A little risky and they might have overpaid and concerned about injuries too. But saying he's only made it thru the year one season out of five is just stupid.
Haseley is ok, but I'm predicting Jay Bruce to hit 12 bombs in spring training and take over the third starting outfield job. 42 homers, 120 ribbies in the regular season, lots of steroid allegations but nothing proven.
I was penciling in McCutchen as the starting CF, but I guess maybe he's too old for that. But you know there will be some injuries so maybe just keep Bruce as a bench player until an outfielder or 1b goes down and then plug him in somewhere.
when they talk about the phillies not wanting to go over the luxury tax or whatever, does Bruces entire salary count towards that or just the small percentage of it they're on the hook for?
Yeah, that offense actually looked good when he was in there last year. It completely changed when they lost him for the season. Leading off with a guy that can get on base and also bang out 25-30 homeruns is huge.
Edit: Oops, I glossed over the fact that he missed 2 entire seasons in the middle of that. But of the 5 seasons he actually played, he pitched a lot of innings in 4 of them.
I mean, who are we to question the phillies great track record of signing pitchers that stay relatively healthy and never wind up on the IL.
Exactly, what could go wrong? But I do like the fact that he goes deep in games. Like last year he did go on the 10 day dl but I think it was around an off day anyway so he really only missed one start and when he came back he pitched well. He averaged 6 1/3 inning per start, which is what they need.
Atleast he still plays.Unfortunately, I do trust your instincts on dealing with and recognizing albatross contracts
In the last five years he's made it thru one season.
Yeah I figured that out a couple hours later. You gotta understand, I grew up in a home where all the window blinds had lead paint so I'm a little slow sometimes. But the seasons he actually pitched, he did go deep in games and pitch a lot of innings, so there's that.
who knows? After a while it all tastes the same
Not even thinking about how they stack up against the Braves or other teams in the division I think they need a lot more pitching. Starters and relievers.
