Comments on: Phillies Trade for Roy Oswalt

By: rob5000

rob5000 — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:19:29 +0000

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By: RichieAllen

RichieAllen — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:42:55 +0000

Just looking at his stats,he had a pretty successful run for quite a few years.But I hope playing with the Phils will improve on his last 2 years.
I’m pretty psyched over getting more good pitching.
But I still think we should have gone after a proven reliever.Lidge doesnt seem too reliable anymore,and thats putting it mildly.

By: Land Shark

Land Shark — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:22:31 +0000

In other words 1 year and 2 months.

By: Land Shark

Land Shark — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:21:44 +0000

Dave,
No he’s just under contract through 2011. Its in his contract that if he chooses to resign with another team, or if the Phillies trade him, the Phillies would have to pay 2 Million towards his buyout.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:27:34 +0000

Well, let me re-phrase…I know we didn’t pick up the option. I guess my question is, will Roy Oswalt be under contract for the Phillies in 2012? Do we have him for 1 year and 2 months or 2 years and 2 months?

By: "PHILLYBOY"

"PHILLYBOY" — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:14:52 +0000

PHILLIES FANS-WE GOT ROY FREAKING OSWALT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: "PHILLYBOY"

"PHILLYBOY" — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:13:58 +0000

No we did not pick up the option-WE INCREASED THE BUYOUT….

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:07:34 +0000

Does anyone know if the Phillies have the option of picking up Oswalt’s contract in 2012? I keep reading conflicting information. Some say we can, some say we will buy him out for the 2 million.

By: Glutenous

Glutenous — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:19:24 +0000

Roy squared plus cole…what a nice playoff equation! Assuming we get there of course, which is looking more and more likely. LETS GO PHILLIES! KEEP IT GOING!

By: Repeat

Repeat — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:43:09 +0000

Doc/Cole/Oswalt~The Crime Fightns. Their assignment? Come on. Do I really need to say it? Seek and destroy The Evil Empire. And bring the WFS title back to Philly.

By: Brian Sr. of CO

Brian Sr. of CO — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:38:21 +0000

@QU Sam, I would NOT want to be RAJ. The same people who are screaming about “I want to win NOW” are the same people screaming about the farm system. Same people calling him “Ruin Tomorrow Jr”. Has he made mistakes. Well sure, last time I checked, he is human. The problem is, some people forget that the Phillie do not have the checkbook that the Yankmees do. They cant go out and offer 15Mill a year to 5 players every season. Some fans like to point out that the Phillies have around the 3rd highest payroll in the Majors I think (I forget how high), but “forget” to mention that the Phillies payroll is still about 40-45% LESS (almost HALF) of the Yankmees payroll, and with the Red Sox on their spending spree, they are now significantly higher than the Phils. They see the other teams spending BUTT LOADS of money, and want the Phillies to as well. The last few years the Phillies have been on a spending spree compared to what they were like through the mid 80′s to mid 00′s.

By: Brian Sr. of CO

Brian Sr. of CO — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:31:39 +0000

I agree with pheeling it, except for the nickname. I am leaning toward Roy Story 2. LOL. Can we please PLEASE PLEASE get off the Lee train. Enough is enough people. It was a mistake, but it is DONE AND OVER WITH! Lets see if “Roy Story 2″ works out. If “Roy Story 2″ is anywhere close to “Roy Story 1″, WATCH OUT! Either way, Halladay, Oswalt, Hamels has the makings to be flat out NASTY. Hamels appears to have found himself again, and if Blanton can continue with his last outing, and get passed his horrible 1st half of the season, and become Big Joe the innings eater we all knew and loved last season. And know Kendrick. Well he is inconsistant, but he is supposed to be the #5 starter, I dont know about you, but I expect the #5 to have a mid 5 ERA. This can get rather fun to watch if the Offense can keep this going. Look like Werth has finally turned it on, except for tonight, but its only 1 night. Howard has had a very good season, and up to last night and tonight has had a GREAT 2nd half. Again, I hope the last 2 games were just off nights. They are looking good now!

