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How the Phillies could screw it up: This is baseball. Highly-touted prospects are far from sure things – especially at pitcher and shortstop. What if Nola and Crawford don’t pan out? Or what if they both do? Nola, Crawford, youth hockey jerseys cheap Franco and Giles alone don’t make a good team. Scouts across baseball are high on all of those guys, but the Phillies have almost no minor league talent beyond them. Baseball America ranks their farm system as the 21st best in baseball. (I’d say 10th worst, but we’re trying to be positive here.) So even if every one of the Phillies’ prospects meets their projections, the Phillies still won’t have much of a team. Ooof.
So what if the Phillies don’t have a ton of good prospects to rebuild the franchise, they’re about to get them at the trade deadline, right? Sure thing! Despite the Phillies being a disaster since 2013, Amaro has done little to nothing at the trade deadline each year, deciding to hold onto Cole Hamels, Jonathan Papelbon and friends because ... honestly, no one really knows. But with MacPhail in place, it’s likely that Hamels and Papelbon and any other veteran assets the Phillies have will be moved for prospects – real prospects – in the next 11 days. Hooray!
How the Phillies could screw it up: What can they really expect for any of their big-name players? Papelbon is a closer who makes $13m a year. Good teams don’t pay relievers $13m a year. They at least don’t give up much to acquire them. Hamels is now 31 and in the midst of one of the worst seasons of his career. He’s been crushed in his last two starts, hockey practice jerseys cheap giving up 20 hits and 14 runs in 6.1 innings. Are any contenders going to hand over a package of prized prospects for that? Then there’s Howard. But Amaro has offered to pay Howard’s contract to any team that would take him and still hasn’t had interest. And Chase Utley is still around. Poor Chase Utley. Even if he would accept a trade away from the only team he’s ever played for, he’d fetch almost nothing in return these days. The Phillies hung onto the past for so long that they ruined their chance at a future.
292 – Aroldis Chapman struck out the 500th batter of his career in Cincinnati’s loss to Cleveland on Sunday. Chapman reached the milestone in just 292 innings - the quickest any pitcher has reached 500 Ks in MLB history. The previous record holder was Yu Darvish, san diego chargers jerseys cheap who got to 500 strikeouts in 401 2/3 innings last year. Kerry Wood held the record before Darvish, getting his 500th K in 404 2/3 in 2001.
Hamels’ trade value has also been hurt by Johnny Cueto, cheap new england patriots jerseys the Reds ace who can’t wait to get out of town – he’ll be a free agent next season and will cost suitors less, and that probably makes more sense to teams such as the Astros, who, like the Cubs, are probably competing a year early after a rebuild and could take a shot at upgrading now. Other potential trade targets include the Chicago White Sox starter Jeff Smardzija, Phills closer Jonathan Papelbon, who probably could be traded if he stops talking and Philadelphia eat some of his salary, the Padres outfielder Justin Upton and possibly their ace hurler, James Shields, in addition to the Oakland A’s Ben Zobrist. The Reds could further clean house and deal outfielder Jay Bruce, and, of course, flame-throwing (that’s a literal description) closer Aroldis Chapman. Todd Frazier isn’t going anywhere (sorry Mets fans).
Chapman, Darvish and Wood all are – or were – great pitchers, at least when healthy, but it’s clear that the modern hitter who doesn’t care about striking out is a major reason why the top three fastest-to-500 in history have all played in the last 15 years. If this trend continues, don’t be surprised to see Chapman lose the record very soon. My guess is next year. Some rookie phenom will make his major league debut against the Mets, it will go to extra innings and ... 500 strikeouts.
The MLB all-star game, set for next Tuesday in Cincinnati, was always the crown jewel, a chance to see stars that rarely swung through town, an event of enormous value that baseball fans looked forward to in earnest. Now it’s important because we are told it is, cheap china jerseys free shipping repeatedly, by Major League Baseball’s marketing wing, when we all know it isn’t. That’s OK: routines and pastimes change often enough, and sometimes you just have to let them go. So if it were up to me, (and for the record, it isn’t) I’d scrap it. Baseball had its last, uninterrupted all-star game/home run derby-less season back in 1932 and I’m sure it went off just fine.
Really, don’t these guys need the time off, anyhow? Not the pitchers, who get four days to relax in between outings (five if they’re playing for the Mets). Or the middle relievers who are trotted out every now and again to throw 95mph heaters instead of the junk they used to hurl. The hitters, the poor defenseless batters, who are out the on the diamond, day after day, late-night flight after late-night flight with limited off days over a 162-game season – they need a legitimate break. They’re getting annihilated and don’t even have greenies any more to help wake them up. Why not trim the schedule to the old 154-game campaign, cancel the all-star game and give hitters a little over a week off to rejuvenate and come back strong in the second half, ready to score some runs for their fans?
There better be, cheap baltimore ravens jerseys because it feels like we’ve been hearing about this potential flurry of trade activity since spring training, especially with Cole Hamels. Somewhat amazingly, roughly two weeks before the trade deadline, Hamels is still a Philadelphia Philly, which really is kind of amazing. The esteemed GM Rubern Amaro Jr seemingly still wants top0flight talent for the lefty hurler, one who is 31 years old and owed at least $75m until after the 2018 season. As good as Hamels is – and he’s got a lifetime 3.29 ERA pitching inside a tiny home park – that’s a big chunk of dough in a game that’s trending younger while aging stars exit earlier. Still, he’s probably worth it, and Boston and are LA are almost definitely interested – perhaps Toronto and the Cubs are as well.
