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Milton Bradley is on the trade block. I know he’s made of glass, but that guy can rake.

why do we need jenkins in a worse form?…I’m surprised so many peeps like this…doesn’t make all that much sense to me…we don’t need another feast or famine guy that won’t help out defensively in the outfield…aren’t we looking for a replacement of taguchi? he doesn’t hit really, he runs and plays d

btw every1 I’m one of those crazy guys waiting in line for the iphone…my internets been down so I havnt posted a lot lately but we should be back to notmal once I get the phone….if were going to do a trade ill take bedard over burnett..more upside I think

Agreed Geoff. Bonds would be A LOT cheaper.

I DON”T want Sexson here… I’d be fine with any player that makes the team better.

Burnett makes the rotation better, but it depends on what you have to give up… Doanld makes sense in a group because they need a SS.. If Burrell really turned down 2 years and $20M to stay with the Phillies, then we can’t trade Golson either.

I’d love to get Bedard, because he’s nasty…clubhouse cancer or not…he’s filthy when he’s on… 5 inning/100pitches…whatever… he’s better than what we have, and he’s better than what is on our farm currently.

EVERY Phillies fan should be down with the thought of Barry Bonds coming here because he would crush the ball in this park.. make other teams walk him intentionally and then pinch-run for him, i dont care… he’s nasty… he is a worthless human being, but one hell of a baseball player.

here the issue with sexson. is he legitimately a douche?

is he is then ill retract my initial desire to have him here.

if were going to get a douche, then its gotta be bonds

wouldn’t take him. this is not the type of bat the phillies need off of the bench. plus, where do ya play him. doesn’t he only play first base? no thanks. i want a tad iguchi type for our bench.

As for the pitching – I’d much rather have Burnett than Bedard at this point (though I’d much rather they follow Phil’s advice from a few days ago and go after Greinke…give up the store for him – he’s a potential ace who’s only 3 yrs older than Carrasco and who’s already proven himself in the majors).

Bedard has had ONE excellent year. Other than that he’s been average. ERA+ just above 100 every year and a WHIP of 1.33. That’s not worth top prospects. We all knew he was an injury risk and now he’s on the DL. Yeah, the M’s say he’ll be fine, but what the heck else are they going to say? He’s got Garcia written all over him. One other issue with Bedard is that, if he’s the guy we get, our top 3 pitchers are all lefties. I’d rather have a righty in there to at least force the opposing manager to think about matchups in a best of 5 playoff series.

Burnett’s having a down year, but as someone noted above, he’s stuck pitching in the AL East. His career splits are better than Bedard’s, and he’s a strikeout machine (something like 9 per 9 IP). Whatever you want to say about the contract, $12mm is below market for him given the state of pitching in MLB these days. Unlike Bedard, he’s pitched in the postseason. And, he’s a righty. If the price for him is Golson and change, it’s worth a shot. Myers is not going to return and be effective; his issues are deeper than a month with the IronPigs will fix. Eaton should not be our #5. I’d deal for Burnett and go to war with

Hamels
Burnett
Moyer
Kendrick
Happ

Sexson would be fantastic. I think a change of scenery would help him, and he’d be hitting in a much smaller park too. And he’s a definite asset if theres gonna be any brawls with the mets/marlins/cardinals later this year.

Did someone say the Phils made an offer to Pat Burrell?…How did I miss that one?

David Wright deserves to be in the game… But Burrell should be in it instead of Corey Hart…

Pete is on the money. Get Burnett. Release Eaton or trade him for a bag of pucks (yeah, I said “pucks” and meant it). DFA Myers or trade him for draft picks. Pick up some of his salary. Whatever. I think Myers is broken and isn’t getting fixed as a Phillie or an IronPig.

The rotation Pete outlined above is spot on. It will be good down the stretch and in the postseason.

As for jeff, who said Sexson would be “fantastic.” Dude, you’re flat-out wrong. Sexson is an ass AND a shitty baseball player. Bonds is an ass BUT he’s still a damn good hitter.

Bonds costs you NOTHING in players, and you can pay him the league minimum. Burnett will do better in the NL East on a first-place team with a good bullpen than he has on that crap-ass Toronto roster in the AL East cellar. Jumping to this division will lower his ERA half a point right off the bat. He has durability issues, but they’re not as severe as Bedard’s. His only issue is the contract and you deal with that after he’s here and helps you get to the World Series.

well, i do thikn myers has more value than that which would require him to be DFA’d. you dont DFA someone with that stuff. he has value.

Bruce…the original post I wrote about said “the Phillies were thought to have offered Pat B….”

Its from Jayson Stark though, who I trust a lot of what he says.. and honestly, with probably 4-5 year deals worth $40+ Million from teams that want to add a Right-handed power bat.. you know Pat is going to draw a ton of intrest this off-season!

If you can get Sexson for the ML minimum do it and DFA Taguchi. Otherwise I’d pass on Sexson.