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July 24 (Online): CMSWire Tweet Jam: Omnichannel Experience Challenges & Practices #CXMChat
Every marketers goal is to provide customers with a seamless experience, wherever they may be but what are the challenges marketers face when trying to communicate with their customers. It's time to look at the variety of ways to communicate and collect feedback from customers across multiple marketing channels -- and we'll be doing just that at our July Tweet Jam!
July 26 (Vancouver): WordPress WordCamp Vancouver 2014
WordCamp Vancouver 2014 will be a special developer's edition, focused on topics for those who build with WordPress. If you're a developer or designer of any level of expertise, we will have topics for you.
July 28 - 31 (Las Vegas): Sage Summit Las Vegas 2014
The trajectory of your career and your business is often determined by how well you understand and use technology. Sage Summit is the one place you can go year after year to stay at the forefront of it all.
July 29 - 30 (Silicon Valley): Silicon Valley Innovation Summit 2014
Launched in the summer of 2003, the Silicon Valley Innovation Summit is the premier annual gathering of the brightest minds and top entrepreneurs, investors, and corporate players in the Global Silicon Valley.
August Events
August 2 - 7 (Las Vegas): Black Hat USA Las Vegas 2014
The Black Hat Briefings are a series of highly technical information security conferences that bring together thought leaders from all facets of the infosec world - from the corporate and government sectors to academic and even underground researchers.
August 3 - 6 (Orlando): RetailNOW Orlando 2014
RetailNOW is the premier convention and expo for all professionals in the retail technology industry. RetailNOW is where the industry meets each year to become educated on new business trends, emerging technologies and best business practices along with exploring a diverse exhibit hall with more than 175 booths featuring the latest products in the retail technology industry.
August 5 (Boston): Road Show 2014: Content Sharing and Security Challenges Solved Boston
CIOs and IT Managers are invited to attend the Accusoft Road Show. Find out how to manage the massive task of communicating, collaborating and sharing content in today?s IT landscape using mobile viewing technology.
August 5 - 7 (Santa Clara): Flash Memory Summit Santa Clara 2014
The Flash Memory Summit is the only place where you will hear the people making these products happen! Network with companies and people that will create the next generation of hardware and software at the Flash Memory Summit.
August 5 - 6 (San Francisco): VentureBeat GrowthBeat San Francisco 2014
Analyzing big data, feeding customer data platforms, and connecting services, your site, your apps, and your ads into one giant seamless marketing machine that both fills the funnel and nurtures existing customers. But the number of marketing technology companies tripled in 2012 and tripled again in 2013 — it's a confusing mess of capability and opportunity. GrowthBeat will help you make sense of it all.
August 6 (New York): IT Roadmap Conference & Expo New York 2014
The path to a winning next-generation enterprise is clear at IT Roadmap. This is where IT leaders come to explore strategies, trends and solutions for updating their IT infrastructures for the year ahead.
August 6 (San Francisco): Cynopsis Digital Small Screen/Big Ideas Conference San Francisco 2014
The explosion of digital video, the rise of social TV tools, the introduction of new technologies and the introduction of alternative platforms make for a perfect storm. Hear from experts, startups, thought leaders, tech providers and content creators about how they reach audiences and monetize content in this new world order.
August 7 (Dallas): Data Connectors Dallas Tech-Security Conference 2014
Data Connectors' Tech Security Conferences focus on the latest tech security products and services such as email security, wireless security, network and infrastructure security, compliance, cloud computing, VoIP and networking. Our informative speaker sessions and sponsor exhibits help you keep up with the ever changing Information Security industry.
August 7 - 8 (Mumbai): 7th Annual Rural Marketing: The Next Big Revolution Mumbai
This 7th Annual Strategic Rural Marketing intensive conference is a one stop shop that is going to accelerate your rural expansion journey by presenting the major contributors in our rural arena. Use this opportunity to find alternative strategies and keep up with the rural victory through various ideas and techniques presented by our key experts.
August 10 - 12 (New York): Affiliate Summit East - New York 2014
Affiliate Summit was founded by Missy Ward and Shawn Collins in 2003 for the purpose of providing educational sessions on the latest industry issues and fostering a productive networking environment for affiliate marketers.Attendees at Affiliate Summit events break out into five main categories: agencies, affiliates, merchants, networks, and vendors.
August 11 (San Francisco): PR News' SEO Boot Camp San Francisco
Join PR News on August 11 at the Westin Francisco for a one-day boot camp that will immerse you in the latest best practices in search engine optimization. You'll walk away with action items you can immediately put to use to make your content -- and your brand -- competitive in the crowded digital ecosystem.
August 11 - 14 (San Diego): Gartner Catalyst Conference San Diego 2014
Catalyst explores cutting-edge ideas, current challenges as well as emerging technologies that are shaping today's and tomorrow's enterprise. Catalyst Conference is renowned for its attendee-driven agenda, high-profile speakers, in-depth content and fiercely independent point of view.
August 11 - 14 (Philadelphia): eTail East 2014
Launched in 1999, eTail is the premier online and multi-channel retail conference dedicated to supporting the growth of the retail industry by facilitating high-level networking opportunities and providing leading industry knowledge.
August 11 - 14 (San Francisco): ClickZ Live San Francisco 2014
ClickZ Live provides marketing professionals, brand advertisers, agencies, and business leaders with the knowledge and tools needed to traverse the dynamic digital landscape. Designed for you by industry innovators, our instructional program will meet your needs whatever your experience level. Receive unparalleled education, network with peers, and achieve results!
August 11 - 15 (Redmond): TechMentor Conference Redmond 2014
Join us at the Microsoft Campus in Redmond, WA for TechMentor 2014: Datacenter Edition! In this special TechMentor, we're focused entirely on making your server and management infrastructure more modern, more capable, and more manageable.
August 12 (San Francisco): Social Media 20/20 Summit San Francisco 2014
Join PR News in beautiful San Francisco on Aug. 12 for its Social Media 20/20 Summit, where you'll learn from those brands and communicators that see where the social economy is headed. The PR News' Social Media 20/20 Summit is the one conference that ties together the bedrock skills communicators have always excelled in with the social sharing strategies and tactics that have proven to be successful for the smartest brands.
August 12 (San Jose): Road Show 2014: Content Sharing and Security Challenges Solved San Jose
CIOs and IT Managers are invited to attend the Accusoft Road Show. Find out how to manage the massive task of communicating, collaborating and sharing content in today's IT landscape using mobile viewing technology.
August 14 (Washington): Data Connectors Washington Tech-Security Conference 2014
The Washington DC Tech-Security Conference features 25-30 vendor exhibits and several industry experts discussing current tech-security issues such as email security, VoIP, LAN security, wireless security, USB drives security & more.
August 14 (San Francisco): Road Show 2014: Content Sharing and Security Challenges Solved San Francisco
CIOs and IT Managers are invited to attend the Accusoft Road Show. Find out how to manage the massive task of communicating, collaborating and sharing content in today's IT landscape using mobile viewing technology.
