Lets hope Halladay is a playoff stud like Lee

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Originally Posted by MaTH716

Granted Polonco is an upgrade. Halladay is also an upgrade, but you already had a guy in that spot who was comparable (Halladay is better but Lee was no slouch, either way you had a #1 stud/ace).
I agree with you about Happ, he could turn out to be a good one.
But I just think you are basing the rest on the fact that they came close to winning it again last year, with several of the guys just having awful seasons. So you automatically think that they will be a better team this year because they can't play any worse than they did last season. But what if those guys regress again?
I'm not saying that they aren't a good team, but there are obvious question marks reguarding their pitching that warrents consideration.

Can Lidge and Hamels possibly regress any further? I guess Lidge could blow every save he's involved in.. but you really cant get any worse than those two did given their talent.

Hamels pitched tons of innings in 2008, he won the WS MVP and then was involved in a lot of extra activites on the off season. He admitted he wasnt in shape when spring training started AND he was nagged with injuries all year. He may not be the 2008 Hamels, but he WILL be better than 2009 Hamels this upcoming year.

We will be picking up more pitchers before the season starts, and we have some guys on our Farm that could do okay in the pen.

I am basing my statement of us being better on the fact that our lineup is better than last year, our bench is better than last year, and our #1 pitcher is better than last year. Our 2-5 pitching and pen will end up being at least equal but most likely better than last year.


Also, I was really responding to idiot Booth Operator who's a complete dumbass and knows nothing about sports. How he can root for Philly teams and then root for USC is beyond me. How he thinks getting Roy Halladay makes the Phils "like the eagles" is also beyond me. Booth should be a Cowboys/Mutts fan not a Philly fan.