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I meant AA

Oswalt is signed through 2011 with 2012 club option. He’ll turn 32 later this summer.

Trade moyer to the mariners!!!! They were somewhat interested in him over the winter. He is finished.

typical phillies fans huh…they just signed moyer to a pretty hefty two year contract, he is not leaving the rotation less than 2 months in coming off a 16-7 3.71 era season. c’mon, declaring in mid may ‘he has to go’ is just ridiculous.

Happ will replace Park and get the start next weekend in Yankee stadium.

you all need to relax a little bit, most of you would have run Charlie out of town long ago as well.

I agree with Tim wholeheartedly regarding Park. But Moyer brings with him the sentimental factor. Yes, he’s gotta go, but I feel badly. But I do remember back to when the Phils and Robin Roberts parted company late in Robert’s career. There was also talk of sentimentality. Anyone with any sensitivity has got to feel sentimental about what Moyer was for this team in 2008. But the Phils can’t allow themselves to be out of the picture in 2009 for staying with 2008′s sentimental favorite — Moyer.

Perhaps there is a job for him in the organization — like pitching coach!

Moyer as the elder statesman on the staff and win leader last year will get many more starts to get squared away, Park on the other hand( and I have been a Park backer) can not toss up another stinker like his last start. It seems a couple of things go wrong and he tosses in the towel-Perhaps more of a head case than management was aware of. Happ has done a good job in the pen, but once Romero returns Happ starts and Park becomes the long guy . Blanton is young and the Phils know what he is capable of, so I think he is safe–Hope he is healthy however, because he has been off. The fact that Carpenter was the call-up says volumns about how far Kendrick has fallen

I’d say Bastardo is the Minor Leaguer I’d expect to do the best right now, he has good control and relys a lot on his change, which usually translates well. Happ is ready to start, and Park judging by his history, could handle long relief. I’d switch Happ and Park now, then give Moyer and Blanton three more starts each. If one of them couldn’t throw 2 quality starts out of those 3, I’d offer him the choice of being designated or being sent down. I’d call up Bastardo to replace 1 possible send down, and Kendrick if I needed to replace both. The way Kendrick pitches, I’d expect him to have an ERA around 5 and go about 6 innings per start. Sadly, that would be much better than Moyer at this point, at least the bullpen wouldn’t get shot every 5 days.

What about someone like Arroyo? or Dan Haren? Any possibilities?

hey Tom G, you should be the GM…you’d run through the entire organization’s starters come September and we’d be left with the clearwater threshers rotation come september!

Bruce, I believe the phils would/will pull the trigger on a frontline starter come July if they are able to make the deal work without destroying their system…big question is how much would one of those guys cost? eaton/myers both coming off the payroll which is 20+ million…myers wants to remain in philly and there is no way he is going to get on the open market anything close to the $12 million he is making this year…I would think a 3 year $20-$25 million deal would get it done with him…that would still leave potentially a spot for another starter(bedard/haren/oswalt/buehrle etc..) and still be in the eaton/myers ’09 salary ballpark for ’10.

peavy – the padres continue to want the moon and the stars for him…and with good reason.

right now it looks like the moyer signing was too sentimental..he will however get 20+ starts in ’09 though to prove he did not age himself out of the league over the winter.