Comments on: Phillies Sign RHP Majewski To Minor League Deal

By: Steve Miles

Steve Miles — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:07:49 +0000

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By: Cheap Bats

Cheap Bats — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:31:59 +0000

Great quality stuff.

By: fred

fred — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 15:44:06 +0000

The thing that bugs me isn’t that Majewski and Park don’t have a chance to turn out as good signings, because they do. What get’s me is that by saving the roughly $3.5 million that they spent on those two guys they could have re-signed the Bat instead of Ibanez, an absurd signing due to his very, very old age, poor defence, left handedness and not being an upgrade over Burrell. The chances of Majewski and Park turning out well are slim, but even if both of them do well in relief roles how much better do we actually get ? I’d say the upside for either of those guys is in the region of what Condrey and Seanez gave us last year, ERA’s in the 3′s in mop up duty. Good thing Texiera signed with the Yankees, cos the chances of Lowe going to Boston just went up. Merry Christmas everyone

By: Brooks

Brooks — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 11:44:48 +0000

Merry Christmas all! And to all another WS championship!!!!!!!!!!!
KB, regarding the Muts – I was pretty convinced that the signing of Pedro was going to place them firmly atop the division in 05, along with the aquisition of Beltran. Then in 06, the big new entry was Delgado, 07 Wagner (to fufill more promises??) and finally Santana – the untouchable in 08.
What has all this bleeding done for the Muts? It has been our great pleasure to see them fall, no, crumble and fall the past 2 seasons.
Look, if I were (excuse me while I choke on the Christmas turkey…) was a Muts fan (gasp!), I would be excited – really.
Being a Phillies fan, one who believes in Jimmy Rollins, who believes that Ryan Howard will once again show us more of the same thunder which consumed us all in 06, a believer that Chase Utley is without a doubt a serious contender for the NL MVP (shortened year? Who cares!), a fan who shares in the excitement of an outfield with Victorino, Werth & now Raul Ibanez – I can only see Phillies red!
I don’t want to leave out the next (how cool of a name is Cole Hamels) dominant pitcher in the NL, nor my anticipation of Lou Marson filling in for and eventually replacing the heir apparent to “no hit Nunez”, Carlos Ruiz (ok, ok, give him his props for the WS)- my only concerns have been with the pitching. The Phillies took us to the promised land last year because of their BP. These guys were directed by Chahlie and perfrormed incredibly. Each with their part, be it small (Scot Eyre – 1 pitch, 1/3 of an inning), set up (the “Bridge to Lidge”) or closing – the remake of the best closer in all of baseball – Can they repeat?
Therein lies my ONLY concern – that is why my thoughts are to take a chance (not a big one) on Mulder with a very moderat 1 year minor league deal.
Once again Merry Christmas all!

By: psujoe

psujoe — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 01:09:07 +0000

Park and Moyer had their best seasons in more than 5 years last year. I just don’t think they’ll do it again. I just don’t think Happ and Kendrick are the answer. So I think our starting rotation is weak. Our pitching in September was incredible, but you don’t plan for incredible, IMO. That doesn’t mean I’m not a loyal Phillies fan. For example.

Based on the the law of averages expect Moyer’s era to climb from 3.71 to about 4.30 last year. Not bad, but not were I think a 3 should be.

Expect Park’s era to go from a 3.40 last year to back in the 5.00 range especially considering the park.

Myers is a total question mark that none of us can even guess on.

Lowe has 4 straight years better than any of Myers or MOyer so IMO he’d be worth 14-15 a year for 3 years. Again, it doesn’t mean I’m not a loyal Phillies fan.

By: NJ

NJ — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 22:48:12 +0000

Diamond in the trash… Diamond in the trash would be eclipsing slot value on a late round draft pick, this moves just adding another bullpen arm remembering there are virtually no relivers in the system expected to be servicable at any point this year, it’s a long season for the pitching…

By: KM

KM — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 22:39:02 +0000

Another case of the phillies ownership trying to find a diamond in the trash heap. Majewski has had a serious history of arm trouble, but with the amount they are paying him it isn’t necessarily a bad deal, especially if we have an injury in the pen this year.

By: Malcolm

Malcolm — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 22:36:49 +0000

The Phillies don’t need another starter! We’ll just have to see how the bullpen is set up after spring training and who will become the 5th starter. There is no reason to think the rotation or bullpen will be worse than it was last year. There is no reason to rip on Majewski. If he makes the squad, good for him, but I don’t think he will. People who are already giving up on the Philadelphia Phillies before the start of season make no sense to me. How can you call yourself a legitimate fan if you don’t have any faith? I mean, the team won us a championship! Let’s not worry about anything until they give us reasons to worry. It’s a long season. A lot can happen. Trades can be made. Injuries. Player movement. Right now, let’s just get our arbitration cases settled, and get ready to rock.

