Phillies Sign Roberto Hernandez, Formerly Fausto Carmona

[Cobiemonster]

This is the best the Phillies can do? FFS

 

[jvett77]

What a pick up.

11, 12, 13: ERA - 5.25, 7.53, 4.89

Go, Fausto, go.

 

[Omar 382]

Terrible, awful signing. I heard someone just mention that he improved his walk rate from previous years while maintaining a decent ground ball and strikeout rate. Yeah, optimism. Ignore the fact that's 33 (maybe) and hasn't had a decent season since 2007.

 

[Caligula]

I'll wait until I hear how much it's for.

 

[Cobiemonster]

I'll wait until I hear how much it's for.

It's $4.5 million guaranteed and I think another $1.5 or so in incentives if he reaches them

 

[Caligula]

It's $4.5 million guaranteed and I think another $1.5 or so in incentives if he reaches them

Fucking hell. What a waste of money.

 

[jvett77]

It's $4.5 million guaranteed and I think another $1.5 or so in incentives if he reaches them

Fucken crist, that's the cost of three john mayberries.

 

[Retroram52]

Yea Reuben and his type of genius. The man is completely insane and has no idea what he's doing at this point.

 

[Frizzle]

"• Philadelphia Phillies -- What we have here is a team that can't say the word "rebuild." So the Phillies have signed three free-agent position players (Marlon Byrd, Carlos Ruiz and Wil Nieves) who will all begin next season at 34 or older. They signed a 33-year-old starter (Roberto "Don't Call Me Fausto" Hernandez) whose 5.03 ERA over the past six seasons is the second-highest (behind Luke Hochevar) in baseball among pitchers with 800-plus innings. And amid all that, they floated the names of Jonathan Papelbon, Cliff Lee and Domonic Brown as potential trade bait, to the confusion of many.
"I just don't understand exactly what they're doing," said one AL exec. "If you're seriously trying to win, you don't do it this way. And if you're trying to get younger, you don't do it this way. At some point, they've got to pick a direction and go with it." " (MLB -- Offseason winners and losers - ESPN

Kinda states what most of us are thinking...

Also some future speculation on future power rankings put the Phillies in the bottom 5... Shocker...

MLB Future Power Rankings 2013 update - ESPN

 

[Omar 382]

Pettibone/Morgan/Biddle would be so much better options than Carmona, er, Hernandez.

Ruben, you were a better ball player than GM. And that's saying something, fuck up.

 

[Cedrique]

This is vintage Amaro. I bet he wouldn't sign him until he confirmed that he was really 36 instead of 33.

Not bad, Reuben.....

 

[Omar 382]

4.5 million dollar vesting option for a 6.00 ERA or better

 

[Omar 382]

Why can't we ever sign the good wetbacks? Puig, Jose Fernandez, Cespedes: No. Mini Mart and Roberto Hernandez: Hell yes.

 

[Cedrique]

why do you Mc's all have to be so fucking racist? It's not our fault you have to get drunk to forget about your priest fondling you

 

[Omar 382]

Get off my fucking thread, Gouk. The Irish are strong. Damn spics and spokes are ruining this great country.

 

[Cedrique]

Get off my fucking thread, Gouk. The Irish are strong. Damn spics and spokes are ruining this great country.

Just for that I'm going to screw up your dry cleaning