August 14 - 15 (New York): LeadsCon New York 2014
Founded in 2007, LeadsCon showcases the best people and companies in vertical media and direct-response marketing. 5000+ people rely each year on LeadsCon for unparalleled insights and access to marketing leaders. Those who desire accountability in their marketing spend and have results-driven marketing objectives -- from per click to per inquiry.
August 16 - 17 (Montreal): WordCamp Montreal 2014
WordCamp is a conference that focuses on everything WordPress. WordCamps are informal, community-organized events that are put together by WordPress users like you. Everyone from casual users to core developers participate, share ideas, and get to know each other.
August 17 - 19 (San Antonio): XChange San Antonio 2014
In order to succeed, solution providers must provide unparalleled value to all of the influencers in this user-centric world to help business leaders innovate and deliver positive outcomes. Join us at XChange to deepen your understanding of dynamic IT trends such as cloud, the business of IT, collaboration, data center and storage, networking, virtualization, security, mobility and connectivity.
August 18 - 20 (New York): Customer Service Experience Conference New York 2014
The Customer Service Experience conference, co-located with the ever-growing CRM Evolution and SpeechTEK conferences, is the answer to your thirst for knowledge about customer service.
August 18 - 20 (New York): CRM Evolution Conference & Exhibition New York 2014
The combination of keynotes, Sunrise Discussions, presentations, and panels is designed to maximize not just what you need to be thinking about when it comes customer engagement, but also what the specific areas - such as analytics, social media, salesforce automation, marketing automation, and/or customer service - have to offer.
August 19 - 20 (Boston): MarTech 2014 Boston
We are thrilled to announce the launch of MarTech: The Marketing Tech Conference -- a conference designed expressly for you, leaders at the intersection of marketing, strategy, and technology.
August 19 - 21 (San Jose): NoSQL NOW! San Jose 2014
The fourth annual NoSQL Now! Conference is the largest vendor-neutral forum focused on NoSQL (Not Only SQL) technologies.
August 19 - 21 (San Jose): Semantic Technology & Business Conference San Jose 2014
The Semantic Technology & Business Conference (#SemTechBiz) turns 10 this year! Co-located with NoSQL Now! Conference, SemTechBiz provides an outstanding opportunity for attendees from around the world to gather, share experiences and do business.
August 20 - 22 (Chicago): CloudOpen North America 2014
CloudOpen is the only event providing an education and collaboration space designed specifically to advance the open cloud. It is a conference celebrating and gathering together the open source projects, products, technologies and companies who comprise the cloud and are driving the cloud and big data ecosystems today and tomorrow.
August 21 (Online): CMSWire Tweet Jam: Social Business - Work as a Network #SocBizChat
Mark your calendars for our August Tweet Jam and stay tuned for more details as they become available!
August 23 - 29 (New York): Usability Week New York 2014
NN/g's Usability Week helps you get up to speed on user experience best practices so you can create successful interfaces.
August 25 (San Francisco): Thinking Big: The Evolution of Tech Ed San Francisco 2014
Are you in the know? Join us at Rackspace and get ready to see if you or your startup stands up to what the market wants.
August 25 - 26 (Sydney): Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit Sydney 2014
This year's Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit shows you how to find the balance between enabling your organization to move forward against its objectives while also protecting it, your customers and employees, so you can have faster business process and improved ROI.
August 25 - 27 (Chicago): An Event Apart Chicago 2014
An Event Apart Chicago is an intensely educational learning session for passionate practitioners of standards-based web design. If you care about code as well as content, usability as well as design, An Event Apart is the conference you've been waiting for.
August 25 - 28 (San Francisco): VMWorld San Francisco 2014
The value of virtualization and cloud technology has never been greater. From the data center to the device, VMworld 2014 provides the essential tools and training to deliver real business value back to your organization. In the midst of a dramatic shift to the mobile-cloud era, VMworld can help you shape your software-defined enterprise, radically simplifying IT while delivering services at the speed of today's business.
August 26 - 29 (Sydney): UX Australia 2014
The two days of main conference presentations (on 28-29 August) will cover a wide range of UX topics, from practical case studies to new approaches to how UX fits in an organisation. All presentations will be given by people with a ton of experience in their topic (though they may be new to conference speaking).
September Events
September 1 - 4 (Berlin): MobileTech Conference 2014 Berlin
Learn all about innovative business models, protifieren from insider knowledge about established and latest technologies, get to know the interfaces from which you can benefit the most, and explore markets in the enterprise and consumer environment.
September 1 - 4 (Singapore): 17th Annual Shared Services and Outsourcing Week Asia 2014
Taking place from 1–4 September 2014 in Singapore, the event focuses not only on the operational and transactional challenges but brings out the forefront of Shared Services innovation such as rise of the GBS Revolution, Data Analytics & the Cloud and C-Suite's view of SSO.
September 2 (London): Intranet Now Conference London 2014
A mixture of set agenda 20/25 minute talks, plus lots of five minute slots for 'lightning talks' and time and space for unconference style group discussions.
September 2 - 4 (San Francisco): How Tomorrow Works Conference San Francisco 2014
Cloud and mobile are exploding. Everything is going online. People are working from everywhere. Enterprise software is learning from consumer technology. And, businesses function in completely different ways. So what's next? Find out at BoxWorks, the industry-leading annual cloud conference from Box.
September 4 - 5 (Buenos Aires): Sustainable Brands '14 Buenos Aires
Brands that broaden their role within society and redesign the way they deliver value are recognizing the economic, environmental and social benefits that result. This newest community event in South America is yet another opportunity to connect with like-minded professionals.
September 8 - 9 (London): Enterprise 2.0 Summit London 2014
The Enterprise 2.0 SUMMIT is a yearly event organized by Kongress Media since 2008. It is set up as a unique learning experience for Enterprise 2.0 and Social Business experts and practioneers in Europe.
September 8 - 10 (Las Vegas): Sitecore Symposium Las Vegas 2014
If you care about customer experience, you need to experience Sitecore Symposium 2014 Las Vegas. Scheduled for September 8–10 at the Aria Resort & Casino, the fourth Symposium offers education and inspiration to help you engage, win, and retain customers for life.
September 8 - 10 (Orlando): Gartner IT Financial, Procurement & Asset Management Summit Orlando 2014
This summit pulls together and creates a setting for the IT financial, procurement, vendor and asset management community to connect and share ideas, experiences and best practices on the latest topics.


