2026 Phillies Thread

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[RyanSnyder]

 

[WestSideLion]

$23.5 million? For a minus-0.5 WAR player? It’s these awful kinds of contracts that put the Phillies into their current bind.

Bohm is an average 3B. The stats back that up. You don’t pay average players $23.5 million a year.

 

[RyanSnyder]

$23.5 million? For a minus-0.5 WAR player? It’s these awful kinds of contracts that put the Phillies into their current bind.

Bohm is an average 3B. The stats back that up. You don’t pay average players $23.5 million a year.

It's also why we're not gonna have baseball until June at the earliest. While I like that the Phillies have an advantage financially, some of these numbers make the case for a salary cap.

That's one of them.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[RyanSnyder]

 

[WestSideLion]

It's also why we're not gonna have baseball until June at the earliest. While I like that the Phillies have an advantage financially, some of these numbers make the case for a salary cap.

That's one of them.

It is crazy, right? MLB feels completely slanted in the players’ direction. Any hard cap will have to come with the contractual ability for teams to void bad long-term deals.

Otherwise, how do they drop enough salary to get under the cap? It will be a fascinating few years of contract law and litigation.

 

[VaLion92]

SIAP...

This one stings a bit. At least for any of us that remember that remarkable 1980 Phillies championship team. RIP Boonie! Passed away 10 days shy of his 79th birthday.

Bob Boone passed away at 78

 

[LionJim]

SIAP...

This one stings a bit. At least for any of us that remember that remarkable 1980 Phillies championship team. RIP Boonie! Passed away 10 days shy of his 79th birthday.

Bob Boone passed away at 78

Dang, so sorry to hear this. Remember when Boone muffed that popup in front of the dugout and Rose was right there to grab it? I forget the entire rest of the context, lol. The 1980 Phillies were a good team.

 

[Catch1lion]

Props to our former Phillie. Another article...

Bob Boone, MLB All-Star and father of Yankees manager, dead at 78

Like his sons, Bob enjoyed a successful tenure in the majors that earned him four All-Star nods before spending six seasons managing.

nypost.com

 

[Lil Nicky Scarfo]

Boonie was part of one of the greatest relay throws of all time - Manny Trillo’s absolute tracer in game 5 of the 1980 NLCS

 

[Tom McAndrew]