12.16.2010

yin yang


Pretty simple. Put a Phillies uniform on it and what do you get. The finally-over Cliff Lee saga.

In 80's teen flick terms, the Yankees wanted to take Mr. Lee home from the prom, but ended up alone. And the Phillies get their date, errr man.

So as a Mets fan, one has to feel a little ambivalent here. So he doesn't go to Yankees (YAY!) but ends up on Phils (BOO!) Anyway, not like we are in this thing to win in 2011.

Which leads me to point #2 - so it looks like (and sounds like) Mr. Alderson is prepping us for the inevitable, namely a looooong season. But the light at the end of the tunnel is a cool $60MM coming off the books for 2012. So who's available then? Lets see (just the studs):

Pujols (unless St.L locks him up first)
Fielder
Phillips
Cano (never gonna happen)
Oswalt
Wilson, CJ
Broxton
Papelbon
Carpenter
Reyes

So unless I'm missing something...what exactly are we waiting for? I would take a Cliff Lee or Carl Crawford over anybody on this list (except the Machine). So we'll have a king's ransom to spend on...nobody.

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