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Golub Capital BDC Inc. Class BDividend Yield: 7.30% Golub Capital BDC Inc. Class B (NASDAQ: GBDC) shares currently have a dividend yield of 7.30%. Golub Capital BDC, Inc. is a business development company and operates as an externally managed closed-end non-diversified management investment company. It invests in debt and minority equity investments in middle-market companies that are, in most cases, sponsored by private equity investors. The company has a P/E ratio of 12.96. The average volume for Golub Capital BDC Inc. Class B has been 289,700 shares per day over the past 30 days. Golub Capital BDC Inc. Class B has a market cap of $583.6 million and is part of the financial services industry. Shares are up 7.1% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. TheStreet Ratings rates Golub Capital BDC Inc. Class B as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, solid stock price performance, compelling growth in net income, good cash flow from operations and expanding profit margins. Although the company may harbor some minor weaknesses, we feel they are unlikely to have a significant impact on results. Highlights from the ratings report include:
- The revenue growth greatly exceeded the industry average of 4.7%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues rose by 48.8%. This growth in revenue appears to have trickled down to the company's bottom line, improving the earnings per share.
- The stock has not only risen over the past year, it has done so at a faster pace than the S&P 500, reflecting the earnings growth and other positive factors similar to those we have cited here. Turning our attention to the future direction of the stock, it goes without saying that even the best stocks can fall in an overall down market. However, in any other environment, this stock still has good upside potential despite the fact that it has already risen in the past year.
- The net income growth from the same quarter one year ago has significantly exceeded that of the S&P 500 and the Capital Markets industry. The net income increased by 50.5% when compared to the same quarter one year prior, rising from $6.19 million to $9.32 million.
- Net operating cash flow has increased to -$72.53 million or 24.88% when compared to the same quarter last year. In addition, GOLUB CAPITAL BDC INC has also vastly surpassed the industry average cash flow growth rate of -121.89%.
- The gross profit margin for GOLUB CAPITAL BDC INC is rather high; currently it is at 67.20%. Regardless of GBDC's high profit margin, it has managed to decrease from the same period last year. Despite the mixed results of the gross profit margin, GBDC's net profit margin of 50.82% significantly outperformed against the industry.
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"Dumbphone" of the season: Vodafone 555 Blue
Posted by: Mobile Kugel on Aug 30, 2011
Tagged in: vodafone 555 blue , south africa , Smartphone , qwerty , nexus s , lower income groups , Facebook , edge , dumbphone , Data , cost , cheap , blackberry , application , adsl , 3G , 2.5g
Yes, I know the general term for WAP enabled phones these days is "smartphone", but after doing some research on the Vodafone 555 Blue, I had to borrow the term "dumbphone" from Tech Crunch's Chris Velazco.
While there have been other Facebook phones, this latest feature phone claims to take Facebook integration to the next level on pay as you go (PAYG) phones.
The reality is 555 Blue was launched about two years too late. In South Africa, the BlackBerry phenomenon has become a force to be reckoned with.
Internationally, the amount of smartphones on the market is so plentiful that it is difficult to compete with among many other aspects, great camera quality, sexy (Facebook) apps, speedy processors and decent internet connection.
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My initial thoughts
Two words.
Oy Vaysmeer.
This phone is so run of the mill I don't even know how one would articulate it at the front desk of a Vodacom store.
"Um hi there, can I please have a look at the Vodafone 5-5-5 Blue."
Or is it, "Hi there, can I look at the triple 5 Blue please."
I get the 'Blue' bit, it is the Facebook brand colour but the 555 conjures up the possibility of some evil numerology aligning with bad luck or death. Similar to being named Apple by your parents, it's just unfortunate.
From a user point of view, it is clear that for the privileged few in South Africa who have average to great internet access from our mobile phones and 3G or ADSL at home on our desktop/laptop/tablet computers, this feature phone is not worth a consideration.
But this phone was not made for the privileged, the app lovers or tech geeks.
Rather it will do well to cater for an audience made up of 16-25 year olds who want to be connected without the monthly cost or to lower income groups. It will also do well for those who don't know the difference between EDGE and 3G.
In this sense, the phone will most likely take off in poorer regions. 555 Blue may have been initially built to compete in the mainstream mobile market, but it is a perfect match for those in poor countries who cannot afford cell phone contracts and high data costs but still want to be connected their social networks.
All in all the Vodafone 555 Blue seems to have inherited a slow processor, poor camera quality and an average interface design. If you really wanted to find a redeeming feature, one could argue that its body is kinda sexy with its silver-and-white matt plastic casing, it is sneakily suggestive of the previous Facebook phones, the Salsa and Cha Cha later renamed HTC Status.
So why chose the Vodafone 555 Blue?
It's cheap/affordable/economical.
With a R749 price tag attached to the prepaid deal and R99 per month for Top Up99 Vodacom 4 Less contract customers, it is an appealing option for those PAYG users who are either content with 2.5 G data speeds or blissfully ignorant all together.
- 2.5G data speeds which means you will fall asleep and have a dream before a picture loads.
- runs on Vodafone's proprietary operating system
- 6.1 cm screen with 320 x 240 pixels so not great viewing quality
- QWERTY keypad with a blue Facebook "customizable" button
- Offers integrated messaging, with Facebook messages appearing in the same stream as SMS's and emails
- Single button photo sharing allows the handset to upload photos directly to Facebook
- Micro-SD card slot
- Earphone jack
- No 3G or Wi-Fi connectivity which means that the user is relying on 2.5G/EDGE.
- 2 megapixel camera, like my BlackBerry Curve 8520 and I abhor taking photo's with it because of the poor quality. Don't even think about taking pictures once the sun starts descending, you may as well remember the memory for what is was and get over it or use a digital camera.
- The social network runs from the moment the phone is switched on. The phone's home screen offers Facebook's "What's on your mind?" bar. So it is like a giant mobile Facebook app, but with little room to make a call, send an sms etc.
- It also synchronises Facebook friends' profiles in the phone's address book and any messages the user receives on Facebook appear in the handset's inbox alongside text messages and email.
555 Blue vs. Nexus S
By bringing out Vodafone 555 Blue, Facebook is walking in the opposite direction to Google, its rival for internet dominance, with their Android based Nexus S which caters for a high end user. If this is a competition of the devices then it's like comparing the performance between Arsenal vs. Man United on Sunday night (28/08/11). You can't.
The Nexus offers a 1GHz Hummingbird processor, front and rear facing cameras and 16 gigabytes of internal memory.
According to Enzo Scarcella, the Managing Executive of Marketing at Vodacom, there are currently 4.1 million Facebook users in South Africa. The company will be successful in providing emerging markets with access to the world's largest social networking site but I remain with a question and maybe you could answer it.
Will this phone offer the user a decent Facebook experience?


