Comments on: The Pros and Cons of Pedro Martinez

By: Jean

Jean — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:15:40 +0000

Saludos a Todos, estuve detallando todo esto y solo quiero recordarle que Sergio Escalona es uno de los lanzadores que ha hecho el trabajo y que poco a poco ira demostrando lo importante que sera para este equipo. Phillies de philadelphia

By: phils gm

phils gm — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:04:17 +0000

let me tell you what will happen,if doc gets traded,and that is a very big if,the phillies will be a prime player,to a point.drabek is going no where,a 21 year old ,throws upper 90s,anvil curve and just a touch below major league ready,i see the following,phillies will offer a pkg of jason donald,carlos carrassco,lou marson and a choice of happ or brown,amaro understands the most important fact,the jays have initiated these trade offers by making it known doc was available,they arent in a position to ask for the world

By: JR

JR — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:26:01 +0000

I’m a Red Sox and a Phillies fan (live in New England moving to Philly).

Pedro as a 5th starter is a reliable enough of an option to be worthy of a pro-rated contract offer. What old/washed up aces generally do when taken on teams in contention is help the younger staff develop their own pitching repetoire.

This alone could be worth the 2 million or so the Phillies would be out for Pedro. Never mind, the 85 IP 3.95 ERA 60 K and 8 wins he’d probably be projected to have.

I say sign him, it heats up the anti-New York rivalry, gives you an extra arm in the pen for october, a solid enough of a 5th starter that will give you a chance to win (all you can ask from 5th starters), and could very likely help the younger starters become better starters.

Just don’t make me have to pick between the Sox and Phillies for the W Series!

By: Griffin

Griffin — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:09:13 +0000

Best of luck to Coste in Houston. A class act, great story and 2008 World Champion.

By: CZ

CZ — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:05:32 +0000

Ibanez takes coste’s spot tonight. I like having a left handed hitting catcher to go with Ruiz.

By: Geoff

Geoff — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:39:40 +0000

Chris Coste was DFA and picked up by the Astros…Bako now the backup. Who are they making room for? Pedro or someone else?

By: Geoff

Geoff — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:36:36 +0000

EXACTLY RIGHT. if you BLINDLY blow away your prospects it WILL backfire on you like it did to the mets. yes they got santana, but they have a bunch of trash to go along with him and noone coming up…thats why its so important. thats why the mets have nieve, livan hernandez and tim redding back there. you can make this move WITHOUT giving up more than one of your top 4 prospects. AND if they are demanding (which they arent becuse toronto has NO leverage) about it then you tell them to take a hike.

By: psujoe

psujoe — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:29:35 +0000

If we are trading for Halladay to win now, doesn’t adding Happ to the deal seem at cross purposes? His last 4 games went 6, 9, 7, 7

By: psujoe

psujoe — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:18:22 +0000

My Brain hurts, LOL.

Is Bautista still arbitration eligible?

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:17:27 +0000

“This is getting silly” said the man who wants to drive Happ, Savery, Taylor, Drabek, and Knapp to the airport. What was that, Capt. Ahab?

Also, I love the idea of giving up Happ. Who wouldn’t want a back-end rotation of Moyer and Martinez? They both have a shitload of wins, right? Besides, the only games that matter are those started by the top two pitchers.