Just based on stats and potential and age he should be 10-12 million a year guy. Based on his pure unadulterated assholishness you have to wonder what a hit he's going to take and what team is going to take him.
My bet is that he'll be a Ranger or Oriole next year on a one year deal.
extra echo:i thought pitchers who can hit were a commodity in the national league?
Not as much as you would think. Granted would Micah Owings have a job if he couldn't hit? But would anyone still consider Randy Johnson as a viable free agent if hitting meant anything?
azmoviez:My bet is that he'll be a Ranger or Oriole next year on a one year deal.
The Rangers have been getting pretty good lately at taking players nobody else will touch, getting them to behave and/or play well long enough to get someone interested, and then trading them just before they have another meltdown. As a Rangers fan, I'm cool with this.
I can't say this surprises me all that much. Here's to hoping he can land somewhere else and be successful without giving his team (or wife) a black eye. I still hope Philly destroys him any and every time we face him, but that's just me. Myers did well in Philly and has a ring that he deserves.
Now he's going to be the enemy.
/also hoping Pedro Feliz becomes the enemy... or at least the enemy while not wearing a Phillies uniform at the time.
RaptorLC:I can't say this surprises me all that much. Here's to hoping he can land somewhere else and be successful without giving his team (or wife) a black eye. I still hope Philly destroys him any and every time we face him, but that's just me. Myers did well in Philly and has a ring that he deserves.
Now he's going to be the enemy.
/also hoping Pedro Feliz becomes the enemy... or at least the enemy while not wearing a Phillies uniform at the time.
Well put. I'm a little sad that Amaro's absolute first order of business this off-season wasn't to tell Feliz to hit the farkin' pike. I'm still depressed from this week's loss, but picking up Chone Figgins would go far toward helping me start thinking about next season excitedly.
Lee being around another year (go go long term deal?) and the possibility of Hamels and/or Lidge pulling their heads out of their asses excites me enough as is... even if Kendrick's likely to be back as our number 5 starter.
But yeah, eliminating the reverse-Dorn hole at third base would be even better.
Wolsey:Well done subby... something tells me that you're a "clone"
You don't need to be a real "clone" to know the reference; it seems like Rome jams it down the viewers' throats at least once a week on JRIB.
extra echo:i thought pitchers who can hit were a commodity in the national league?
I had typed out a response to this in which I said that you shouldn't be fooled by his 2008 NLDS at-bat against Sabbathia and his game 2 of the 2008 NLCS against the Dodgers (in which he got 2 hits), and that he sucks as a hitter ... and then I saw what you did there. Got it.
RaptorLC:Lee being around another year (go go long term deal?) and the possibility of Hamels and/or Lidge pulling their heads out of their asses excites me enough as is... even if Kendrick's likely to be back as our number 5 starter.
i'm thinking they might actually give drabek a shot at the #5 spot in spring training. they're pretty high on that kid. that makes a rotation of:
lee hamels blanton happ drabek/moyer?/kendrick?
that stands up pretty well against any other rotation in the league if hamels pulls his head out of his ass (as has already been mentioned)
i'd have liked to see them keep myers on as a reliever though. we could use some lidge insurance.....
liquid duane-o:RaptorLC: Lee being around another year (go go long term deal?) and the possibility of Hamels and/or Lidge pulling their heads out of their asses excites me enough as is... even if Kendrick's likely to be back as our number 5 starter.
i'm thinking they might actually give drabek a shot at the #5 spot in spring training. they're pretty high on that kid. that makes a rotation of:
lee hamels blanton happ drabek/moyer?/kendrick?
that stands up pretty well against any other rotation in the league if hamels pulls his head out of his ass (as has already been mentioned)
i'd have liked to see them keep myers on as a reliever though. we could use some lidge insurance.....
