Burrell Unlikely To Return To Philly

I think the Reds should go after Juan Rivera, but I'm extremely scared that we are going to sign Burrell

Out of those 3 I would take Rivera, he is a solid OF that would not cost any draft picks or prospects. Played great 2 years ago until he got hurt and never really got to play as much with the OF surplus in LA last year.

Pat Burrell is not that great of an outfielder!!!

"Pat Burrell is not that great of an outfielder!!!"

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He's a great hitter though. If he can go somewhere and DH, his OBP skills make him a nice signing.

Utley/Howard/Ibanez is a horrible idea.

You don't want it so one LOOGY can significantly weaken the heart of your order in late innings.

"Utley/Howard/Ibanez is a horrible idea.

You don't want it so one LOOGY can significantly weaken the heart of your order in late innings."

I've been thinking this same thing from the moment Ibanez was associated to Philadelphia. Having a 3-4-5 of all lefty hitters is a terrible plan, especially when the cleanup hitter is basically useless against lefties.

As for Burrell, I think he's going to be a good signing for some team, because he'll likely be able to sign for no more than 3/39 max, so I would expect some team to be pretty happy to have him.

Burrell is a very poor fielder, but if he signed on as a DH he could be a great fit for a team like the Rays. He's a consistent 30 HR threat that is basically good for at least a .360 OBP and has .400 OBP capability. He's posted a OPS+ of 122 or higher in each of the past four years, and has walked at least 98 times in each of the past four seasons.

He's not much a fielder, but Burrell is a very good hitter that could be a good fit in many different lineups.

honestly, who wants to pay someone 13 mill + when a team could stick a pole out in left with a glove on it and ited catch more balls than burrel. also, he may hit .340 at times, but he slumps into .100 for months at a time? you call that protection for howard? i love burrel more than most in philly, but paying him big money is a huge mistake. cya burrel, dont let the door hit you on the way out.

Burrell just isn't what we need him for anymore, protection for Howard and a better defesive LF. We constantly were taking him out in the 7th or 8th innings for the all mighty Brunlett. So if the game was tied or we were losing, we lost Pat's bat because we were afraid of him being out there when it mattered most... He did hit 33 HR's, but only drove in 86 and batted just .250

Everyone is saying we need a LF? Do we, or can we just put Werth there full-time and platoon a RH with Jenkins and Stairs??? Rivera or DeRosa would fir nicely, especially DeRosa if Utley will miss the 1st 2 months!

If you sign Ibanez, you bat him 6th, behind Werth.

Has anyone noticed that MOST teams are now batting their big boys 3rd now, so they can get more AB's in, and guarentee them to bat every 1st inning?

Pujols, Manny, Papi, Delgado, Fielder, - all the typical "clean-up" hitters are now batting 3rd... why not Howard, with Chase batting 4th? Chase hits lefties... and hits 30+ HR's as well.... so why not????

I have to say there is no way in hell Ibanez is coming to Philly bc- we need a right handed hitter. With John Mayberry on the way I do not see a big signing though

No way the Cubs move DeRosa. Philly has nothing the Cubs need besides Victorino and I don't see that happening.

"No way the Cubs move DeRosa. Philly has nothing the Cubs need besides Victorino and I don't see that happening."

I think it's pretty clear that the DeRosa to Philly possibility is part of the Peavy trade.