Are the phillie's insane?

[declansharbor]

I agree, it's a stretch. Compare it to the price that Rowand was demanding, and it makes sense.
There was no way in the world that we would have paid Aarow all that money, only to open up the wallet again for Ryan Howard. He would have seen Rowand's contract and said to himself, "If they are paying him x amount of dollars, then I should at least be worth XXXX amount of dollars." It wouldnt have been a good situation.
Besides, I like the man and all, for he ran through a wall for us, but the odds of Rowand having that type of year again is marginal. He is a true ball player for sure, but now that he got his payday, and is not playing in a contract year, I look for his stats to regress this upcoming season.
Only my biased opinion of course.
Cannon, thoughts on the signing of Jenkins??

[wiphan]

Originally Posted by declansharbor

I agree, it's a stretch. Compare it to the price that Rowand was demanding, and it makes sense.
There was no way in the world that we would have paid Aarow all that money, only to open up the wallet again for Ryan Howard. He would have seen Rowand's contract and said to himself, "If they are paying him x amount of dollars, then I should at least be worth XXXX amount of dollars." It wouldnt have been a good situation.
Besides, I like the man and all, for he ran through a wall for us, but the odds of Rowand having that type of year again is marginal. He is a true ball player for sure, but now that he got his payday, and is not playing in a contract year, I look for his stats to regress this upcoming season.
Only my biased opinion of course.
Cannon, thoughts on the signing of Jenkins??

totall agree on Rowand, however signing Jenkins will not help your team. I have seen Geoff over the years and I was counting the days until his contract was over. He plays decent defense and has a good arm, but he will definitely strike out more times than not. I can't tell you how many times I watched him strike out with runners in scoring position and all he needed to do was make contact with the ball. I personally would not want him on the brewers this year for the league minimum. Just my very biased opinion

[whodey17]

I agree---this signing makes no sense

.215 vs lefties, .697 OBS vs lefties
.262 vs righties, .807 OBS vs righties

He is also horrible away from home

home - .289 and .891
away - .224 and .698

I cannot believe this man is worth $13 mm over two years. They should have given that money to Rowand. I would rather have Mike Cameron.