Looks like phillies are after getting papelbon now. At his best he is dominant and pretty sick addition to an already stacked pitching squad on philly
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Looks like phillies are after getting papelbon now. At his best he is dominant and pretty sick addition to an already stacked pitching squad on philly
good luck with that. u want papi too?
papelbon only blew two games all season but he blew the worst one possible. The LAST.
not a phillies fan. Just think its its a great addition to an already stacked pitching
they overuse they're pitching... and innings will big time pile up on papelbon
I'm from philly area, haven't been jpaying attention today, they haven't signed him have they? Last I heard they were close to a deal with Madson, Papelbon was kind of a back up. I'll be happy with either one of em.
I just seen it on espn earlier that they had agreed a 4 yr 50 mill deal. Paps has to do a medical and all that yet so its not official atm. Well thats what i gather from report
Lee and Halladay throw 130 pitches a game. Gonna catch up to them.
Cool, guess i'll have to tune in to sports talk to see whats up, thanks for info.Quote:
Originally Posted by Prawney
^^lol.. i actually found out from my grandmother. haha
Not sure if this makes Phillies pitching better, but Papelbon should do well in the National League. Papelbon is a good closer, but is too cocky for his own good. He has had his fair share of late season blowups, most recently the last game of the Red Sox's season this year. The Phillies definitely overpaid for him at $12.5 million a year for 4 years, compared to Rivera who makes $15 million a season.
I wouldnt hold the last game against him considering crawford should really have caught the ball. I would certainly want my closer to be confident and borderline over confident. You want someone who can walk in with bases loaded and have no doubt in their mind they can get the outs.Quote:
Originally Posted by CoolJakeB
Plus he doesnt play games trying get people to chase balls outta the zone. He just attacks and throws his heat and more often then not he just steamrolls people. Red sox have good pitchers who never live up to potential so it makes me think there must be a problem with the pitching coach. So papelbon going to a team that obviously has a good pitching coach we might even see more out of him than we do now.
papelbone u can have him hes on his way down
good riddins the dancin little money grubbin bitch
GO REDSOX
Im a red sox fan myself and you must be lying to yourself if you really think we are better off without papelbon.Quote:
Originally Posted by pokerpiglet
Papelbon should really help the phillies, i assume he will be closer over lidge. The only way phillies sign lidge back is for cheaper setup man.
All I have to say is the sox let him go for a reason. He hasn't been nearly as good the last couple of years as he was in the past.
The red sox didnt really let him go. They just didnt match 4 years $50mil. Since 2006 season he has had 2 years with save % under 90% and one of those was 89.1%. As a red sox fan i really dont get why people are saying he is no good as i have watched most of the games. Sure he had a bad season 2 seasons ago but has been nails every other season for the last 5 years.Quote:
Originally Posted by steveg78
The thing with papelbon is no matter what happened the previous game or how the game is going, When he walks to the mound you always believe he is gonna pull through, and he does it by just throwing heat. Not many other closers have that aura about them.
yeha very very good pictcher
Regardless of recent play, ill take him over almost any pitcher in the ninth
Red sox are definitely better without papelbon, nice chokejob against baltimore lol