Yes, the Mets look as if they’re going to sign Derek Lowe. They probably will pick up a lefty like Will Ohman to face of our left-handed bats. They added K-Rod and Putz. So what? For the past two years, the Mets have disappointed their fans over and over again. I would have been embarrassed to be a Mets fan. Who out there is seriously going to tell me that they didn’t expect the Mets to “upgrade” their team this offseason? I’m not worried. Not yet. Yes, the Mets will be a better team. That means nothing to me. This is going to be a brutal season. I’m ready to head up to Citi Field with a choke artist shirt and fist fight. I’m ready to show my Phanaticism and Philly pride everyday. I’m ready to drink more than two thousand beers again this season. I’m ready to defend our world championship.

By: KB

KB — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 22:01:58 +0000

Brooks – with the Mets BP revamped and their starting rotation being updgraded (it looks like Lowe is the next Met), it seems much less likely there will be a 3rd implosion. Don’t forget how many saves their pen blew. If they had won just half of them, they would have won the NL East.

By: IRONPIGPEN

IRONPIGPEN — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 21:50:06 +0000

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go phillies, go ironpigs

By: psujoe

psujoe — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 21:11:46 +0000

Nj, I agree about the core, but we did get a heck of a season from our pitching. I’d be pleasantly surprised with a duplicate effort this year.

By: NJ

NJ — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 21:03:27 +0000

The Mets will always pay to put themselves in a spot to run the table, the Phils have the luxury that we won the championship in a year several of the teams core players didn’t play well. Irrelevant of how the additions do, those guys play better and we are in position to repeat, they don’t doesn’t matter if we’d added Lowe.

By: psujoe

psujoe — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 20:58:19 +0000

If the Mets sign Lowe I think they put themselves in a great spot to unseat us. No lock, but combined with their bull pn upgrades and our standing staying status quo I’d give them the edge.

By: NJ

NJ — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 20:51:24 +0000

Low for Myers, no-ones giving up anything they can’t do without for a guy your shopping they know you can’t afford to keep.

By: psujoe

psujoe — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 20:46:37 +0000

I would go 3 years 45 for Lowe if we could get value for Myers. Not sure what that value would be though.

By: NJ

NJ — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 20:17:19 +0000

Brooks it’s tough with those back-to health minor league deals, remember Prior wasn’t cheap when he was signed by the Padres and the same would probably go for Mulder. Unless a name has ties to Philly or the organisation it must be hard to attract one of those premier names, it may not seem it but those guys have a lot to loose if it goes wrong as we saw last year with Bartolo Colon.

By: Brooks

Brooks — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 20:11:49 +0000

This goes to emphasize the point I made a few times already, if you are going to give Benson and now Majeski a chance (free money), why not do the same with Mulder who has proven in the past to be much more valuable than either of these candidates.

Sign him to a minor league deal and see what happens.

Fred, dude, calm down! Phils will be just fine son and the Muts will find a way to implode as usual. It will just cost them more than last years implosion…

By: NJ

NJ — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 20:05:19 +0000

The Mets are the Yankees of the NL now and we have to accept that, they will spend the money so you’ve got to beat them by being better not by ‘buying better’. There must be a reason Amaro didn’t wait on Lowe, we can’t be bitter about a deal we couldn’t make.

If anything can be said for sure is the Mets will suffer injuries, the Phils will have to capitalize.

By: Chris.I

Chris.I — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 19:46:04 +0000

First of all, how do we know for sure Carrasco can even pitch on a major leauge level? I’m not saying that he can’t (and I wont say he can either, cause that’s uncertain). I will say this…If the Mets sign Lowe, they will have a deeper rotation than us.

By: Geoff

Geoff — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:49:41 +0000

Why? Carlos Carrasco is better than an injured mark prior. Sheets is injured all the time, garland is the same thing as jamie moyer on a good day and worse on a bad day. oliver perez wants 12mm per year and youd have to give the mets a second round pick (the mariners get the first round pick)

plus: they signed jamie moyer, which means they wont sign/get another starting ptiching unless brett myers is traded.

to answer: it makes the phillies look smart and confident. it makes the mets look VERY VERY desperate. thats a HUGE commitment for a 35 year old pitcher.

if you sign someone you have to move happ to the bullpen, send him down, or trade him. or to balance out the salaries youd trade brett myers….and i really dont think thats a good idea. why blow all that money when you STILL havent extended hamels victorino or werth?

those guys are waiting for their extension and youre going to give that same type of money/commitment to garland (4th starter/ability) oliver perez (4th starter/inconsistent), ben sheets (ace, but since hes always injured: 4th starter), or mark prior (NOT EVEN a 5th starteranymore on a championship team/injured all the time)

the only guy worth the risk is sheets but that ship has sailed. theyre NOT going to sign another starting pitcher of any major note. theres simply no room. they have a lot of depth already.

shoudl they have risked it for sheets? eh, maybe, but that would mean you would not resign jamie moyer. so signing someone now makes YOU look desperate. if the rotation falls apart then there is PLENTY OF time during the season to trade for someone more cost effective and better than the remiaining options..