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Hispanic-Americans have been basking this summer in the glow of Sonia Sotomayor, the judge sworn in last week as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the first member of their community on the High Court. They may be kvelling 77 years too late, some mavens say. Following Sotomayor's nomination by President Obama in May, and the immediate ethnic bragging rights, some Jewish historians put forth the claim that Benjamin Cardozo, the second Jewish justice on the Supreme Court, was also the court's first member of Hispanic heritage – although the term Hispanic was not in common usage when Cardozo served from 1932-38. Born and raised in New York City, Cardozo was the grandson of Jews who had migrated to the United States from England before the Revolutionary War and were descended from families, who, according to tradition, had fled Portugal during the Inquisition. His forebears were founders of Congregation Shearith Israel, the Spanish and Portuguese synagogue in Manhattan; Cardozo, who served a distinguished 18-year tenure on the New York Court of Appeals and was named to the Supreme Court by President Hoover, considered himself an agnostic-but-identified Jew. "He was identified with the Sephardic community," says Rabbi Mitchell Serels, spiritual leader of Magen David Sephardic Congregation in Scarsdale and former director of Yeshiva University's Sephardic Studies Program. Members of the Sephardic community consider Cardozo – cousin of the poet Emma Lazarus – Hispanic as well, but haven't taken up his cause since Sotomayor's nomination. "No one wants to take away from Sotomayor's day in the sun," Rabbi Serels says. Jewish and Hispanic? "We don't hold that they're mutually exclusive," he says. "You can be Hispanic and be Jewish." Sotomayor's background is Puerto Rican; Cardozo's putative Portuguese roots aren't clearly in the Hispanic sphere, according to some Hispanic leaders. Claims of Cardozo's ethnic precedents "doesn't take away from the accomplishments of Sotomayor," Rabbi Serels says. The Ladino dialect spoken by many Sephardic Jews is a form of Spanish. To offer congratulations, Ladino speakers say "Para bien" – may it be good, the rabbi says. "It's Spanish too. That's what we wish Sotomayor."
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Be careful...they may be outside your door!
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This isn't surprising at all. I also agree that the sponsors need to be charged with something. If the kids ran away then that needed to be reported to law enforcement and that would be different. But with this many just not showing up its almost a blatant slap in the face to our legal system. If they break these laws they obviously don't care about our other laws.


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Jeremiah Wright's controversial sermons have created a huge media buzz concerning race in America. Most of us have heard nothing else on the cable news networks for nearly two weeks running. Last week I sat in the green room of the Lehrer News Hour preparing to discuss Wright's theology and the role of the church to bring healing to the race problem in our nation. The segment just before me featured the head of the Pew Research Center.
The Pew representative stated surprising results from their survey conducted from March 19-22. Although 35% of voters cited that their opinion of Barak Obama has grown less favorable and most voters were offended by Wright's comment, the debacle had somehow not undermined the support of the Obama faithful. He has maintained a 39 to 49 percent advantage over Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination. The turning point for Senator Obama was his nationally televised speech on race. The speech distinctly stopped his political bleeding. Pew concluded that the speech was positively received by his base. In addition, both Clinton and McCain supporters also gave Obama high marks for the speech. While many believe that Jeremiah Wright's sermons will come to haunt Senator Obama in the general election, the Senator seems to have dodged a bullet.
As I mused on the dynamic changes occurring in American culture, I could not help thinking that many racial "absolutes" are shifting dramatically. Let's take a moment to think about 5 absolutes that may be changing.
Sunday brunch and "mall patrol" are becoming part of many unchurched American's routines. Sunday is often a leisure/ outing time for the secular community. Increasingly places like Georgetown and Tyson's Corner in the Washington, DC area are awash with a multi-racial group of "mallers." Additionally, mega churches are actively attempting to integrate the pews. White churches no longer have an invisible "no blacks wanted" sign hung over their doors. The integration of congregations is not just being led by white pastors. In 1981, I was one of the first black preachers in America to lead a predominately white congregation.
What was novel in those years, is becoming more and more common place today.
As my co-author and I searched the dusty pages of income data by race in preparing our new book (Personal Faith, Public Policy), we were shocked at how close salaries actually are. Black PhDs actually make more money on average than their white counterparts, while black bachelor degree holders make less than 9 percent fewer dollars than whites.
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Dec 14, 2010, 3:27 PM EST
Wait, Cliff Lee signed with … the Phillies? For only five years?
That kind of came out of nowhere, huh? (Not that anyone saw Jayson Werth coming to Washington for seven years, of course.)
Still, the news that broke early this morning was quite a punch to the gut. For the Yankees, who assumed their money would trump all else. For the Rangers, who thought they had a good chance of keeping Lee. And, of course, for the Nationals, who never honestly believed they were going to land the top prize on the free agent market but also never thought they'd lose out to their NL East nemesis.
It's one thing to lose the Cliff Lee Derby. It's quite another to lose it to those reviled Phillies, who have ruled this division for four years now and show no signs of surrendering their place anytime soon.
Honestly, how are the Nationals (or the Braves, Marlins or Mets) supposed to compete with a rotation of Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee, Roy Oswalt and Cole Hamels? Any one of those four pitchers would start Opening Day for probably 20 other major-league clubs. Never mind the All-Star lineup of Jimmy Rollins, Placido Polanco, Chase Utley,Read more »
- Steve M. - Dec 14, 2010 at 3:31 PM
The Nats need to stick with their plan of upgrading. The Phillies now have to move Blanton so they don't financially implode. Any injury to one of their big arms and they are sunk.
- Anonymous - Dec 14, 2010 at 3:39 PM
Philly is going all in. They probably have a 3-4 year window because after 2013 they will be an old team. They see their window and are taking their best shot. Too bad the Lerners wouldn't spend in years past. Guys like Lee want to win now. Not in 2-4 years.
- Phil dunn - Dec 14, 2010 at 3:41 PM
The only plus I see in this is that the Phillies have become an old team at nearly every position. It's going to take some very deep pockets to keep their ponzi like scheme going for more than another year or so.
- Carl in 309 - Dec 14, 2010 at 3:45 PM
Shock and awe from South Broad Street–I guess we knew that Philadelphia wasn't going to go quietly into the night (at least some of us get to enjoy watching the Yankees take a hit to their over-sized gut).The Phillies will certainly have the starting rotation to envy throughout MLB. But as Keith Law, ESPN, wrote in the wee hours this morning, the Phillies are not bullet proof on offense. Their team is aging and a couple key members of that offense have had injury problems (were only we to have some of these "problems," I concede, the Nationals would be better off still!).Whatever happens this year, the Nats need first to be competitive in overall division play–after all, as the Red Sox have proven, appearing in the playoffs can be about being the second best in the strongest division. So it isn't so much that we need to beat the Phillies 10 out of 18 times (much as I would dearly love that) but whether we can consistently beat Atlanta, New York, and Florida–and that is looking promising (if we can just fill a couple more holes in our line-up!).And let's let someone else compete for Mr. Blanton. One Jason Marquis is definitely enough!
