tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433941530167569659.post1519489119674179309..comments2024-03-04T07:33:09.398-05:00Comments on The Phillies Room: 2012 Topps Heritage #136 Jonathan PapelbonJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06161762602291616465noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433941530167569659.post-68145253750756246542012-03-27T19:14:13.774-04:002012-03-27T19:14:13.774-04:00Clearly that was the most important game of the sp...Clearly that was the most important game of the spring. It really displayed what both teams are made of. In fact, let's just decide the world Series based on that one game.<br /><br />Don't try to figure out Papelbon. You won't do it. He can pitch, which is good since he's not so much with the talking.Section 36https://www.blogger.com/profile/18194098940017348361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433941530167569659.post-31103147005247844432012-03-27T12:40:24.060-04:002012-03-27T12:40:24.060-04:00Get well soon, Ryan. You'll never have to buy...Get well soon, Ryan. You'll never have to buy a drink in Philly again, that's for sure.<br /><br />JT, I assume you're a Reds fan? Ths injury to Madson stinks, but it could be a heck of a lot worse, like he could be in year one of a 5-year, $125 million contract and be on the shelf with a major Achilles tendon injury.<br /><br />As for Chapman, he's only making $5.4 million a year on average through 2015. (I use the term "only" in the fantasy world of baseball salaries, not that of the real world.) That's middle of the rotation money these days, not All-Star or CYA-contender money. And it's $3 million cheaper than the Reds were paying Madson to close.<br /><br />Roy Halladay and Cliff Lee had better be CYA-contending starters with their salaries. Chapman seems to me to be signed to a decent deal for the Reds, no?<br /><br />(Maybe I've been spoiled by the Phillies' largesse of late....)Steve F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00753488569249068229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6433941530167569659.post-52195751777016901762012-03-27T08:14:05.468-04:002012-03-27T08:14:05.468-04:00The Madson injury hit hard. Real hard. I hope Sean...The Madson injury hit hard. Real hard. I hope Sean Marshall can step in to fill the role, and that the Reds aren't foolish enough to try and make Chapman the closer. As much as he's taking home each week, he needs to be a starter. An All-Star starter. A Cy Young contending starter.<br /><br /><a href="http://thewritersjourney.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow">JT, The Writer's Journey</a>Jason T. Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14315887218461638379noreply@blogger.com