Phillies Rumors: Iguchi, Inge, Silva, Ensberg

Good luck getting 100 wins Jimmy.

You lost Rowand, and added Lidge...

That's going to give you an ADDITIONAL 11 wins?

what in gods green earth do you want them to do ?? they dont have the money to go out and spend 12 mill a year on a mediocre pitcher, theres no prospects to trade... they will most likely find a way to keep rowand and have the same team they had last year with a little better pitching... 1 thing i have about being a philly sports fan is that most of them whine too much

What do you mean they don't have the money to go out and spend...? They've got tons of money. Hell, one of their owners just sold his company for $3billion. They're cheap! We whine b/c it's the same bs every year. They're so close to being WS contenders(not just division contenders), yet they settle for mediocrity and raised ticket prices.

What? Middleton doesn't have anything to do with Phillies? He's partial owner and was instrumental in the Phils stepping up and paying for Thome. Get a clue.

What's this 1999? 100 million payroll?

I agree, that I wouldn't overpay for Silva and those of his ilk. But stop passing Glendon Rusch and Rule V guys as answers. Spend money on draft pics like other teams!!

they payroll is 103 million, sorry for not being exactly on point.

and the reason he ponied up the money was because the team was garbage (in 2001 they were tolerable) for all the years prior, so they went and spent all the big bucks to A. try and revive the team and B. put people back in the seats (thome, wagner, new park).

as a buisness man he put the money up because the franchise was struggling, not because they didnt win the national league. Ticket sales are back up, so theres NO reason to spend money just to make the team better, theyre gonna sell tickets either way. Hes a minority owner and only cares about making the money, not the team

@ wayne gomes

Hey... I never said that the Mets have improved either.

However, nobody on the Mets is running his mouth about next year either.

Give me a break.

Your offense lost a big piece. Your bullpen lost a big piece. Yes, Myers moving back to the rotation will help, but replacing him with Lidge weakens the bullpen.

Rollins didn't say "if we sign a bunch of really good players we will win 100 games".

As-is, the Phillies are a mid-80 win team.

Mets have done nothing?

Schneider > PLD
Church > Green
Sanchez > Mota

They aren't major moves, but they are definitely improvements.

Can you read?

I never said the Mets were better than the Phillies. I never said the rotation was better (even though it is), I never said the bullpen was better (even though it is), and I certainly never said the lineup was better (i'll give a SLIGHT edge to the Sillies).

We're talking about whether or not the Phillies are a 100 win team. Jimmy thinks so, and I think he's insane.

I'm not saying the Mets are better or that the Mets are a 100 win team. All I said was that the Phills lost a BIG part of their offense last year. Putting Myers back in the rotation isn't going to fix everything. It's ESPECIALLY not going to add 11 wins to last year's total.