- Bowdenball - Dec 14, 2010 at 3:48 PM
Let's not get carried away. This announcement basically locks away the NL East for two years. The Nats didn't expect to contend in 2011 anyway, so no loss there. So essentially this probably reduces the number of playoff spots available to the Nats in 2012 from 2 to 1.After that? Consider the Phillies' state of affairs for 2013 and beyond.Oswalt and Halladay will turn 36 that season, Cliff Lee will turn 35. I'd be surprised if more than one of them maintains anything close to their current performance level at that age.Hamels will be a free agent, and possibly gone considering their current payroll obligations. If he stays, it's because he's fallen off and can be had on the cheap. Either way it's a loss for the 2013 Phils. Same goes for Rollins, who will likely be leaving after this coming season. Utley will be a 35 year old free agent. Expensive, and likely having rapidly declining production. Victorino will also be a free agent and will be 33. Ibanez, same deal.There is nothing special in their farm system. They were ranked 17th last year, and that assumed that Domonic Brown was a stud and that the prospects they got back from Cliff Lee were good … neither of those things appears to be the case thus far. They'll likely be towards the rear of the rankings when they come out next year.What this is, is an all-in for the Phils in 2011 and 2012, and possibly in 2013 if they get REALLY lucky in the fight against Father Time and pick up some spare parts. After that, the Phillies dynasty is over. Just in time to make way for the Zimmerman/Strasburg/Harper/Zimmermann Nats.And if you think the Phils will find a way to restock because their front office is so great, consider this: They traded away Cliff Lee in 2009 and got nothing in return except some faltering prospects. In exchange, they had to bid on him in the open market, probably costing themselves tens of millions over the cost of re-upping with him in 2009, and now have to ship their first round pick to the Rangers this year as well. Not really the savvy forward-thinking moves of an organization that is planning for the future.
- upperdeck4 - Dec 14, 2010 at 3:51 PM
I wouldn't worry about Blanton. It appears that he's going to the Bostons.
- Pete - Dec 14, 2010 at 3:51 PM
- NatsJack in Florida - Dec 14, 2010 at 3:54 PM
Bowdenball… Excellent analysis… The Phillies realize that they have this limited window and HAVE TO WIN at least one World Series in the next two seasons for it to be considered a success. After that, the bottom falls out.
- Doc - Dec 14, 2010 at 3:57 PM
There's no FA pitchers out there, beyond the Joe Blanton types, and we don't need any more of those kind of retreads and has-beens. As you say Mark, 'been there-done that' with Marquis.Besides Rizzo's success with trading/signing MLB experienced starting pitching talent, is comprable to the Mendoza line of hitting! Joe Blanton can win games for the Phillies, maytbe, but not too many other teams.Trading for Greinke and/or Garza, all the Nats will be doing is creating holes in other parts of the lineup.This should be the era of develop, develop, develop for the Nats. The Phillies' position players are starting to show their age, and as expperiencd as their STs are, their stats will soon start to ressemble this year's Yankee staff. The stats of regression to the mean will soon kick in.
- DCJohn - Dec 14, 2010 at 3:57 PM
Let's assume we are NOT going to get that top flight starter. So, let's do the next best thing and make the effort to improve our defense by signing a grade A first baseman who is a great glove. Our starters pitch to contact and we now have three guys in the infield with great range. Need that fourth glove. Also, need Nyger Morgan to realize that he can be the league's MVP, if he can channel his emotions. He certainly has the intelligence and athletic ability to be MVP. Lastly, we need an authentic closer. The challenge is to play smarter, keep the games close, and let our bull pen pull it out. We're closer to winning than we realize.
- JD - Dec 14, 2010 at 3:59 PM
Bowdenball; Good analysis. There is nothing wrong with going all in when you have an aging team with no great prospect of maintaining the same level of play beyond their current crop of regulars. The danger in their strategy is that there is great potential for them to have multiple regulars on the DL for long stretches. They should win the east easily regardless because of the relative weakness of all the other teams but when their window closes they will still have huge contracts to swallow which in turn could keep them on the bottom for many years.
- pdowdy83 - Dec 14, 2010 at 4:00 PM
I'm glad to see other people aren't going off the deep end on here. I really thought the commenst were going to be doom and gloom today. Really like everyone else has said, this is a move that doesn't hurt us but so much this year. We are probably looking at 75 wins this year, maybe 78,79. If we play well again against the braves and mets and can even things out against the marlins we will still be respectable within the division. Add a firstbasemen and see if you can trade Willingham and Clippard to the Rays for Sheilds and maybe Zobrist. This would give us a pitcher who is solid with big game experience and some lineup flexibility and insurance if espinosa isn't ready. Maybe we have to kick in some cash but I think that might be a pretty fair trade.
- Tcostant - Dec 14, 2010 at 4:04 PM
All in all I think this is good for baseball. Lee went somewhere he liked before and showed the Yankees that you shouldn't spit on players wifes, as this cab hurt your free agent overturns.I never really viewed the Nationals as real contenters the next two years, so this will make the Nationals try hard to get ahead. The Phils cliff (no punn intended) seems to be about 2013-2014, based on these aging player in the post steroids era.
- Anonymous - Dec 14, 2010 at 4:07 PM
The Phillies covet Willingham…the Nats need a pitcher and a first baseman…and lefty bat. I believe Philly has a stud first base prospect that is blocked by Howard. Look for the Nats to make a deal for either Blanton or Kendrick which includes swallowing Ibanez's contract but getting the Phils first base prospect (and Blanton/Ibanez). This kind of deal could include Clippard or another relief pitcher the phils would need.
- HHover - Dec 14, 2010 at 4:12 PM
Let's not get carried away Mark–Blanton is no ace, as you say, but he's better than Marquis. His peripherals (Ks and BBs/9) are better, and his 2010 xFIP was much better than his ERA–4.06 vs. 4.92. That doesn't make him a top of the rotation guy, but it makes him better than Marquis, and equal to or better than many of the other pitchers whom we've heard linked to the Nats. Blanton's core 2010 #s are in the same ballpark as Pavano's, and he's 5 yrs younger. And the Phillies are reportedly prepared to eat part of Blanton's contract.None of that may matter, since the Red Sox appear to have the inside track on Blanton. The Nats may sign someone cheaper, but they're not likely to sign someone better.
- Feel Wood - Dec 14, 2010 at 4:18 PM
"Those dreams of a 2012 pennant race in D.C. — with Stephen Strasburg, Jordan Zimmermann, Ryan Zimmerman, Jayson Werth and maybe even Bryce Harper leading the way — just became a lot tougher to visualize."Who needs a pennant race? There's still a wild card race. Maybe even two of them by 2012. Just ask the Marlins (twice), the 2000 Mets, the 2002 Giants, the 2004 Red Sox, the 2005 Astros, the 2006 Tigers or the 2007 Rockies if you need to win a pennant chase to end up in the World Series.
- Anonymous - Dec 14, 2010 at 4:24 PM
"Also, need Nyger Morgan to realize that he can be the league's MVP, if he can channel his emotions."Will this be before or after all the swine in the world go airborne?
- N. Cognito - Dec 14, 2010 at 4:30 PM
Feel Wood said… "Who needs a pennant race? There's still a wild card race."The wild card race is part of the pennant race.
