Phillies Off-Season 2024-2025 (Part 2)

andyb 2025-01-09 22:29:00 UTC #1

Well it is kind of about the MLBTR estimate because this means the team has saved some cash vs the anticipated payroll (which has a big surcharge). Every dollar helps.

It is not our money. We have an older expensive team. The new Wheeler contract really set all this in motion (getting up to the top tier). DD's is making the best of this strategy.

zambonir 2025-01-09 23:28:39 UTC #2

I am just pleased to see there was no drama with Bohm or Suarez. I think both sides probably knew no good could come of it in Bohm's case. The Phillies knew he'd earned the nearly double salary both on merit and service time; at the same time Boras probably knew they could make the case against him if he tried to hold out for an extra million.

julio 2025-01-10 02:40:34 UTC #3

Siedman's article has been updated to report that Edmundo Sosa has reached agreement, at $3 million.

andyb - Jose Ruiz agreed to a $1.22 million deal some time back (last sentence in the Seidman article).

zambonir 2025-01-11 03:24:21 UTC #4

As requested by @dcsman

Funny that it worked out that way.

andyb 2025-01-14 17:50:41 UTC #5

I don't think we are quite ready for the Spring Training thread, but here are 23 non-roster invites. Most of the new faces have already been noted. Nice to see Crawford, Painter, and Miller all coming to big league camp.

https://www.mlb.com/press-release/press-release-phillies-announce-spring-training-non-roster-invitees-x1150

zambonir 2025-01-18 01:45:42 UTC #6

I'd say both this:

And this:

Worth noting here as well (though Campbell still just a minor leaguer).