 34 years old…. Utley is 29 already…. I think he will definitely shift to 1b at some point in his career because you can play that position forever unlike a middle infielder… which is why Omar Vizquel is amazing… he has like 49 Gold Gloves (actually 11…but that is a insane)

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:55:31 +0000

I think Rollins will play another 10 yeas. The guy is in incredible shape.

By: Matt Kwasiborski

Matt Kwasiborski — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:52:20 +0000

Hopefully, our team doctors will be able to obtain sound medical reports on the higher end draft picks. I am getting a little sick and tired of reading about how they took a HS picther who “fell” to them only to see them go down (Drabek) or will go down (Savery) one day.

We got extremely lucky that Hamels has been a productive MLB picther because he was also an injury-riddled HS picther who “fell” to us.

The odds of a healthy highly drafted pitcher making the team are long and we keep drafting injured or worn down ones. Pitching is what counts the most as we know.

We could use some depth at 3B, SS, C. I only say SS because Rollins will not play for another 10 years; so we need to find an adequate replacement if he chooses to leave or not.

Those who take athletes at their word (Burrell, Rollins, Utley, et al) should know better by now.