- Steveospeak - Dec 14, 2010 at 4:34 PM
I don't know Mark, if they are basically giving Blanton away I don't have a problem with the Nats adding him. He has never had a WAR under 1.9. And he actually pitched well in Citizen's Bank Park (though for some reason did worse on the road). He is far from an ace, but he is an upgrade over most of the Nats #3's. He might be a slightly better Marquis, but the Nats need that. Next year both Marquis and Livan will be free agents and there aren't any better options on the open market next year.If the Nats don't need to give up anything significant, then I'm alright getting Blanton.
- Anonymous - Dec 14, 2010 at 4:40 PM
Lots of good analysis this morning… I'm joining those of you who are arguing against trading prospects and young developing talent for top-shelf pitching. But I also agree with those of you who want a good 1B and as good a pitcher as the Nats can get for a resonable price. I would love to see them sign LaRoche (1B). I think the pressure will be on to do just that now (upgrade offense). But I would also argue for signing Pavano even if that means more years and money than the Nats would ordinarily devote to a SP like that (age, ability, etc.). An example: if the transmission goes out on my truck, I have two options. I either to pay to have it fixed, or I walk. If the Nats don't acquire Pavano, they're walking. If they do the reasonable thing and fix the problem, they pay for the fix. I think Pavano is the bridge to 2012 (Strasburg's return and maturing talent). He just hit the jackpot thanks to Lee and our situation. Go for LaRoche and Pavano. Pay for the fix. That is just one opinion, not the Gospel. I hope what I have said is building on what the rest of you have said so well.fpcsteve
- The Great Unwashed - Dec 14, 2010 at 4:43 PM
DC John,Nyjer Morgan does not have the intelligence to be an MVP, as he routinely gets picked off first, doesn't make good reads on balls hit in front of him, and also routinely misses the cutoff man. On top of that, he's not a good hitter and can't even work the count. That doesn't sound like an MVP to me.Having said that, the Phillies know they have an aging line up and their strategy has shifted toward winning with pitching. The Giants are doing the same thing with younger pitchers but the mindset is the same. I think this will be a good formula for the Phillies for probably three years or so.And no to a Blanton trade. The Nats have too many 4-5 starters as it is.
- Kenz aFan - Dec 14, 2010 at 4:51 PM
Unless you mean Jonathan Singleton, who's playing in A ball, the Phillies don't have anyone in their system that's currently being blocked by Howard.The Phillies wont eat most of Ibanez contract, because doing so would defeat the purpose of them trading him. Remember, they want to save money to better be able to afford Lee's contract. Their payroll is now almost $170 million, and they have 8 players earning $10 million plus. Also, why would the Nats want to acquire a player who will turn 39 next season?If the Phillies want anyone to eat a contract, they will have to give up at least two top prospects in the deal to make it worthwhile for whichever team they trade with.
- Anonymous - Dec 14, 2010 at 4:53 PM
"I think Pavano is the bridge to 2012 (Strasburg's return and maturing talent)"The Nats can't assume Strasburg will be back as an SP in 2012. They need to build a team that can succeed without Strasburg, putting all the eggs in the Stras basket got the team in its current situation.
- Jimmy - Dec 14, 2010 at 4:53 PM
Well, when the Phillies come to town and we (the Nats) wearing the same uniform, we can dream and think we are cheering our team!
- pdowdy83 - Dec 14, 2010 at 5:02 PM
Ken, I think he meant we'd have to swallow Ibanez's contract, not the Phils. Though you are correct on them not really having a blocked prospect at 1b.
- Feel Wood - Dec 14, 2010 at 5:06 PM
"The wild card race is part of the pennant race."Not exactly. If a team such as the Phillies gets off to an incredibly hot first 2/3rds of the season, there could conceivably be no pennant race at all in the NL East. But depending on the records of teams who are in pennant races in the the other divisions, a second NL East team could be in the wildcard race to the very end without ever being in a pennant race. It may seem like a matter of semantics, but there's a reason you don't see pennants flying in stadiums saying "Wild Card Winner". The pennant and the wild card are two different things.
- Section 215 Row A - Dec 14, 2010 at 5:06 PM
It's nice to be positive about the Phillies aging but our big FA acquisition ain't gonna be any younger in 2 years either. The most encouraging news is to take a look at history of $100 million pitcher signings. Adam Kilgore has an interesting breakdown in the Nationals Journal today.
- raymitten - Dec 14, 2010 at 5:07 PM
I think Lee helps the Phillies less than any other team. What's the difference between Lee and Blanton…5 to 7 games? This really doesn't affect the Nats except for the swagger of the ignorant visiting masses from the Delaware Valley. I'd rather have Werth than Lee, I think his presence will affect more games positively for the Nats than Lee will for the Phillies. Bowdenball did an excellent analysis of their lineup. What is refreshing is that Lee left $40 mil on the table to pitch where he wanted to be. I wish Adam Dunn would have left a 4th year ($14 mil) on the table to return to where he professed he wanted to be.
- raymitten - Dec 14, 2010 at 5:09 PM
I should add that I am relieved that the Nats didn't get Lee at the price it would have taken to get him here. He seems primed for a rapid decline. Ask the Giants.
- Slidell - Dec 14, 2010 at 5:15 PM
The picture is fairly clear— Rizzo should labor in the vineyards the next 2 years; build up the weak spots while maintaining our strengths, with the objective of having the team ready to be meaningful by 2013.I too say "no" to Blanton. Also, I am hopeful that Nyjer will be a fading memory by then.
- JD - Dec 14, 2010 at 5:18 PM
No way this Philly team's window is 3 years; there is no one not named Dominic Brown who is under 30; Rollins and Utley spent huge chunks of time on the DL last year with injuries that may as well be called 'aging'. When you add Polanco, Howard, Ibanez and Victorino to this senior citizen mix you have to figure that they will be exceedingly lucky to play any stretch of games with their full 'A' lineup. They should easily be good enough to win the NL east because of their rotation but between Oswal, Halladay and Lee what's the over/under on DL time? what are the odds of at least one arm (elbow,Shoulder) injury? On top of all of that players don't get better in their mid 30's so there is absolute certainty that the team will decline quickly. I put their window of opportunity at 1 to 2 years.
- Section 223 - Dec 14, 2010 at 5:18 PM
I certainly don't mind a trade for good starting pitching, but he better be on the right side of 30. If not, rent Pavano for an extra year. It's only money (and not mine, though the New Castle concession does mangage to get its fair share). Go an extra year on LaRoche as well. Again, only money. We can always flip them when we need to.
- NatinBeantown - Dec 14, 2010 at 5:19 PM
You are all wrong. Matt Stairs puts us over the top.
