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Yeah I agree with you. If you want another utility guy get Punto a former Phillie.

Let Donald play… heck, there’s still even a decent chance Utley will be ready for Opening Day.

I like Mark Loretta,he has always been able to hit and also sports a nice glove but I think he still views himself as an everyday player. He wa getting over 400 AB’s up until this past season and I don’t see him wanting to sign with a team that after the month of May,will only be using him to pinch hit or rest an infielder every few weeks. I also think he’ll command more then 2M a season. I have said all along that I would start Jason Donald at second and sign Nick Punto as an upgrade over Bruntlett. I am not a Bruntlett fan. He has no bat, is average at best defensively and was brutal on the base baths. I don’t know how many times he pinch ran for Burrell and had to stop at second on a base hit to right because he didn’t pickup the ball. He was even picked off a couple of times. Punto has a better bat, is a switch hitter, is excellent defensively and as a baserunner.

If the Phillies made a move like that, I’d be VERY upset? Why waste that money?

You can get an up and comer in Jason Donald for much cheaper. I have a lot of faith in Donald after seeing how he continually proves himself over and over when tested. This kid is going to be one of the greats someday soon, as long as health is not an issue. (knock on wood)

Ummm, since when did the term RUMOR become instant truth? Wise up, crank it down a notch, and relax. Give Amaro a chance to get into the job before you have him tarred and feathered. I seem to remember a group of idiots barking about his predessessor being incompetent too, and didn’t we just win some sort of big prize or award or something, can’t put my mind on it, wait, it’s coming, it’s coming, OH Right The World Series!!! Boneheads

um since when did this blog become a place where we couldnt say anything we respectfully wanted?

I like Loretta and definitely see him as an upgrade over Bruntlett. That said, I’m really hoping they give Donald a shot at playing every day in Utley’s absence. I am optimistic that Donald will put the Phillies in a position to make some decisions along the same lines as when Utley came up and quickly usurped time from Polanco. I don’t want the Phils to sign a guy who isn’t in their long-term plans as a stop-gap… now that we’ve won a world series, the fans will give the team some leeway to experiment a bit with some of the young guys. If Donald hits .150, we send him back down… but I think everyone wants to see what these guys have rather than giving them minimal opportunities…

while loretta hits just below .300, he never hit too many homers. we’d be counting on howard and five spot to bring in a lot of runs which they do. lots of homers come from 4 and 5 spot, but the past says we can’t count on consistency in those two positions, especially in first two months which is when loretta would get playing time. i agree w/ anyone who likes donald right now. for some reason the phils have had good luck with their infield drafts in each position, dont stop a good thing.

I like Loretta if Eric “The Beard” Bruntlett is jettisoned. Now you know they’re not going to start Donald. “Why?”, you ask. Because he’ll start to accrue major league service time, of course. And we just can’t have that. Loretta was always a “nice little player”. He’s an upgrade over Bruntlett. Wouldn’t be the end of the world. Did anybody say Brad Penny?

The Dipsy
Chairman of the Derek Lowe in Pinstripes Foundation

man, mike… why so pissed? i can already see that philly fan anxiety sweeping back in. We JUST WON THE WORLD SERIES! These guys know what they’re doing.

If they knew what they were doing we would have won more than one championship in 28 years. to me Amaro just reminds me so much of how Giles trying to be a G.M. and killing the team. ,He had no idea how to make trades or build a farm system. after he screw it up he put Wade in power so he could keep his hand in the mix. Wade and Giles were doing promotion work for the houston astros. Wade was never a scout, sat on the bench at penn, had no experience. The only thing he did was work under woody woodwork a real loser doing some money issue on contracts. Arbuckle had the experience to be a good G.M. but he isn’t a yes man so he is gone. I guess in a way my anger is that this group has turn a 40 million dollar investment into a half billion dollars, and they are still bottom line. John middleton has tried to buy out the other owners so he could change there approach to winning. Last year to me was just one of those times when everything goes right.

There would be no reason to sign Loretta. I agree with most other guys here when i say they should just stick with the combo of Bruntlett and Donald.

mike, Vazques is intriguing. He’s struggled in the AL but was very good years ago with the Expos and good for the D-backs (after his disastrous stint with the Yankees). Scouts are still high on him and the Braves gave up some good prospects to get him.
Also, I highly doubt Jake Peavy will get traded to the Braves now.

Griffin if the brave gave up flowers then they gave up a good prospect.

The Braves got Vazquez who gives up a lot of homers so dont be to worried. Lillenbridge was part of the failed peavy trade.

Loretta would be a foolish signing. We don’t need a Bruntlett version 2.0, which is what he’d be. A better hitting Burntlett would be great…if we didn’t have Bruntlett to begin with. He lacks power and is aging fast. 37 already, and to me this feels like So Taguchi 2.0, just in the infield this time.

I think we should make a trade for Ty Wigginton. He’s a righty, he has power, he can spell Feliz when he tires. He also has played in Left. We could constantly rotate Feliz/Dobbs/Wigginton/Bruntlett around 3rd and LF (the latter 3 in LF) and be fine offensively and defensively.