Hamels' problem isn't in his head. Its his '08 innings pitched. The Verducci effect. Same thing happened to Mike Pelfrey. That or he just decided to pitch ineffectively all year
SilentStrider
2009-11-07 12:29:55 AM
tagjim
2009-11-07 12:41:43 AM
youliedtome
2009-11-07 12:44:34 AM
azmoviez
2009-11-07 12:54:44 AM
My bet is that he'll be a Ranger or Oriole next year on a one year deal.
extra echo
2009-11-07 12:58:04 AM
azmoviez
2009-11-07 01:05:30 AM
Not as much as you would think. Granted would Micah Owings have a job if he couldn't hit? But would anyone still consider Randy Johnson as a viable free agent if hitting meant anything?
Wolsey
2009-11-07 01:14:04 AM
alacy52
2009-11-07 01:16:57 AM
srhp29
2009-11-07 01:23:33 AM
The Raiders?
Baron von Trapp
2009-11-07 01:39:42 AM
i call winner.
Lets hope the White Sox dump Jenks in a trade and sign Myers to close for cheap
Nate57Dawg
2009-11-07 01:45:26 AM
The Rangers have been getting pretty good lately at taking players nobody else will touch, getting them to behave and/or play well long enough to get someone interested, and then trading them just before they have another meltdown. As a Rangers fan, I'm cool with this.
Mr. Potatoass
2009-11-07 01:54:19 AM
RaptorLC
2009-11-07 02:08:20 AM
Now he's going to be the enemy.
/also hoping Pedro Feliz becomes the enemy... or at least the enemy while not wearing a Phillies uniform at the time.
thegod082
2009-11-07 02:46:05 AM
Now he's going to be the enemy.
/also hoping Pedro Feliz becomes the enemy... or at least the enemy while not wearing a Phillies uniform at the time.
Well put. I'm a little sad that Amaro's absolute first order of business this off-season wasn't to tell Feliz to hit the farkin' pike. I'm still depressed from this week's loss, but picking up Chone Figgins would go far toward helping me start thinking about next season excitedly.
RaptorLC
2009-11-07 02:48:32 AM
But yeah, eliminating the reverse-Dorn hole at third base would be even better.
thegod082
2009-11-07 02:48:38 AM
You don't need to be a real "clone" to know the reference; it seems like Rome jams it down the viewers' throats at least once a week on JRIB.
extra echo: i thought pitchers who can hit were a commodity in the national league?
I had typed out a response to this in which I said that you shouldn't be fooled by his 2008 NLDS at-bat against Sabbathia and his game 2 of the 2008 NLCS against the Dodgers (in which he got 2 hits), and that he sucks as a hitter ... and then I saw what you did there. Got it.
vegaswench
2009-11-07 03:25:37 AM
I love that drop.
IgnatiusJReilly
2009-11-07 07:19:09 AM
You know how to spell it. It's in your farking vocabulary.
liquid duane-o
2009-11-07 07:25:28 AM
i'm thinking they might actually give drabek a shot at the #5 spot in spring training. they're pretty high on that kid. that makes a rotation of:
lee
hamels
blanton
happ
drabek/moyer?/kendrick?
that stands up pretty well against any other rotation in the league if hamels pulls his head out of his ass (as has already been mentioned)
i'd have liked to see them keep myers on as a reliever though. we could use some lidge insurance.....
tboneonthegrill
2009-11-07 07:32:23 AM
metros232
2009-11-07 07:32:41 AM
Brooklyn Irish Mets Fan
2009-11-07 08:38:25 AM
i'm thinking they might actually give drabek a shot at the #5 spot in spring training. they're pretty high on that kid. that makes a rotation of:
lee
hamels
blanton
happ
drabek/moyer?/kendrick?
that stands up pretty well against any other rotation in the league if hamels pulls his head out of his ass (as has already been mentioned)
i'd have liked to see them keep myers on as a reliever though. we could use some lidge insurance.....
Hamels' problem isn't in his head. Its his '08 innings pitched. The Verducci effect. Same thing happened to Mike Pelfrey. That or he just decided to pitch ineffectively all year
drew46n2
2009-11-07 09:24:29 AM
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Kentucky Fried Children
2009-11-07 09:32:48 AM
The Raiders?
lulz
ryderdm3
2009-11-07 10:02:36 AM
That comeback by the reporter makes that soundbite great.