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Brixton
Chooch has a .719 OPS and 1.5 WAR, thats got to have value to someone
Howard has been the best hitter on the team for 2 months now
Howard is hitting .324 with a 1.078 OPS since July 7th
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bradthebluefish
Ruiz to Indians? Shocked he cleared waivers in the first place.
benharvey26
I imagine no one wanted to pick up his contract. This way at least whichever team he might be moved to can have the Phillies eat some of the money
SupremeZeus
Including the buyout Ruiz is still owed about $2M. Phils will have to eat the buyout $ at the least.
double
You claim the guy because you think that if you don’t, someone else will. Last year the Phillies paid off the rest of the season on guys they traded. No reason to think they won’t again.
renegadescoach
He would be a great addition to that team. No one works better with pitchers than Chooch.
Kayrall
“Philly swan song”…I uh …er….what?
Ted
He’s almost done with the Phillies. He putting up a great final performance, sometimes called a swan song.
Atlanta Braves Fan 4 Life
Even if Philly has to absorb much of the contracts it should be worth it to them. Bringing some sort of prospects in these deals would make sense.
Ruiz definitely makes sense at catcher for contending teams. Howard can still crush home run versus RH pitching you would think there are a few buyers out there for him with the financial part possibly being absorbed.
hanks1hammer
I wonder if the Blue Jays might try swinging something for Howard. Smoak is pretty bad.
Ted
Smoak basically got replaced by Upton though. Saunders and Bautista are going to eat up a lot of DH time while Upton plays OF. I’d rather have Howard’s bat against righties, but they just don’t have the roster spot, especially with their 6 man rotation. Well, unless they drop Smoak, but I dont see that since he’s a switch hitter with good defense.
whereslou
If the Phillies pay a big chunk of the buy out the Mariners should look at Howard he can’t be worse than Lind. He could also give us a bat off the bench which we don’t have. It might be worth a couple mill to have a guy who could help down the stretch. Not sure how bad his D is now but when Cruz is on RF maybe DH? They need something. Still a long shot to make the WC but if it is just money they throw at it why not try?
fighterflea
to the Marlins:
Ruiz, Howard + 2017 buyouts ($10.5 M)
to the Dodgers:
P – Luis Castillo and OF Isael Soto, IF Jesmuel Valentin
to the Phillies
Jeff Mathis, Yasiel Puig and P Justin Jacome
socalbaseballdude
This is s good deal for all clubs!
terrymesmer
Replacing Smoak with Howard makes the Jays worse, not better.
But can Ruiz catch a knuckleball?