- NatinBeantown - Dec 14, 2010 at 5:26 PM
Has the "expert consensus" ever been this wrong about how the FA market would play out? Werth to Boston (nope, Nats). Crawford to Anaheim (nope, Boston). Lee to New York (nope, Philly). It's been pretty hilarious to watch the news and then the rationalization/spin by the Rosenthals of the world, who really are just spitting out "content."
- Bowdenball - Dec 14, 2010 at 5:28 PM
Section 215 Row A:Obviously you're right that Werth will be old by the time the Phils start to show their age. The difference is that we have a ton of under-30 talent to supplement Werth as he ages. I think even a Phillies fan would agree that the Nats have far more young talent than the Phils. So it basically becomes a waiting game. We wait and hope that both teams age rapidly, with our youngsters improving while their 32 and up team deteriorates. They dominate the NL East in 2011 and probably 2012 and then search for the Fountain of Youth.
- Section 223 - Dec 14, 2010 at 5:29 PM
Well, Stairs is four years younger than Jamie Moyer.
- Sunderland - Dec 14, 2010 at 5:32 PM
Bowdenball, kudos for the nice post.HHover, taking Marquis's 2010 and comapring it to anything is unfair and unrealistic. DCJohn "Also, need Nyger Morgan to realize that he can be the league's MVP, if he can channel his emotions. He certainly has the intelligence and athletic ability to be MVP"If Nyjer is a candidate for MVP, you'd have to also agree that several hundred other NL players also have "the intelligence and athletic ability to be MVP."
- Ernie - Dec 14, 2010 at 5:42 PM
Now that I see that Brian Bruney signed somewhere else, guaranteeing that we cannot pick him up again out of desperation, I declare that this has already been a successful winter.
- Anonymous - Dec 14, 2010 at 5:53 PM
The Nats still have young guys with "stuff" and some potential. It starts with Jordan Zimmermann but continues with Ross Detwiler and especially Garret Mock. In 1 year Sammy Solis, Stephen Strasburg and Danny Rosenbaum should join the staff. In TWO years perhaps AJ Cole and Robbie Ray. McGreary is also rehabbing from TJ surgery that lefty might prove to be a potential top of the rotation starter? PLUS they have another draft with three picks at the top. The Phillies just lost their #1 by signing type A Cliff Lee but gained a high second rounder when the Nats signed Werth. And then? There's Espinosa, Desmond, Norris, Harper, Perez, Ramirez, Lombardozzi and perhaps Burgess, possibly Marerro. There's Hague, Hood, and Bloxom. In terms of the future 2 years out the Nats could look far, far better than the Phillies if as Mark put it, things fall into place. If they could somehow get a Shields or a Greinke without literally giving away the farm? It really IS NOT as bad as it looks in 2012. The Phillies will be aging rapidly. The Nats should be getting better and younger. Which would you choose?
- Wally - Dec 14, 2010 at 5:58 PM
(a) Forget Blanton, but the Nats should try for Oswalt, especially if it is mostly about money. If he was a FA, wouldn't you sign him for 2/$30m?(b) still need significant lineup improvements, and pitching just seems cost prohibitive, so they should focus on lineup. Would love to see them use organizational depth at C, MI or bullpen to get a young, cost controlled position player, like OF or 1B. Storen or Desi/Espy for Alonso or Sanchez?(c) If they fill 1B through a vet, Lee=LaRoche=Overbay (imo), and we shouldn't expect all that much from any of them. Not more than 2 years.(d) Trade either Desi or Espy. They both have value, perhaps more than we realize, because they can provide major league average play (or better) at SS for $400k for a few years, where the requirements for hitting are much less. Playing the other one at 2B lessens their value, so we ought to trade the one with the most value to fill out a lineup hole elsewhere.(e) With pitching so highly values right now, can we really not turn one or more of Stammen, Detwiler, Atilano, Martin, Martis, Chico, … into a useful role player or C prospect, at least? For what possible reason do we need all of those guys? Some yes, but all?
- DC Tom - Dec 14, 2010 at 6:05 PM
I am both a Cub and Nat fan, so I'm used to hating the Phillies, back to hating Mike Schmide the old NL East days. But I have to respect what they're doing, it is instructive and even enlightening to see a team learn from past mistakes.The Phillies core of Utley, Howard and Rollins really started to fall into place in 2004 — but it took the franchise three years before they made the playoffs. The Philly weakness was their pitching, which was a parade of league-average starters:2004 Rotation: Eric Milton, Brett Myers, Kevin Millwood, Randy Wolf, Vicente Padilla, with a smattering of Cory Lidle2005: delete Eric Milton, add Jon Lieber and more Cory Lidle. Game changers!2006: delete Padilla, bank on Cole Hamels debut (ERA>4), with some Gavin Floyd and Ryan Madsen-as-starter experiment mixed in as contingency plans.2007: Re-Tool! Add Jamie Moyer, Adam Eaton, Kyle Kendrick and Kyle Lohse! So much depth you can put Myers in the bullpen and make the playoffs. Whoops, you get swept in the LDS.Only in 2008 did the team blossom, when Hamels emerged as a marquee starter in 2008 and the team added Lee, then Halladay, Oswalt. One could argue that with the core of Rollins, Utley and Howard, the Phillies should have been the dominant team in the NL East for seven years running how, had they not been fooling around with run-of-the-mill pitching from 2004-2007.Other teams make the same mistake. The Brewers have a nice, young core of Fielder, Weeks, Braun and JJ Hardy and exactly one playoff win to show for it — and now their window has closed.
- N. Cognito - Dec 14, 2010 at 6:06 PM
Feel Wood said… "The wild card race is part of the pennant race."Not exactly. If a team such as the Phillies gets off to an incredibly hot first 2/3rds of the season, there could conceivably be no pennant race at all in the NL East."A pennant is a League Championship, not a Division Championship.
- JamesFan - Dec 14, 2010 at 6:07 PM
I don't know why we're even playing the games next summer in the NL East. Lee to Phillie is depressing. The Nats had better get some offense.
- HHover - Dec 14, 2010 at 6:08 PM
Sunderland – Marquis obviously had a bad year last year, but the scary thing is that even if you disregard his W-L and ERA, his K/9 and BB/9 weren't that far out of line with his performance over the past 3-4 years. In that sense 2010 wasn't so unrepresentative a year, and there's only so much of a bounce-back that's "fair and realistic" to expect in 2011. Blanton has better career #s than Marquis, and he had an off year last year as well, and so it's reasonable to expect at least a moderate bounce-back for him. Ultimately, they're both middle of the rotation guys. That's basically what seems to be left on the market (including any realistic trade market), and Blanton at a discount on his $17M for 2 years looks like a better and more certain bet than Pavano. Odds are, the Nats get neither, but that leaves them with a pretty bleak looking rotation on Opening Day.
