Other Sports: Philadelphia Phillies: The Road To .500 Continues Into Red October (2024 Edition)

[deadhead]

Check the "salary cap" thresholds.

Middleton is rich, but at some point (they were 2nd highest payroll last year) even he'll gag.
And FAs with QOs cost you draft picks and Int'l bonus money (worse prospects) as well as a big tax penalty.

So sometimes you have to take a step backward to take two steps forward.
It isn't like one player is going to dramatically improve their chances this season.

They won 95 games last year with Walker/Phillips as their 5th starter.
Painter is healthy, and while he'll be babied coming off TJ surgery, he's got Wheeler potential.
Big boi who throws 98 with 4 plus pitches and control.

And in baseball, if you make the playoffs, anything can happen, especially if you have a solid rotation for the playoffs and a good bullpen.

So to me the priority is another RP to go with Romano.

 

[Cody Webster]

Check the "salary cap" thresholds.

Middleton is rich, but at some point (they were 2nd highest payroll last year) even he'll gag.
And FAs with QOs cost you draft picks and Int'l bonus money (worse prospects) as well as a big tax penalty.

So sometimes you have to take a step backward to take two steps forward.
It isn't like one player is going to dramatically improve their chances this season.

They won 95 games last year with Walker/Phillips as their 5th starter.
Painter is healthy, and while he'll be babied coming off TJ surgery, he's got Wheeler potential.
Big boi who throws 98 with 4 plus pitches and control.

And in baseball, if you make the playoffs, anything can happen, especially if you have a solid rotation for the playoffs and a good bullpen.

So to me the priority is another RP to go with Romano.

They were 33-33 after the all star break. Running it back will be an absolute disaster

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

 

[GKJ]

Has hit a few dingers in his time.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

 

[BringBackHakstol]

Yawn

 

[Cody Webster]

Like pulling into the gas station with 5 miles left until empty and putting in $2 of gas

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Kinda like that tbh. Needs some fixing, but it’s one year at a reasonable price. Infinitely better reaction for me than Merrifield. Solid bat with a good glove is a profile they could use out there. Batted ball stuff looks like it’ll fit well.

 

[BiggE]

Kinda like that tbh. Needs some fixing, but it’s one year at a reasonable price. Infinitely better reaction for me than Merrifield. Solid bat with a good glove is a profile they could use out there. Batted ball stuff looks like it’ll fit well.

In a vacuum it’s not a bad move, but it’s not a move that gets the team any closer to a championship.