Hamels, should be better with extra rest

1. Doc Halladay 2. Lee 3. Cole “Please don’t call me soft while I’m breast feeding my baby.” Hamels(I’m giving him 1 more chance) 4. Blanton(inngs eater and proud former Happy Meals eating contest Champion as well) 5. Happ(protects his young arm but could easily be #3) . Tell me who’s going f*ck with staff??

As long as Werth/Vic don’t backside this O will be fine. And if we can get J-Roll to publicly predict that he’ll hit .400avg w/125 steals/ob% of .420/5 pitch abs in 2010 then maybe he’ll hit .295avg/45 steals/.380 ob%/4 pitch abs.

J-Roll is the key obviously. He gets going and the O will remain expl. I agree that Derosa would be ideal. Figgins has the potential to be a G. Jefferies like signing. Never lived up to the huge contract he got. Remember that $%$#%*##? Yeah…. Exactly……

But Pedro Feliz has some of the surest hands.. and probably THE most accurate arm in the NL .. rankings, etc.. you can lie with any statistics that you want

but anyone that watches a lot of baseball knows the Feliz is above-average Defensively ..

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I wouldn’t pay 3/18 for DeRosa, NOR would I pat 5/50 for Chone Figgins

1B – Adrian Gonzalez
2B – O-dog
3B – Ryan Zimmerman
SS – J-Roll

OF- Michael Bourn
OF – Matt Kemp
OF – Victorino

C – Benji Molina
P – Adam Wainwright

Werth doesn’t have a stronger arm than Victorino (Werth has one of the strongest arms in in the NL, but its behind Victorino)

I know you can’t be talking about Ibanez.. so that would mean Francisco??
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I don’t think people are looking at Beltre to be some great power hitter.. and maybe not even a POWER-upgrade over Feliz .. but from what i’m reading, he is supposed to be BETTER defensively than Pedro Feliz (I wouldn’t know since he’s played his entire career on the West Coast.. i dont ever see him play)

But he’s something like a .299 career hitter against Left Handed Pitchers.. and if you have Werth and Beltre batting behind Utley and Howard .. you can still do some nice damage against LHP from top-to-bottom in your lineup

I like Shane but if he can land us pitching help then maybe that’s something to consider..I don’t know..

And with Werth….another year like 2009 and he’s gonna be looking at money that maybe the Phils can’t…or won’t…cough up..

All something to consider..

If Amaro wants to upgrade, he should be looking at better players, and Figgins is one of them. There are some others I might prefer, but they’d have to come via trade.

Lowell is a brontosaurus these days, except a brontosaurus would probably be faster. If the Phils sign him, I’ll start rooting for the Pirates.

If the Phillies do sign Figgins I would hope the Phillies leave Vic in the 2 and move Rollins down in the order. Let him bat where he really belongs. If he adds some pop to the 7th hole then more power to him. You see what I did there? Oh, is this work day over yet.

Rollins had fewer steals this year, anyway, and that is mostly a function of not being on base. Figgins stole more because he got on, and that’s what you need for leadoff.

Dropping Rollins down might also mean more power further down. He did hit more home runs than Feliz.

Mike Lowell kooks older than me, and that’s too old to be playing mlb.

I’m not completely sold on letting Feliz go, I was kind of surprised when that was one of the first things Ruben said after the series. An upgrade would be nice, but is it really necessary? You absolutely CAN’T go with a downgrade defensively, that would be counterproductive. I like Pedro, and if you’re not going to significantly improve at 3rd without spending a heap of cash, then I’d just re-sign him.