So what if the Phillies don’t have a ton of good prospects to rebuild the franchise, they’re about to get them at the trade deadline, right? Sure thing! Despite the Phillies being a disaster since 2013, Amaro has done little to nothing at the trade deadline each year, deciding to hold onto Cole Hamels, Jonathan Papelbon and friends because ... honestly, no one really knows. But with MacPhail in place, it’s likely that Hamels and Papelbon and any other veteran assets the Phillies have will be moved for prospects – real prospects – in the next 11 days. Hooray!
How the Phillies could screw it up: What can they really expect for any of their big-name players? Papelbon is a closer who makes $13m a year. Good teams don’t pay relievers $13m a year. They at least don’t give up much to acquire them. Hamels is now 31 and in the midst of one of the worst seasons of his career. He’s been crushed in his last two starts, hockey practice jerseys cheap giving up 20 hits and 14 runs in 6.1 innings. Are any contenders going to hand over a package of prized prospects for that? Then there’s Howard. But Amaro has offered to pay Howard’s contract to any team that would take him and still hasn’t had interest. And Chase Utley is still around. Poor Chase Utley. Even if he would accept a trade away from the only team he’s ever played for, he’d fetch almost nothing in return these days. The Phillies hung onto the past for so long that they ruined their chance at a future.
292 – Aroldis Chapman struck out the 500th batter of his career in Cincinnati’s loss to Cleveland on Sunday. Chapman reached the milestone in just 292 innings - the quickest any pitcher has reached 500 Ks in MLB history. The previous record holder was Yu Darvish, san diego chargers jerseys cheap who got to 500 strikeouts in 401 2/3 innings last year. Kerry Wood held the record before Darvish, getting his 500th K in 404 2/3 in 2001.
Hamels’ trade value has also been hurt by Johnny Cueto, cheap new england patriots jerseys the Reds ace who can’t wait to get out of town – he’ll be a free agent next season and will cost suitors less, and that probably makes more sense to teams such as the Astros, who, like the Cubs, are probably competing a year early after a rebuild and could take a shot at upgrading now. Other potential trade targets include the Chicago White Sox starter Jeff Smardzija, Phills closer Jonathan Papelbon, who probably could be traded if he stops talking and Philadelphia eat some of his salary, the Padres outfielder Justin Upton and possibly their ace hurler, James Shields, in addition to the Oakland A’s Ben Zobrist. The Reds could further clean house and deal outfielder Jay Bruce, and, of course, flame-throwing (that’s a literal description) closer Aroldis Chapman. Todd Frazier isn’t going anywhere (sorry Mets fans).
Chapman, Darvish and Wood all are – or were – great pitchers, at least when healthy, but it’s clear that the modern hitter who doesn’t care about striking out is a major reason why the top three fastest-to-500 in history have all played in the last 15 years. If this trend continues, don’t be surprised to see Chapman lose the record very soon. My guess is next year. Some rookie phenom will make his major league debut against the Mets, it will go to extra innings and ... 500 strikeouts.
The MLB all-star game, set for next Tuesday in Cincinnati, was always the crown jewel, a chance to see stars that rarely swung through town, an event of enormous value that baseball fans looked forward to in earnest. Now it’s important because we are told it is, cheap china jerseys free shipping repeatedly, by Major League Baseball’s marketing wing, when we all know it isn’t. That’s OK: routines and pastimes change often enough, and sometimes you just have to let them go. So if it were up to me, (and for the record, it isn’t) I’d scrap it. Baseball had its last, uninterrupted all-star game/home run derby-less season back in 1932 and I’m sure it went off just fine.
Really, don’t these guys need the time off, anyhow? Not the pitchers, who get four days to relax in between outings (five if they’re playing for the Mets). Or the middle relievers who are trotted out every now and again to throw 95mph heaters instead of the junk they used to hurl. The hitters, the poor defenseless batters, who are out the on the diamond, day after day, late-night flight after late-night flight with limited off days over a 162-game season – they need a legitimate break. They’re getting annihilated and don’t even have greenies any more to help wake them up. Why not trim the schedule to the old 154-game campaign, cancel the all-star game and give hitters a little over a week off to rejuvenate and come back strong in the second half, ready to score some runs for their fans?
There better be, cheap baltimore ravens jerseys because it feels like we’ve been hearing about this potential flurry of trade activity since spring training, especially with Cole Hamels. Somewhat amazingly, roughly two weeks before the trade deadline, Hamels is still a Philadelphia Philly, which really is kind of amazing. The esteemed GM Rubern Amaro Jr seemingly still wants top0flight talent for the lefty hurler, one who is 31 years old and owed at least $75m until after the 2018 season. As good as Hamels is – and he’s got a lifetime 3.29 ERA pitching inside a tiny home park – that’s a big chunk of dough in a game that’s trending younger while aging stars exit earlier. Still, he’s probably worth it, and Boston and are LA are almost definitely interested – perhaps Toronto and the Cubs are as well.
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