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Bald Vinny
It’s a shame about Kap. But you can’t go from throwing 92-93 mph the last 6 years of your life…… then start throwing 100-102mph and think your elbow will hold up. Hopefully he comes back and he can be the ACE he is projected to be.
jdgoat
It’s an exciting time to be a Phillies fan
thadcastle
I would typically agree it is an exciting time to be a Phillies fan, but I wouldn’t get overly excited yet. Just because you have a lot of money to spend doesn’t guarantee anything. You just have to pray that the front office makes the right moves to bring in a superstar at market level or around market level. You don’t want what happened last time to happen again.
barrybonds1994
Lol last time? You don’t want them to win a world series again at the cost of several bad years? I think most franchises would take that.
Brixton
Except the Howard, Lee, Halladay, Papelbon, Ruiz, Rollins, Utley, Byrd, Burnett and Michael Young contracts all came post-World Series
thadcastle
I was more talking about the contracts that came after the World Series. I get it although. I’m a KC fan and trust me I know about winning a world series then having to wait awhile just to get back into contention,
thadcastle
Don’t forget about Hamel’s extention. I mean it did come 4 years after, but they still gave him a pretty big chunk of money.
spence01
Except immediately after the Howard contract, the Phillies had the best record in baseball for two seasons, the only two years in 135 seasons of Phillies baseball. Winning the WS sometimes takes a lot of luck. See 2008-Lidge perfect postseason, Brumlett, Feliz and Blanton key hits.
tcrash247
Harper to the Phillies confirmed.
Philliesfan4life
If i was the phillies , I wouldn’t go after Harper. I would try to get Machado and move Franco to first, trade tommy joseph.
SuperSinker
If you were the Phillies you’d be overwhelmed with joy to have either player.
thegreatcerealfamine
In pinstripes when Bombers come to town!
Brixton
Herrera CF
Hernandez 2B
Machado 3B
Franco 1B
Alfaro C
Williams LF
Quinn RF
Crawford SS
P: Arrieta, VV, Nola, Eickhoff and another FA (Richards,Harvey.. Kershaw?) let me dream.
Even after that, the Phillies have a ton of talent in the bottom of the farm system.
thadcastle
I’ll let you dream, but you also have to remember some of those prospects MIGHT not plan out. I sure hope they do because the Phillies would be a very fun team to watch very soon if they do.
Brixton
Thats fair, but even if Alfaro doesn’t pan, you have Knapp.. and Rupp, who can be atleast a 2 WARish catcher, and if one of Williams/Quinn doesn’t pan, you have a big check book, and Dylan Cozens
thadcastle
I think the NL East is going to get dangerous very quickly. The Braves are on the up, the Mets could have one of the greatest starting pitching staff in the history of the game and well the Phillies have some fun names and a really deep pocket.
jdgoat
And then there’s Miami…
Trevor 3
After you sign Machado, your free agent spending is over.
Matt St.
Not really. After this year the Phillies don’t have any money tied up into long term contracts. Everybody is either a FA or still in their arbitration years. The Phillies have the ability to go up to $200 million a year in payroll if they choose to.
Trevor 3
I stand corrected.
lesterdnightfly
TINSTAAP.
spence01
Lots of .200 hitters in that lineup with a ton of strikeouts.
seamaholic 2
Many many teams can put out a dreamy future lineup like that. Most of them in fact. It’s not whether you have minor league talent, it’s whether they perform in the majors.
thadcastle
Ya but not many teams have as deep of pockets that the Phillies do. They aren’t going to be afraid of spending it either. They have already shown some signs of spending it already.
Philliesfan4life
the phillies should be smart to use their money, I thought of something today for them, maybe they trade for bradon belt from the giants, they make posey the full time first basemen , Then the phillies start spending
spence01
Uh, unless a player wants to sign with a last place team, the Phils may have a difficult time spending that money.
DannyQ3913
Phils all in with 2018 FA class. Watch out MLB……….