Comments on: How Good Are The 2011 Phillies Now?

By: jnolan33177

jnolan33177 — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 01:59:02 +0000

Rediculous article. he rest of he team arent good enough??? Clearly a bonehead. Lets asssume Howard Utley Rollins Polanco Ruiz etc have avg years. They had the 2nd highest runs scored AND HEY WERE ALL HURT AND THEY GOT RID OF THEIR WORST RUN PRODUCER WITH RISP!! Who goes by WAR anyway, if your gonna make an article use all facts dont pick 1 stat

By: bvillebaron

bvillebaron — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 16:45:56 +0000

On paper the Phils look like the class of the NL, but the season isn’t played on paper. With the possible exception of Brown who may not start the season in right, all of the other Phils players are on the wrong side of 30. As the article points out, it is reasonable to expect continued regression from Ibanez and Polanco and Ruiz clearly had a career year offensively. Perhaps Utley and Rollins will rebound from injury filled years and play up to their prior standards, but then again maybe they are regressing as well.

There are several NL teams that have rotations that rival (I didn’t say were as good as) the Phils such as SF, Milwaukee and even Atlanta in their own division if Jurrjens returns to form. None of those team should concede anything to Philly this year.

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By: quincy0191

quincy0191 — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 09:49:58 +0000

Except the Phillies have to climb over some pretty good teams in the Giants, Braves, Rockies, Reds, and Cardinals to make it as well. The Phillies aren’t automatic NL champions (saw how well that prediction turned out a month ago) with this addition; they’re not even locks to make the playoffs. I could see a Giants/Rockies/Braves/Cardinals or Reds postseason personally. I don’t think it’s likely (Philly will probably be playing October baseball), but let’s not pencil them into the World Series just yet.

By: quincy0191

quincy0191 — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 09:40:41 +0000

I think the Giants’ pitching is in line for a higher WAR total than the Phillies. The Phils are better 1-4, but not by all that much, and Zito’s a pretty damned good 5th starter, probably the best in baseball. Plus, the Giants’ bullpen is among the best in baseball (possibly the best with the Pads selling off half of theirs), so I’d look for a better win total from there. The Giants could put up nearly 30 WAR from their staff if things go well.

By: erich

erich — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 19:46:35 +0000

i’m not predicting anything. i’m describing what happened last year and why they could easily be considered “unhealthy”.

By: Doug

Doug — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 17:03:27 +0000

While they clearly got Lee at a great price considering what the Yankees and Rangers were offering, the phillies seem like the team out of last years contenders that might have the least to gain from Lee’s services. He’s clearly a huge help for any team in the regular season, but in the playoffs where all but 2 games will be pitched by your top 3 pitchers, Lee will mostly be taking starts that would have gone to Cole Hamels. This just doesn’t seem like as much of an upgrade come playoff time as it would be for the other teams competing for Lee’s services. I still think it’s a good signing. You can’t count on all your pitchers to stay healthy all year long and the back half of philly’s rotation is pretty ugly, making them much more of a force in the regular season, but with the strength of their returning top 3 I just don’t think the Phillies stand as much to gain from adding Lee as either the Rangers or Yankees might have.