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Phillies Designate Greg Dobbs For Assignment

By Tim Dierkes | August 17, 2010 at 1:52pm CDT

The Phillies designated third baseman Greg Dobbs for assignment to make room for Chase Utley, tweets Matt Gelb of the Philadelphia Inquirer.  Dobbs, 32, hit just .191/.250/.319 in 153 plate appearances this year.

Dobbs had a nice run for the Phillies in 2007-08, hitting .284/.331/.467 in 598 plate appearances mostly against right-handed pitching.  The Phillies gave Dobbs a two-year deal before the '09 season, when he first became arbitration-eligible.  There is a general, worrisome trend of the Phillies giving players extra years or locking up arbitration-eligible players when it wasn't entirely necessary.

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  1. fred

    13 years ago

    its about time he is off the roster. he stinks

    Reply
  2. nm344

    13 years ago

    He’ll be back September 1st.

    Reply
  3. JohnKruksWaistline

    13 years ago

    “There is a general, worrisome trend of the Phillies giving players extra years or locking up arbitration-eligible players when it wasn’t entirely necessary.”

    That could’ve been the whole article, and it would’ve worked.

    Reply
    • nm344

      13 years ago

      Giving Dobbs $1mil/year to be a PH was not exactly a ‘worrisome trend’.

      Reply
      • Tim Dierkes

        13 years ago

        By itself it’s not, but the words “trend” and “players” implies I was talking about more than just Dobbs. Which I will illustrate in a future post!

        Reply
        • myname_989

          13 years ago

          No thanks. Lol

          Reply
      • alxn

        13 years ago

        it’s still unnecessary

        Reply
        • nm344

          13 years ago

          If he had another year in 2009 like he did in 07/08, what would his 2010 Arb number look like?

          Reply
          • alxn

            13 years ago

            given that he is a platoon/bench player, not much

            Reply
  4. Muggi

    13 years ago

    Dobbs, Baez, Gload, Schneider…any of the four could have been had on 1yr deals. Amaro is obsessive about cost certainty.

    Baez is the only gross overpay of the bunch…but that’s not saying much.

    Reply
    • nm344

      13 years ago

      I’m not sure Gload wouldnt get a 2 year deal elsewhere. Same for Baez, sadly.

      Reply
  5. greglotto

    13 years ago

    Dobbs stinks. That can’t be said enough.

    Reply
  6. tatlas

    13 years ago

    Too bad fans place comments like Dobbs stinks. I coached Greg as a a youth and not only is he a quality player but a top notch and quality person. The average person just doesn’t get it that it is tough to hit for average when you play once every ten days! Greg will catch on some where and when he plays regularly he is pretty darn good!

    Reply
    • Jim

      13 years ago

      well good for greg but thank god it wont be in philly

      Reply

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