Like I wrote in the other thread, Twitter is great but has also created this mess we are in now...sadly NO WAY OUT
It amuses me greatly that the Phillies are giving up prospects to get Oswalt when they could have had Lee still for nothing. LOL
Yup... Zolecki is far better tied into the Phillies' organization, and Ken has looked like an ass for this entire process. Hope it stays that way...
Yeah...they screwed that one up and they're paying for it now. Lee's contract is pretty friendly, too, for someone of his stature.
Well, it wasn't exactly nothing. They would've been paying millions more from day one of the season. My understanding is that moving Lee was a financial requisite from their owner for them to take on Halladay in the first place. If this Oswalt deal goes down anywhere close to how it's being reported, they will potentially pay nothing to Oswalt this year and only part of what he's due next season at which point they can shave payroll in other areas.
Cliff Lee was owed $8 million this year. That's hardly a deal breaker for an organization like the Phillies. Had they kept him perhaps they'd still be in the playoff picture instead of trading prospects and a young cost controlled rotation piece in order to scratch their way back into it.
Stark is on TV now saying: Happ and...... unidentified prospects mentioned Keppinger being part of deal, as well.
Well, if what I read in the past is accurate, it was very much the financial demand of the owner. Getting Halladay meant losing Lee. They never had the intention of paying both of them at the time. Maybe they changed their minds since then or maybe they aren't going to be paying Oswalt a penny this season in this deal to maintain whatever budget has been set by the owner.
I understand that, I'm saying it was stupid. On top of that, they didn't get jack squat when they gave up Lee. It was just a dumb decision by that organization.
I hear you I guess. I just don't know how to question another owner's financial decisions without knowing all the numbers. As is, the Phillies have already blown away their highest team payroll in history, without having to pay Cliff Lee: http://mlbcontracts.blogspot.com/2005/01/philadelphia-phillies_18.html 2010: $138,178,379 2009: $113,004,046 2008: $ 98,269,880 2007: $ 89,428,213 2006: $ 88,273,333 2005: $ 95,522,000 2004: $ 93,219,167 2003: $ 70,780,000 2002: $ 57,954,999 2001: $ 41,663,833 2000: $ 46,900,000
