Posts Tagged jayson werth
Werth Might Be Gone After This Year, But Who Cares!
Posted by Even Stevens in Game Summaries on March 7th, 2010
In what continues to be a month of posts comprised of ridiculous claims and premature conclusions, I wanted to drop in and say hello.
One of the major topics this off-season was the fact that Jayson Werth has ridiculously outplayed his current contract and will be able to make in the neighborhood of $15-18 million per season next year. It is very likely that the Phillies will be unable to keep him and Ryan Howard at the same time due to budgetary contraints, so Werth would be the odd-man out.
"I can strut however the fuck I want brah. I'm hitting .538, check the mohawk."
Domonic Brown, the Phillies’ hot-shot outfield prospect, plans on making you say “Who cares?” As Todd Zolecki reports on Twitter, the kid is hitting a scorching .538 through (7 for 13) with two doubles and four RBIs during his first four Grapefruit League games. That’s the type of shit that makes my prostate tingle.
Without getting too far ahead of ourselves, we’ve all got to admit that this is a good sign. At this point in the pre-season, the pitchers are often further ahead in their development than the hitters are. Players like Jayson Werth and Ryan Howard are mainly quiet at the plate thus far. Domonic Brown is trying to make a name for himself, and his plate appearances have done just that.
Whether or not the Phillies can afford Werth next year remains to be seen. What we have seen, however, is that there’s a five-tool stud waiting in the wings. It’ll be interesting to see how all of this plays out.
Two Photographs, Pink Eye, and a Definitive Conclusion
Posted by WTT in Ballplayer Lifestyle, Enemies, General Thoughts on February 26th, 2010
While the love fest with the Phillies continues, the Mets continue to…well, be the Mets. While we stew over stories about Roy Halladay, Jimmy Rollins’ pursuit of 50+ plus steals, righteous beards, and getting back to the World Series for a third straight year, the Mets are churning out hot stories like ”Barajas making most of his opportunity” and “Francisco Rodriguez has pink eye”. It just seems to me like these two teams are headed in two totally opposite directions right from the jump. This is what you see coming from Clearwater:
Two things: 1.Those Kung-Fu moves kick ass.
2. It seems to me like your team is bound to fucking suck when images like this one are coming out of your camp.
Somebody Farted on K-Rod's Pillow.
Rollins and Werth are BFF
Posted by Bay Slugga in Ballplayer Lifestyle, Media and Press on February 23rd, 2010
Props to Scott Lauber for posting a text message exchange between Rollins and Werth the day the Phillies traded for Roy Halladay. The original chain of messages went something like this:
Werth: “What’s going on?”
Rollins: “What happened? Roy? Dang, we didn’t get him? He went somewhere else?”
Werth: “No, we got him. We traded away Cliff.”
Rollins: “So, you mean we only get to keep one?”
Werth: “Yeah.”
What Scott neglected to mention were the messages that were sent next:
Rollins: “Damn, son. Wanna smoke a blunt?”
Werth: “Nah bro. I’m too stoned to drive and I’m watching I Love Lucy.”
Rollins: “True dat. Imma come chill with you. I’ll bring Notorious on Blu Ray.”
If I could grow a beard, I’d name it Jayson Werth.
Posted by Bay Slugga in Site News on February 22nd, 2010
Since I’m entering a contract year, y’all can expect some high quality blogging from me this 2010 season. Don’t get your hopes up about my photoshop skills improving, as I plan on generating numerous MS Paint images and proclaiming them to be authentic.
I swear to give you, our loyal readers, exclusive insights into the Phillies locker room, dugout, bedrooms, and bathrooms throughout the entire 2010 campaign.
Stayed tuned for Bay Slugga’s documentary on Kyle Kendrick and Roy Halladay!
Is that Tom Hanks from Cast Away?
Lest We Forget
Posted by Dickie Assburn in Enemies, Free Agency, General Thoughts, Playoffs and World Series on January 27th, 2010
Off-season baseball writing sucks dick. No one gives enough of a fuck to read any of it, the writers resort to talking about hypothetical signings and trades, and everyone essentially shits themselves trying to keep their job in a mostly dead market.
Well, I don’t get paid, I don’t give a fuck about ‘good journalism’, and I think hypothetical trades are stupid.