By: QU Sam

QU Sam — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:25:52 +0000

that’s what i’ve been thinking too, Brian of CO. On the one hand, no fan should want to see the farm system get pillaged for very short term goals, since the same people who scream about RAJ not ‘winning now’ will yell in 5 years when the studs retire and the prospects aren’t so good. On the other hand, after all the whining people had about ‘pillaging’ the farm system, it occured to me that none of the traded prospects were particularly good (cleveland of all teams got rid of the phils prospects, and drabek is either a #1 or #3 pitcher, depending on who you ask), and the phillies did keep brown, who is the best of all of them. It seems like RAJ, other than the botched Lee trade (if he was going to trade him he should have shopped him around- it was in ESPN article recently about this), he hasn’t given up any great prospects, and he’s acquired 3 ace pitchers in that span.

By: Brian Sr. of CO

Brian Sr. of CO — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:22:27 +0000

@ QU Sam, the only one I have seen so far is Marson. In 141 at bats he has a whopping .191 average. I dont think Drabek or Taylor have seen the Majors yet, and I am not sure about Carrasco.

By: pheeling it

pheeling it — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:18:14 +0000

I’ve seen gose, electric. he will be a game changer and I think the Stros already shipped him off. Bad move, but we made out like bandits

Everyone should get off Amaro about Lee too, it’s a distant memory. He’s my favorite pitcher but I believe Halladay and Oswalt are more talented. Lee paints the corners and I swear he has a shield protecting him at times.

Oswalt is a STRIKEOUT pitcher, perfect for our ballpark. He will love this crowd. Welcome home Roy, I will call you Roy Dos.

By: Brian Sr. of CO

Brian Sr. of CO — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:17:14 +0000

Not so sure to go straight straight to Lidge in the 9th, HOWEVER, Madson in the 9th just plain SUCKS. I dont get how he can be lights out as a set up man, but give him the ball in the 9th, and WATCH OUT. Its one inning. It seems purely mental. Back to Lidge though, he looked flat out nasty tonight, so maybe Cholly should have gone straight to him. Hindsight is 20/20.

By: QU Sam

QU Sam — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:11:02 +0000

the question is how good are the prospects the phils gave up? does anyone know how drabek, talyor, carrasco, marson, etc are doing in other organizations? might be a good way to figure out if the trades have been good.

By: pheeling it

pheeling it — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:10:24 +0000

Roy Oswalt, welcome to Philadelphia. Gunslinger

By: ActuallyChilled

ActuallyChilled — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:56:10 +0000

OSWALT !!!! HELL YEA!!!!

I just want to express some enthusiasm for this amazing pitcher to join the Phillies staff. Awesome! come on, when did Phils phans turn into the bitchy hot girl at the prom? This team just got way better. Sick. Lets do this.

By: Nunzio Scholeri

Nunzio Scholeri — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:46:50 +0000

I’m not saying that this is a bad deal or that I’m not looking forward to having Oswalt here. I just don’t like his attitude – the way he dragged his heels through the whole negotiation process, bitching about not wanting to go to a big market team… I want what the commentators call a “gamer” – someone who really wants to go out there and win for the Phillies. Oswalt has plenty of time to win me over and I won’t be surprised if he does, but right now I just see someone grumbling his way into town and I don’t like that.

I’d be pumped to see Moyer as a coach. More pumped to see him keep pitching, but it’s true that no one is going to want to give a 47 year old – who might not be able to pitch next year depending on how his recovery goes – any kind of contract. He was having a good year, and it’s a shame to see it come to an end. Still, he doesn’t think he’s finished, and he’s proved others who thought he was finished wrong for years (decades, even), so we’ll see. For now I’m focused on the Phillies’ present successes.