Phillies Looking At Joe Blanton

Holliday makes little sense for the Phils IMO, especially considering cost. Who would they offer? Victorino and prospects?

Blanton is not an appealing option at all. Doesn't miss any bats, walks up. Plus he's not that young anymore

Holliday makes sense from the standpoint of:

1. Burrell will not be back.
2. They don't like the starting pitchers out there (Burnett/Bedard), so they'd rather go with internal options there(Myers/Happ) and increase offense.
3. Golson isn't ready to play (which is obvious)

A's wouldnt sell low on blanton + phillies are unwilling to give up top prospects in a bad farm system.

A's may have the best farm system in mlb, i dont see anything that phillies have that the A's really need

A's are dreaming if they think they're getting anyone's top prospects for Blanton. and if they don't flip him soon, they'll get literally nothing for him.

A's should sell Duchscherer, immediately. His BABIP is like .202 or something, as a ground ball pitcher without a very high K rate

I wouldn't expect Blanton to go, just because as you said they will have plenty of other times to shop him, and it's likely he'll be pitching better at some point in the future than he is now

Honestly I think the idea of immediately selling high on Duchscherer wouldn't quite work. Don't you think that every front office in baseball knows that this guy has come from out of nowhere to do this? Don't you think that they'll all agree unanimously that he can't possibly keep this up?

Obviously he's skyrocketed his trade value with his performance so far, but honestly he'd still be marketed with the value of a mid rotation starter, because the sample size is so small.

Phils fans...Gillick's been looking for a lefty reliever, right? And a starter- preferably a right hander? Oh yeah...and he doesn't want to deal Carrasco, Marson, or Golson. What about this: George Sherrill and Daniel Cabrera for Adrian Cardenas, Kyle Drabek, and Heitor Correa (short season ball pitcher). Thoughts? Figure Cardenas is the only real prospect Gillick is willing to deal, since he's blocked behind Utley and Drabek has some upside, despite the arm and makeup issues. Just a thought. Cabrera is still kinda inconsistent, but he's got the stuff to dominate, has shown definite improvement, and is still only 27 (just turned) and cheap (not a rental either). Also- and its pretty important for a team without a ton of pitching depth- he's extremely durable. Don't think he's ever missed a start.

Not for nothing, but I wouldn't use the idea that the Phillies need to add more offense because they don't have any ''interest'' in any of the available starting pitchers as a valid one. The Phillies need to add more starting pitching before the deadline, and they are going to be in trouble if they don't. Outside of Cole Hamels, I don't trust a single guy in that rotation, and Colorado outright exposed them with a good lineup in the playoffs last year. Whose to think that, even with that great lineup, that won't happen again against solid starters in Chicago, Arizona, and even Milwaukee?

I would think that Joe Blanton would be a good addition to this team, but that's just me. And I'm certainly not talking from an irrational point of view as a Met fan. The Phillies need at least one more mid-rotation starter to match up with Hamels, and Brett Myers might not even be the answer at this point.