Cliff Lee To The Phillies

[Polaroid]

After turning down a reported seven year deal from the Texas Rangers and a seven year deal with more $ from the Yankees, he seems to have signed a five year deal with the Phillies worth around $100 million.

Yankee fans - don't despair, Carl Pavano is still available on the free agent market.

 

[Fu Manchu]

 

[Archie]

yeah but who is their fifth starter?

 

[Archie]

phils 5th starter ( kendrick or Blanton) could be their PA state counterparts 1st starter next year. unreal

 

[l7ustin]

as a rangers fan i didnt want to pay him that much for 7 years

hes too old and visions of A-Rod were in my head.

glad we could jack the price up. phils look kinda unstoppable if they can keep that rotation healthy

 

[Polaroid]

Halladay/Lee/Oswalt/Hamels +1 must rank as one of the best rotations ever. However it should be noted that the Giants beat the Phillies in the 2010 NLCS and beat Cliff Lee twice in the World Series.

 

[l7ustin]

i wonder what the record is for most wins in a regular mlb season, they might challenge it

 

[Polaroid]

phils 5th starter ( kendrick or Blanton) could be their PA state counterparts 1st starter next year. unreal

Blanton is in years 2/3 of a 3-year $24-ish million deal, I'm sure they need to shed some salary to finance the Lee deal.

 

[Fu Manchu]

i wonder what the record is for most wins in a regular mlb season, they might challenge it

116 for the mariners in 2001

 

[l7ustin]

Halladay/Lee/Oswalt/Hamels +1 must rank as one of the best rotations ever. However it should be noted that the Giants beat the Phillies in the 2010 NLCS and beat Cliff Lee twice in the World Series.

valid observation but id still favor phils over giants

 

[Fu Manchu]

^(they tied the cubs, who set that record at the turn of the 20th century)

 

[Fu Manchu]

valid observation but id still favor phils over giants

so did the sportsbooks

 

[l7ustin]

116 for the mariners in 2001

Really? 116 is all? and the marineers??? woulda been one of my last guesses

 

[Fu Manchu]

yes, they also had 8 of 9 starters on the AL all star team that year. lost to the wildcard yankees. this was the season that made me realize that i woudl be a loser for rest of my life, regardless of whether i supported either the expos, the mariners, both or neither

 

[Polaroid]

i wonder what the record is for most wins in a regular mlb season, they might challenge it

It's 116 for the season, tied by the 2001 Mariners and the 1906 Cubs (although the Cubs played 10 less games). The Phillies managed 97 last season although bear in mind they've lost Jason Werth for next season.

 

[l7ustin]

116-46

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=2001&t=SEA

pretty impressive

 

[l7ustin]

It's 116 for the season, tied by the 2001 Mariners and the 1906 Cubs (although the Cubs played 10 less games). The Phillies managed 97 last season although bear in mind they've lost Jason Werth for next season.

id rather have clifton phifer than jayson werth

 

[Archie]

makes sense for the phils to go balls to wall here. their window of opportunity is shrinking, and in another few years they'd have to blow up the team and start over again.... they just got a new ball park ect.

but they do have some old pieces in their lineup. I'm not sure if they have anyone to bring up from AA or AAA from spring training or the 2nd week of May, to bolster the corner OF positions and 3rd base..... but I think they need to upgrade at 2 of 3 of those power positions to be a complete team.

Then again, with that rotation, maybe they can afford to rely just about any offense