- Steveospeak - Dec 14, 2010 at 6:09 PM
@ Wally:Sorry the Phillies aren't trading Oswalt, but Blanton is on the market.I'd like to see them keep both Desi and Espy. I'm not sold yet on their other middle infield prospects. If they start to develop than you can trade someone next year or at the deadline. Right now though I'd keep them. I do like the idea of trading for a young positional guy, though I prefer a CF. Outside of Detwiler none of those guys have much value. Maybe they could be thrown in as a filler piece, but that is about it (though they could maybe be used to trade for Blanton. Say Jason Maxwell and Atilano for Blanton and $3 million).
- Wally - Dec 14, 2010 at 6:25 PM
@SteveoI know that 'Blanton available' is being reported, but here is my theory (admittedly nothing more) – Oswalt makes maybe 2 starts in the playoffs for them, so he can't be critical to their playoff success. It is really about Halladay/Lee pitching 4 games in each series. So do they need him to get in? Maybe, but doesn't seem likely. He is insurance against injury, but that is a lot of money for insurance, isn't it? And what does either guy bring back? Blanton brings almost nothing back talent wise (your trade, for instance), and the Phils have to eat salary too, most likely. Oswalt could bring back their remaining needs in bullpen and OF platoon for Brown, plus they get the other guy to take all the salary.Probably doesn't work for the reasons that you are saying, but it is worth a conversation.
- DFL - Dec 14, 2010 at 6:33 PM
The Nats are more likely to have a rotation with five fifth starters(until he can prove himself, Jordan Zimmerman is still no better than a fifth starter). Look for the likes of Craig Stammen, J.D. Martin and Matt Chico in 2011. It appears that a 60 win season is in the cards next year with the Phillies winning about 15 out of 18 against the NL East permanent doormat. But at least attendance will be very good for Phillies games at Nats Park.
- N. Cognito - Dec 14, 2010 at 7:30 PM
A theory has some basis in fact."Off-the-wall remark" might be a better description of an Oswald trade.
- JamesFan - Dec 14, 2010 at 7:58 PM
No on Blanton. He's on the downhill side and not the top starter we're looking for. Plus, the image of taking a Philly cast-off pitcher is terrible. Get a 1st baseman. Trade for pitching if the price is not too high, but don't panic.
- Bowdenball - Dec 14, 2010 at 8:03 PM
DFL:If you think Jordan Zimmermann is a #5 starter and that he hasn't shown anything, you really might as well not say anything else. You've shown us that you have no idea what you're talking about. In 2009 he had a K/BB ratio over 3 and a HR/9 rate under 1. He was frankly one of the better pitchers in the game. His Wins Above Replacement Value probably put him in the Top 100 or so for the season even though he only threw 90 innings. If he'd duplicated those numbers over another 90 innings he would have ranked in the Top 20 or so in the league.
- sec3 my sofa - Dec 14, 2010 at 8:09 PM
The Phillies are doomed, doomed I tellya. Now, *every game* will be a reverse lock against them. They have no chance against those odds.
- pdowdy83 - Dec 14, 2010 at 8:30 PM
There is nothing wrong with Blanton. His career has been up and down but he has been consistent enough to be better than Livan and he strikes out more batters than Marquis and Lannan.Here is an interesting comparison between Carl Pavano(Who so many people seem to want) and Joe BlantonJoe Blanton Career – ERA – 4.30 K/9 – 5.82 BB/9 – 2.51 HR/9 – 1.02 K/BB – 2.32 FIP – 4.21Carl Pavano Career – ERA – 4.34 K/9 – 5.72 BB/9 2.26 HR/9 – 1.01 K/BB – 2.54 FIP – 4.15The major difference is Blanton is 5 years younger and has pitched 175 innings or more each of the last 6 season, topping 190 5 of those times. Pavano has only hit 175 innings twice in that same time frame. Also Blanton wouldn't cost much player wise if the Nats took on most of his salary. If the Phils ate 2 million a year on it he would only cost the Nats 6.5 million per season where Pavano is going to take around 10 million and an extra year probably. You make the call.
- Anonymous - Dec 14, 2010 at 8:34 PM
It seems to again to boil down to Zimmermann, Mock, Detwiler and then Yuniesky stepping up. That could potentially be a very young, more than decent rotation. The operative word is still unfortunately "potentially". If Zimmermann develops into a Matt Cain type pitcher you have your #1 starter. If Mock can ever discover how to manage and dispel his inner demons? He seems to have more than a bit of Hanrahan in him? By the end of the year Solis and Rosenbaum should be ready. Lannan should really be the #5 starter instead of Marquis and/or Livan Hernandez. Next year Strasburg returns. Thompson might finally get going as well.There are still glimmers of hope. And there is June's draft as well.
- DFL - Dec 14, 2010 at 8:38 PM
Jordan Zimmerman, Mr. Bowdenball, allowed 17 earned runs and eight home runs in 31 innings for a 4.94 ERA last season. The home run totals are especially troubling as he allowed only ten in 91 innings in 2009. Has he lost something since his Tommy John surgery and can he get it back again? In 16 games in 2009, Zimmerman's ERA was 4.63. Until Zimmerman can regularly log 180 innings a season with a sub-4 ERA, he is still a young pitcher with plenty of potential who belongs on the back end of a rotation until he can prove otherwise.
- Noirelune - Dec 14, 2010 at 9:16 PM
I don't really trust Mr. Pavano. He has stuff, he has potential but, my God, he is often, very often injured. That is why I would not put my bucks on him. 2010 was a great year for him. He pitched a lot of innings, so you can say that he'll spent a part of 2011 season on the injury list, with a big contract in his pocket. Beware, beware…As you see, english is not my natural language…
- Anonymous - Dec 15, 2010 at 5:16 AM
You guys are funny. You're counting on the Phillies getting old in 3 or 4 years for you to feel good about your chances. As if the Phillies haven't shown they're willing and able to make moves to improve their club… as they've done every year since winning the Series. They signed Ibanez (who's much older than 30) to replace Burrell, and he had only the best season of his career, making the AllStar team. They went to the WS in 2009, and went out and traded for Halladay and signed Placido Planaco. Now they've signed Cliff Lee after winning their 4th straight division. And if you really think the Nats are going to be contenders in two years I can only say good luck with that. And good luck with paying a guy 126 million for hitting .126 with runners in scoring position.
- Anonymous - Dec 15, 2010 at 5:23 AM
Oh no! If one of their aces get injured they're done! They'll only have three! Just like when they only had two aces for most of the season and finished with the best record in baseball! You can't win a division with only three aces!
- Bowdenball - Dec 15, 2010 at 1:48 PM
DFL:31 innings? Really?Really?And who said anything about a sub-4 ERA? You called him a #5 starter. You were wrong. #5 starters are by definition in the bottom 20% or so of regular starters in baseball. Even Zimmermann's numbers over that ridiculously small sample size are closer to league average than the bottom 20%.
- DFL - Dec 15, 2010 at 3:53 PM
Until Zimmerman can prove himself a winner, he is no more than J.D. Martin, who has more wins and a better Major League ERA than Zimmerman. I'm rooting for him. He might become an ace.
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