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Could the Phillies Have One More Big Play Left?
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I’m inclined to think no. The Phillies seem to have a fairly set roster and, until the eight arbitration cases they face are cleared up, will be unsure on how much of their assets are tied up already.
Besides, after re-signing Moyer and bringing in Ibanez the Phillies don’t have any glaring holes. They’ll almost assuredly bring in a short-term replacement for J.C. Romero and swap one of their lefties for a right handed bat off the bench, but neither of these moves are expected to amount to a huge difference when it comes to wins and losses. What would, however, would be the addition of a frontline starter.
Yet, if those whispers are correct, and if the oft times cantankerous Boras isn’t merely using the Phightins to leverage himself to a better deal with the Mets, then Philadelphia might emerge as the unlikely winners of the Derek Lowe sweepstakes merely by the simple act of quietly and carefully lying low.
Ariza has been wrong before, and I’m not inclined to put a terrible amount of faith into FoxSports nor scout.com, but I suppose it is worth noting that in a year when all of our assumptions (the Phillies will offer arb. to Moyer and Burrell; the Phillies will be sure to add a righthanded bat; Raul Ibanez wouldn’t be worth $14 million dollars and a first round draft pick more than Burrell if he was 10 years younger and a season of roids better, etc.) have been proven wrong, maybe we shouldn’t be so quick to throw out the possibility that Junior has another move left.
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