I realized today that I forgot about Ben Francisco. I also forgot about Greg Dobbs. Whenever I think about the Phillies throughout the day, I usually just think of our pitching. What I think about is pretty typical, like “why did the Phillies sign Jose Contreras?” The Phillies pitching staff is starting to look like a retirement home.
From left to right: Contreras, Moyer... and uh... I guess I exagerrated a bit
Ben Francisco went 0-for-11 during the postseason. Who does that? Honestly? I must admit that I was very surprised the Phils got as far as they did. NO ONE could hit off the bench. Francisco flat-lined, and I frequently forgot that Dobbs still played for us. Stairs was a drunken waste of a bench spot. Hopefully Gload can help us out in that department, because we really need it. When it stopped being fun to say “Ben Frann-cisss-cooo,” I decided it was time to suggest that we throw batteries at him a la J.D. Drew.
My Super Sweet 2010 Season
BTW… how is Durbin making over 2 million dollars this year? I know I wrote about this already, but come ON. He sucked!
Chase announced that he’s going to be more willing to take breaks during the season than he has been in the past. If he can do this effectively (and by that, I mean doing it to the team’s and his advantage) then I will be happy with that. Chase has a distinct history of trying to play through/hide injuries and he’s clearly a huge part of our team.
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The Yankees signed Randy Winn today, who will likely spell the end of Johnny Damon’s time with the team. I think moves like these make baseball interesting from year to year. The lost Cabrera and Damon but gained Granderson and Winn. As far as offensive production, it’s a wait-and-see game this season for the Yanks. Granderson hasn’t played on teams that are as offensively gifted as the Yankees in the past, but he’s seen production similar to Damon’s over the course of his career. The difference is that he doesn’t bat in as many runs and he hasn’t been doing that for as long. The batting average is pretty inconsistent (last year it sucked), but he does have some power in his bat. I say he could top out around 82 RBIs, but I’d probably bet on less.
Offensively, I doubt they skip a beat by losing Damon. Sure – he had a good playoffs, but I don’t think he ever made/broke a team he was on. He’s always been a ‘pretty good’ player. However, I still hate that monkey-looking motherfucker about as much as I hate Pedro Feliz. I hope he signs with some shitty ass team in the AL so I don’t have to see him too much. If he and Pedro Feliz fucked, they’d make the most monkey-looking children ever created… and we all know Pedro would deliver it.
I found this on the net... it really captures how much of a bitch Pedro is
Running down Assburn Alley, tail tucked, ready to pee the bed.
Posted by Dickie Assburn in Free Agency, General Thoughts on November 15th, 2009
Me as a dog... with a filthy ass tramp-stamp
OK – look: I’m not saying that I’m giving up on our chase for a new third-baseman, but as my ill-will for Pedro Feliz weakens, my support for the free agent crop at the position weakens as well.
Pedro Feliz isn’t too bad of a third-baseman. He plays third great defensively, and he provided 82 RBIs last year. Sure – he fucking sucks compared to the rest of our lineup, but he IS the guy that bats in the 7th hole. I have no idea where to find these stats, but if I could, I’m willing to bet that few/no other teams had a guy in the 7th spot batting in 82 guys last season.
Here’s my deal: Beltre had a terrible year power-wise and that’s what people expect out of his bat. His batting average has been equal to Pedro’s, and he’s coming off of an injury. DeRosa really is probably more suited for a bench role – he’s 35 and coming off of wrist surgery. Polanco (again) hasn’t played much 3rd base.
Here’s my problem: why must we be teased with the idea of bringing in Chone Figgins? It isn’t HAPPENING. As much as I wish it would, it can’t. Facts are that he’s an awesome third basemen and Ruben is penny pinching, so we’re not going to sign him.
The reason why Ruben isn’t making the payroll go a ton over what it was last year, in my opinion, is because in order to keep this team together going forward, we’re going to need to save up. If we’re going to keep Ryan Howard, Cliff Lee, Jayson Werth, Cole Hamels (if he turns in a ‘hey guyz jk in 09′ act next season), Shane Victorino, etc., we’re going to need to save money. Right there, you easily have at least 5 guys who could get at least 10+ million a year, long-term deals in almost any market climate. This HAS to be why Ruben’s exhibiting such prudent spending. If this isn’t why, I move on to my second theory…
Hes a greedy Jewish bastard.