That said, I’d rather have Myers than Moyer. I prefer the young power arm. If we somehow were able to get Lowe (not counting on it), I’d keep Myers and let Moyer go. I think Moyer is a much bigger risk in ’09 than Myers.

Oh, and I was able to get thru your entire comment since it wasn’t dripping with sarcasm. Maybe it’s just me, but sarcasm is kinda like booze, the f-bomb, makeup-all can be very effective, but make the greatest impact when used sparingly, imo.

Georgie, the Sarcasm Police

Personally, if a trade is not on the horizon, I wouldn’t mind giving Dobbs a shot. If the Phils don’t see Dobbs as a possibility, then as far as free agency goes, I like Ibanez, and to a lesser extent Bradley and Rivera.

Still young with a real good arm. Great curve and a good fastball WHEN HE CAN LOCATE IT, which he doesn’t way too often. But whether its because his “head is facing first base” when he delivers or “his arm is behind his shoulder when he throws” or because he’s not breathing though his eyelids or whatever he is just not able to maximize his physical gifts. I would suspect that he is an intriguing name to other teams around the league that need a starter, and who doesn’t. But we know the truth. He’s just maddeningly inconsistent. He had a great second half and his value may have gone up. I’m not willing to bet thats this is the Brett Myers we’ll see for the rest of his career merely for the fact tha I believe that past performance is the best predictor for future returns. Logical right? And when you look at his record, its just aint that good. So in short, I’d find just ONE team (and thats all it takes) that thinks he’s the guy thats ready to “break out” in their town for their team. Then its time to “sell high” on Brett. His value is at its highest right now. I figure you can get a solid right handed bat and a good prospect for him. And 12m more to spend in FAgency.

But thats just me.

The Dipsy
Chairman of the Derek Lowe in Pinstripes Foundation

Worst case in LF, I’d give a Dobbs/Baldelli or Dobbs/Rivera platoon a decent chance to be productive. Include Jenkins in the mix only if he’s over whatever affected him in ’08. If it doesn’t work out, make a mid-season deal (maybe for Mike Cameron, though I’m lukewarm on him). The options just aren’t that good right now, including Burrell. It’s frustrating (I can’t believe we’re actually thinking of bringing Burrell back, even though it looks unlikely), but I’m pretty sure Pierre is not the answer.

As far as his contract goes, we could probably get him for around 6.5 million a year, because we could probably get the Dodgers to take a bit of his contract.

Look, whether it be Pierre or someone else, we need offensive productivity from the LF spot. The answer is NOT another slow, right-handed power hitter who strikes out a ton, and takes months off at a time.

The Dipsy

.327 OBP, .328 SLG

13 extra base hits in 119 games played.

Has the worst arm of any outfielder in baseball and is therefore a defensive liability.

5153 career ABs, 313 career BBs

is owed $28.5 million over the next 3 years

Dodgers couldn’t give him away.

I know its all money all the time…but I’d like to see somebody say 14-16 million is enough to live on for 2-3 years..Im going to the Phils.

A name I am interested in as far as a trade goes is Juan Pierre. He makes about 9 mil a year and I am sure we could get the Dodgers to pick up some of that contract with the right deal. He is exactly the type of player that would work in our left field situation – contact hitter, with lots speed, hits for a good average, plays a good defensive outfield. Not sure what it would cost to get him, but it would be interesting to find out. He is the odd man out in the LA outfield situation, especially if they resign Manny, so they may be willing to trade him rather than have a 9 million dollar player coming off the bench.

It seems that most people want a right-handed power bat to hit behind Howard, but I have a different theory. I say let Werth bat 5, and somehow acquire a left-handed contact bat with speed to hit between all the righties at the back end of the lineup. Like I said, Juan Pierre would be a nice fit – He rarely strikes out, and steals a ton of bags. He may be just what the back end of the lineup need for a spark. Here is what my lineup would look like with Pierre:
Rollins
Victorino
Utley
Howard
Werth
Pierre
Feliz
Ruiz
Pitcher

ruben should call his bluff, boras is full of it this time, the yankees wont give aj burnett 5 years…so tehyre not going to give lowe 5 years either. id pay 4 years 16mm a pop for lowe and thats still expensive because starting pitchers are always overpaid in free agency.

If you could sign him to a fair deal, you would pay him like $30-36/ 3 years…

Considering CC Sabathia has offers around $100-110 for 5 years, and $140-6 years from the Yankees.. that would make Sabathia a complete steal compared to Lowe. I hope that nobody signs Lowe to that much money, because he’s just not worth it, and if someone does sign him to that type of contract, I hope to God its the Mets… because we proved we can beat Lowe.. and that would handcuff them for years to come