Comments on: Amaro: 36-Year-Old ‘Too Old’ For Phillies

By: maxhole

maxhole — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:05:55 +0000

burrell takes the abreau approach quite well. who cares as long as you keep the ball in front of you. it seemed burrell’s replacements made mistakes more frequently than he (taguchi dropped a ball out of his mit, was that in Houston? he screwed up several other times, golson kicked a ball between his legs and cost extra bases as well late in the season) how many times did burrell come up with a clutch hit after the sixth inning this year? i think i can remember about three walk-off homers. and his shining moment where he COULD HAVE MADE IT TO THIRD IF HE RAN HARD OUT OF THE BOX, id laugh at that statement too. but it won the phuckin game didnt it? there is no reasonable suitor for pat’s spot right now. give him his legacy, this team doesnt have too many of those types of players to begin with.

By: christopher

christopher — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:02:12 +0000

pat is not an everyday left fielder? is that a joke? 33 hrs and 86 rbis doesn’t qualify you to play everyday? four straight seasons of 29+ hrs and 86+ rbis? get the hell out of here. yes he’s slow, he’s a power hitter, his speed doesn’t really matter to me. if we’re going to talk defense, ibanez is worse in the field than burrell is. i’ll gladly, gladly take pat the bat for 3 more years.

By: metsrule

metsrule — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:45:01 +0000

Burrell for three year is nuts. I was watching him on replay on the double he hit in the last game. Ricky batalico was laughing . when the announcer said he might have got a triple if he started to run right away. Ricky said that is the fastest he can go and it was terrible. I like pat but he is not a everyday leftfielder anymore, We wouldn’t be having this convsation if the front office scouted better and had someone ready to at least platoon right now. but they haven’t gotten a outfielder who is near ready.

By: clktwr14

clktwr14 — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:28:17 +0000

oops meant pitchers there

By: clktwr14

clktwr14 — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:27:44 +0000

maxhole, at least someone is finally argeeing with me on here, that Manny and Bradley have the worse attitudes in the Majors, Raul Ibanez and Maggilo Orndonez feast on American League itchers who are overworked to the point of wet noodles, and taking them deep into the bleechers, Burrell will probably take less money for three years, Jermaine Dye has a no trade clause to teams in the Northeast, he probably will end up in Cinny cause they believe he doesn’t have a no trade clause to them.

So Pat Burrell gets his three years for maybe a little less money, especially since there is no true equal on the open market, so all of you Pat the Bat Bashers stick that in you’re pipes and smoke it.

By: reddeath

reddeath — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:19:33 +0000

6 northeast teams are on dye’s no trade clause, including us and the mets.

By: Matt Kwasiborski

Matt Kwasiborski — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:10:14 +0000

Everyone is waiting for CC and Big Tex to sign. Once they sign with their new or old teams the market will be set and a flurry of actvity will be unleashed. Tex’s contract will set the Manny parameters who will then set the market for Burrell, Ibanez, et al.

By: maxhole

maxhole — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:50:20 +0000

pete you got it right. burrell looks better by the minute. when it comes down to it i see him even taking less to stay here, not much less but he doesn’t seem to be the type of player with money constantly on the mind. have i missed any info on jermaine dye? ive seen mention of his no trade clause for east coast teams, but cant find which teams are on it. the guy put up better numbers than burrell in every category this year, and he can steal a base. yet his name isnt being thrown around at all. no manny, no maglio, no ibanez.

By: KM

KM — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:45:56 +0000

Pete, Ibanez may be 36, but he has better legs than Burrell did at 25, and that is more of an indictment of Burrell, than praising Ibanez. He has been far more productive than Burrell over the last 3 years, and for his career at that. If you don’t believe me on that, then go compare their stats(I suggest baseball-reference.com). He doesn’t take months off at a time, and replacing Burrell with Ibanez would cut down strikeouts in the second half of the lineup, and add range to the outfield defense. Saving 3 million per year might make the difference in locking up one of our cornerstone players for years to come. Also, we could bat Werth 5th, and Ibanez 6th, and we would break up those righties at the back end of the lineup. The more I think about signing Ibanez, the more I like the idea. He would be relatively cheap, and could improve an already world championship caliber team.

Bradley has also been productive, but I could see the Phillies passing on him because of injury and character issues. Plus I think some team will give him 4-5 years in a deal, and I wouldn’t go past 3.

I’d sign Anderson, but only for no more than 6-8 million a year, and only as a last option. He could probably give us a solid 110-120 games per year, and would be an improvement to Geoff Jenkins. I’d look to make trade for an outfielder before going towards Anderson.

I wouldn’t take Griffey, because I think he could only give us half a season. He’s a hall of famer, and a great guy in the community, but he is DONE.

By: Rob Cowie

Rob Cowie — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:13:07 +0000

I wonder if AARP is going to parachutte into the ballpark next year and do a hostile take over like they did on South Park?