Phillies Nation

oh boy this is getting out of hand. This is what makes baseball so good. Even in the offseason, it’s impossible for fans to keep up. If this deal is 5 years, welcome to New York Derek Lowe. I’d be STUNNED if the Phillies went 5 years with Lowe…

This is why the Phillies never make any blockbuster deals, because there always affraid of that extension…Well today I hope that changes! We need Lowe..Whether its 5 years or not, Amaro stop being a P*ssy and get this deal done

I too commend Ruben for showing that he’s got a pair….but this is a little ridiculous

This is Balls and I like it.

The upside is – Lowe makes us a serious contender to repeat.

The downside – Lowe maybe a backend rotation guy for years 4 and 5.

My thinking is so what. The reward outweighs the risk. If he helps us win again in the next 2-3 years its worth paying the extra. We ate Adam Eatons salary that didn’t slow us down.

One of the craziest rumors so far haha
Phillies have expressed interest in Andy Pettitte

http://www.nj.com/yankees/index.ssf/2008/12/yankees_starting_pitching_sear.html

Seriously?

Why are people so worried about how good or bad lowe will be in year 5.

What about how potentially nasty our rotation could be next year and the year after that. Hamels, Lowe, Meyers, Blanton, and whoever emerges as a star for the 5th spot.

And btw…offering Moyer 14mil is very generous. the fact that he wants 18 is rediculous. Has he been hangin out with Manny?

We got KRod!!!!!

Okay, well we got lights out lidge..And your point is? You still need a Ryan Howard, an Utley, a Hamels, and oh yea!…a whole new bullpen-LoL

I forgot about Santana..But seriously Mets still suck-LoL Jk. Nah they don’t suck. I just dislike them

The Muts overpaid for K-Rod… hoorraay!!! I can’t wait to see how quickly he crumbles under the pressure of playing in NY or gets caught up in the night life (just like the rest of them).

5 years at $16m/year is a bit much… but it if takes an extra year, maybe you go for it. He’s not a power pitcher so durability shouldn’t be a huge concern… there is no reason to think that he won’t be effective pitcher in his early 40′s. It’s risky and it’s ballsy but if we’re losing Myers next year and Moyer this year we are gonna need some help and this guy has proven that he can pitch in hostile situations. This is a good year to nab FA pitchers because there are three or four big names out there. I wish that we could keep Moyer around but it sounds like his demands are too high.

K-Rod is no better then Billy Wagner, so the way I look at it, they are practicaly the same team that started last year. Tyler, I’d put your hard-on away til your Muts at least make the playoffs. I’m looking foward to K-Rod throwing his heat against our lefthanded bats, I see a few more blown saves.

Matt and others K-Rod saved 62 games. that is about 40 perentage of there wins. But he blew 8 games out of 70 . he is 28 years old and a star reliever. The mets signed him cheaper than they thought and less years. so now they can go after a top starter and more bullpen help. We will get punto marquiz and that will counter the mets and braves moves. Chris and others believe it will be okay if not marquiz then wolf. what a joke.

1st off i just wanna make it clear im not the same tyler as the one cheering for k-rod… mets suck amaro’s now huge balls… i do think that 5/80 is too steep… i say start with 3/45 & see how that goes… only hike up the price if the yanks do it… love the fact that amaro is finally being the aggressive manager we’ve always wanted

So you can offer CC Sabathia 5 years at $100-100 or Derek Lowe 5 years at $80 M

this must be a joke right??