Is the Phillies' window closed already?

[HHR]

If he didnt get it here he would have gotten it elsewhere

U cant plan for an Achilles tear...shyt happens




Howard pisses me off worse than all (strikeouts...but its mainly based on expectations) but the bottom line is u see what this lineup is without him

No he wouldn't have. They gave him that contract before the 2010 season when his contract at the time wasn't expiring for another two years...i.e. right after he blew his Achilles out...

He isn't in the class of Prince or Albert or Votto and GMs know this. His OBP is unacceptable for anyone making $20M+. And Rollins, for all his vaults, can at least still play SS, which makes him incredibly valuable. There aren't 10 SS who have been better over the last 3-4 years.

 

[Dr. Fauci]

Chase Utley's bad knees have condemned that franchise

Its over for them, unlucky

fukk that

dudes got "chondromalacia"



Its baseball...its not football, or basketball. Suck it up Chase

 

[Dr. Fauci]

No he wouldn't have. They gave him that contract before the 2010 season when his contract at the time wasn't expiring for another two years...i.e. right after he blew his Achilles out...

He isn't in the class of Prince or Albert or Votto and GMs know this. His OBP is unacceptable for anyone making $20M+. And Rollins, for all his vaults, can at least still play SS, which makes him incredibly valuable. There aren't 10 SS who have been better over the last 3-4 years.

so hes got all the numbers equal but not the on base percentage? So he wouldnt of gotten that contract? Howards power numbers are off the charts


U cant compare people to Pujols...no one compares to him


And to say "he blew out his achilles...so, it was dumb" u dont plan for that stuff...he doesnt have a long history of injuries


He would of gotten that contract (minus the injury...which was random). If we could go back...certainly u wouldnt do it...Ruben was worried about locking him up with these starters to go on a run for the next few years to win some championships possibly

Blew his achilles out...shyt happens. Ruben still made the right move,

 

[23Barrettcity]

In hindsight Cliff Lee choosing the Phillies over the Rangers

And over the Yankees ! Maybe that's why the fans spit on his wife jk

 

[23Barrettcity]

fukk that

dudes got "chondromalacia"



Its baseball...its not football, or basketball. Suck it up Chase

Whats chondromalacia

 

[HHR]

You're defending the Howard contract.

I'm not going to bother arguing anything else with you.

 

[Dr. Fauci]

You're defending the Howard contract.

I'm not going to bother arguing anything else with you.

I dont like it...u gotta overpay sometimes to lock things up


Ud be a good Pittsburg Pirates GM

 

[HHR]

There was NO REASON to extend the contract when they did. ZERO.

Also, OBP is kind of important.

 

[23Barrettcity]

Thats what cliff lee gets for not signing with the Yankees

Aim at his wife

 

[Dr. Fauci]

Whats chondromalacia

Its a problem with the cartiage underneath the knee cap

Im not saying it doesnt cause problems...but it hasnt required surgery



Chase is going to have to put up with a certain amount of pain through the rest of his career...even if that means going to be a DH in the AL

 

[Dr. Fauci]

There was NO REASON to extend the contract when they did. ZERO.

Also, OBP is kind of important.

Right


So Ruben Amero had no idea what he was doing, and the move made no logical baseball sense

 

[HookersandIceCream]

Extending Howard to that retarded contract was like buying your wife a bigger more expensive wedding ring.

And then she got fat and digusting right after

 

[HHR]

Right


So Ruben Amero had no idea what he was doing, and the move made no logical baseball sense

Pretty much.

Howard had 2 years left on his contract.

Give me one reason why it made sense to extend him another 5 years/$125M at that point.

 

[Absolut]

what part of them extending howards contract unnecessarily for absurd numbers do you not understand? if they waited for it to expire, and assess the situation when his contract was up, they could have seen him get injured, and seen his numbers drastically decline in a short amount of time, and said fukk it we are moving elsewhere at first base. the gm was a complete dipshyt, and said "nah lets give him 5 more years, and start the deal 2 years from now for 125 million." just ridiculously dumb, and i and anyone else with baseball common sense shyt on that contract THE DAY it was drawn up

 

[HookersandIceCream]

Right


So Ruben Amero had no idea what he was doing, and the move made no logical baseball sense

Well yea thats why your 172mm team is dead last in their division
And it dosent look that much better the next few years