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Coste is a great story, and appears to be a real stand-up guy, I wish him well. With that said, he was a back-up catcher with a slow, but decent bat. Once the bat left, it was time to upgrade. Schneider is the perfect back-up to Ruiz, decent bat and a good defensive catcher. Hope he can stay healthy, catch 35 games or so agaisnt tough righties, give Ruiz a rest. Also gives the latititude to start Dobbs more, and still have a left handed bat on the bench. A nice signing, fills two holes.

Talk about an easy out in the lineup, Schneider was horrible last year with the Mets, and I really don’t expect a lot out of him, not loving this signing

Schneider was hurt all year last year …

that would be like saying that Dobbs sucks based only on last year, and ingnoring what he’s done lately

clearly has a higher cieling than any backup we’ve had the last few years. hopefully he can bounce back from his injuries and give us some good starts this year.

WHY NOT SIGN COSTE? this is unbelievable. I don’t care if he’s half the player schneider is (which isn’t the case). Coste is a phillie, schneider is a met. It should have stayed that way.

Now we need another right handed bench bat which I’m Ok with.

Would you say that if Johan Santana or David Wright came walking throuigh that door begging to give back half their salary to play for us?

It’s not like you were counting on Bako to get a hit against ANY pitcher.. so it didn’t matter to me, LHP or RHP

whenever he got a hit, it was a bonus

He’s an Expo/National more than a Met. We finally don’t have to worry about him hitting against us anymore. He was a pain in the ass when we played his teams. Good signing. Provides a good solid backup to Ruiz. Keeps the defense strong.

psujoe- Ben Francisco is the right handed bench bat. Do people forget that he is on the team?

Must be a slow day when we are excited about this one.But it does fill a need.
I guess any Phillie news is better than none at this time of year.

Not really worth mentioning. He’s a 33 year old version of Paul Bako, but if fills a need. Let’s move on.

Polanco was non-tendered by the Tigers: http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/

The Schnieder signing was a solid move. He is a backup catcher and knows the NL East. We have been trying to get ride of Coste for a while now.

Everyone remembers that we didn’t have Coste for a large part of last season right????

It’s not like we just recently decided not to bring him back … he’s been gone for a while now

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Perfect description of Schneider is a younger Paul Bako, with a better bat

this is definitely an upgrade any way you look at it!!

This signing is HUGE for those overall health of and productivity from Chooch…I love it!!

Coste wil ALWAYS be a Phillie….he’s one of those guys that, when his playing days are over, could be the type to come back and work for the organization in some capacity.

polanco being non-tendered is nice if the phils decide to go after him.

also, word is the phils kicked the tires on smoltz. if he still has some gas i’d love his post season experience in the pen come october.

No arbitration for Harden. Probably too much risk for the price, but he can be nasty.

Tejada was not offered arbitration? Maybe I’m thinking backwards, but I’m a little surprised.

Now I’m sure I’m thinking backwards. I’m more surprised that Amaro said he likely won’t offer arb to Park. If his agent isn’t bluffing about some interest from other teams, seems to me that we want the pick if he leaves to try to be a starter again.

griffin: me neither there has to be something we are missing. I understand Eyre but not Park… what’s the most Park would be awarded 4.5mil? I can’t see him getting anymore than that if he gets that much

The only reason I can think of, is that he must of promised Chan Ho he wouldn’t, just like when he promised him a chance to win a starting job.

I love it, the Phils are stocked so I love adding guys who when it comes to the game are character, defensive-minded, hard-work first types so all those elements filter through to the core guys.

I love what Ruben is doing (which is what Minaya and the Mets continue to neglect) understanding there’s only so many top guys you add and it’s the role players who make the guys around them better on winning teams.

Love it

Chan Ho Park could have cost too much if he’d agreed to arbitration. How much do you pay for middle relief, anyway? He’s good, but there may be better and/or cheaper out there.

The Phils pick so far down anyway that losing that potential draft pick should Park sign elsewhere is pretty meaningless.

The door is still open for Park, but by not offering him arbitration, the Phils get more flexibility in negotiations. It’s not a bad approach.

I know it hurt to see Coste go to my beloved Mets. I was not excited about the signing ,but he is a good character guy. Also, is not on the 25 man roster, so thats good. Shneider had a rough year last year. There was talk that his defense was average as well. He certainly did not help out any pitchers.

al i am saying is, I do not hurt to see this happen. Seems like a solid backup for Ruiz. Schneider was our starter, so that sucked. He did not take a pay cut though. He was not making more than 1.5 million a year.

Love the signing, He is a good defensive catcher and a good character guy. We are doing good things. I dont want smoltz he is too old and he isnt fitting into this team i dont think. I think the phillies should sign a Joe Beimel or some other type like that.