Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
February 09, 2009
Championship Core

Phil Sheridan writes on the meaning of the Ryan Howard signing:

With this deal, the Phillies now have the core of their World Series-winning team locked up long enough to make a run at another championship or two. Howard and Cole Hamels agreed to deals this winter. Chase Utley and Jimmy Rollins aren't going anywhere.

The most you can ask of a baseball team is to acquire and develop a championship-caliber nucleus of players and then follow through by paying what it takes to keep them together. That is what the Phillies have done here. And that's not bad for an organization that operated for years under the richly deserved perception that it couldn't accomplish either of those goals.

The trick now is to surround that core with good role players. We'll see over the next few years if Amaro can do better than Raul Ibanez.


Posted by David Pinto at 08:52 AM | Team Evaluation | TrackBack (0)
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