Rumor Time: Phillies Throw 3 Year, $80 Million Offer On Table For Josh Hamilton
That’s the word around Twitter right now (apparently spurred on by Anthony Gargano). 3 Years $80 million on the table.
You know how last week I complained about the Young signing because it makes the Phillies older and how Rizzo said we should sign Josh Hamilton only sarcastically just as a big “fuck you” to the rest of the league? Well if Rubes gets this deal done we will gratefully take all of that shit back. Doesn’t matter that he’s one extra spoonful of Nyquil away from stumbling pantsless through Vegas complaining about margarita salt. Doesn’t matter. Because the lineup (courtesy of my friend @troygy) would look something similar to this:
1 – Rollins
2 – Young
3 – Utley
4 – Howard
5 – Hamilton
6 – Ruiz
7 – Ruf
8 – Revere
9 – Pitcher
And we’d all be happy. Hell, even Charlie wants the club to do “something big“. Make it happen, Ruben.
I hope Ben Revere’s not hitting 8th. Wouldn’t it make more sense for Hamilton in the 3 or the 4? I can’t see him batting 5th.
Any team that gives Ryan Howard more at bats than Hamilton deserves to finish in last place
you think hamilton is batting 5th?? Do you even like sports?
Chooch is going to be behind the plate either for poppin gym candies… Read ESPN for once
Chooch isnt** going to be behind the plate either for poppin gym candies… Read ESPN for once
revere, rollins, hamilton, ruiz, howard, utley, young, ruf
only if ruiz has power like last yr. it balances the lineup with lefties n righties as much as they would be able to.
@ milehigh: For 25 of a 162 game season…..Read ESPN for once
Ya stick Young up there so anytime you turn the lineup over he can hit into a nice little double play. 1. Revere 2. J-Roll 3. Hamilton 4. Howard 5. Utley 6. Ruf/Mayberry/Brown 7. Young 8. Kratz 9. Pitcher. But it’s not a bad gamble to make. They have a lot of money coming off the books after 2013 with Utley’s contract expiring and assuming Halladay’s option doesn’t trigger. And if they sign a big name/make the playoffs they’ll get a nice revenue bump. But honestly your lineup is horrible.
and yes that is potentially 5 lefties in a row but Revere has hit lefties better so far, Rollins is slightly worse against lefties, Hamilton is slightly worse, and Utley is slightly worse. Howard is the only one that gets slaughtered by lefties but anyone who has seen him try to cover the outside part of the plate against anyone who can get it over the plate left handed already knows that.
Utley 3rd. Because he is still good right? Jesus you are an abortion Maurice.
F**K the Phillies
Utley has been done as a 3 hole hitter for a few years now. No way in hell he’d bat 3rd with Hamilton.
I just filed away local smoke of the day Allisha into the spank bank.
I’m ready to leave my wife and kids for ten minutes with Allisha. That body is glorious.
Allisha… grade A smoke
revere is a .300 hitter youre high if you think he bats 8th
hamiltons wife is a huge smoke
Congrats Phillies, you have officially turned into the Mets. Now just keep throwing big $$ at whatever new star hits the market for the next few years and continue to think that “we’re built to win now”, refusing to acknowledge that everyone is on the wrong side of 30 and it’s time to blow up the core and rebuild.
And Allisha for Smoke of the Year. That is all.
got-heeem you philly hoes would use espn as a reference in 2012, worst sports city in america bruh
mikey, read the comment that it was in response to first, ya gayball. Maybe then you will understand the sarcasm.
the fuck are you thinking with Howard in clean up?
He’s not signing for three years, for one, and two, they’ll be throwing crack pipes at Hamilton by June.
Chase Utley just went on the DL after reading this blog