I watched the whole thing while making eggs and became angry. Figurative coffee still in mouth. Can I at least have a time range??
play a young guy or a rotation of young guys (cause they can be recalled and optioned back down) till the trade deadline. If no one of those players show they can play right now, you can trade for some vet on trade deadline!
can it be a locker room thingy? Baseball seems to be high on culture and locker room things. A bit like in hockey! Maybe they get Merri for the same reasons Fisto need to play in the playoffs ;D
OK I DID SEE THAT WHILE MAKING EGGS and I should have realized. I even was like...uhhh ok
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Owner John Middleton on Phillies’ huge offer to Yoshinobu Yamamoto, saving the ‘powder’ for July, and more
Sources say the Phillies offered more money than any team to the star Japanese pitcher, the latest example of Middleton’s willingness “to push the envelope to win.”
So the Phillies offered the most money on Yamamoto. Neat. I would expect this laid the groundwork most were hoping.
Good try I guess. It's so annoying how so many of these postings are just auto-West coasters.Owner John Middleton on Phillies’ huge offer to Yoshinobu Yamamoto, saving the ‘powder’ for July, and more
Sources say the Phillies offered more money than any team to the star Japanese pitcher, the latest example of Middleton’s willingness “to push the envelope to win.”
So the Phillies offered the most money on Yamamoto. Neat. I would expect this laid the groundwork most were hoping.
How dare he not create a Little Tokyo outside of Philly. I expected him to spend more money.Owner John Middleton on Phillies’ huge offer to Yoshinobu Yamamoto, saving the ‘powder’ for July, and more
Sources say the Phillies offered more money than any team to the star Japanese pitcher, the latest example of Middleton’s willingness “to push the envelope to win.”
So the Phillies offered the most money on Yamamoto. Neat. I would expect this laid the groundwork most were hoping.
This is why we should be hired. You don't get this kind of innovation anywhere else.
On to Roki.Owner John Middleton on Phillies’ huge offer to Yoshinobu Yamamoto, saving the ‘powder’ for July, and more
Sources say the Phillies offered more money than any team to the star Japanese pitcher, the latest example of Middleton’s willingness “to push the envelope to win.”
So the Phillies offered the most money on Yamamoto. Neat. I would expect this laid the groundwork most were hoping.
I wasn't trying to say they are planning on going over the next threshold or that I think they will (or that they won't), only that this signing doesn't change whatever their plans were. It's not like they had an offer out to Snell or someone like that and now they have to retract it because they signed Merrifield. I mean it sure sounds like they were ok with going over with that offer to Yammamoto. If they were in on somebody before this signing, chances are they still are.
Yeah I mean I still don't think it has an impact on future signings, Snell/Yammamoto or otherwise. He'll be a fine utility guy and I think it will be the "super-utility" guy they think hebis. That doesn't mean he's gonna be playing like an all-star at all different positions and raking at the plate. Reliable is the operative word. Reliable doesn't mean superstar. It means someone you can run out there and not just mark it down as an automatic out or shaky fielding and errors galore. We didn't have that last year. Pache and Cave were good in the field and Pache can run (I assume Cave is sticking around and Pache probably is odd-man out since he's a righty). I'd take Merrifield over Sosa as an infield utility guy which I assume is the ultimate result.
