Philadelphia Phillies 2021 Offseason

[sentinelhyder]

i'm sure this has been noted but, "According to Spotrac, the Phillies luxury tax payroll currently sums to roughly $181.4 million, which is just $28.6 million under the tax threshold."

Yikes. unless DD gets creative and Mids pays, most of the names bandied about here and in the media are not possible.

[Christopher]

Midds owns an MLB team. Paying money to make it good is what he's supposed to do. There is no rule against going over the luxury tax. ... (Also, the specific number of that tax ceiling could change during the freezeout)

[Christopher]

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The Phillies have claimed RHP Yoan López off waivers from the Atlanta Braves. To make room on the 40-man roster, OF Roman Quinn was designated for assignment.


**Not sure we'll do a Roman Quinn Appreciation Thread, given the circumstances**

[Michael Jack]

Agree, Christopher. Cohen's not worried about the Luxury Tax. How much money would the Phils have made if they went over last year and won the World Series? We'll never know. The Bryce Harper contract was huge, but a great investment for the Phils, with an increased attendance and gear sales.

[FolesMVP09]

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The Phillies have claimed RHP Yoan López off waivers from the Atlanta Braves. To make room on the 40-man roster, OF Roman Quinn was designated for assignment.


**Not sure we'll do a Roman Quinn Appreciation Thread, given the circumstances**

If you keep letting us down with the lack of appreciation threads, you may be next to get DFA'd

[Michael Jack]

So frustrating to see all this baseball news and the Phils not involved in any of it.

[awfulstack]

If the Phillies are going to generally sit it out, they should be looking to trade Wheeler/Nola/Harper/Realmuto/Hoskins.

It's a 75 win team as constructed.

Castellanos and a reliever makes them a maybe 80 win team. Not nearly good enough.

[headclown]

At this point it boils down to 1 question for Mids and Co...are you now willing to go over the Luxury tax? It is that simple. And if you are going over, fuck it, my as well really go over, like the Mets.

Sign Bryant CF
Sign Schwarber DH or LF
resign Cutch to play against LHP/bench/clubhouse guy
resign Miller LH power off the bench/utility guy
Sign Stroman
Sign Melancon Or Jansen

OR

Trade the farm for Mullins/Means
Sign Bryant for LF'
Sign Stroman
Get best option for closer
Still sign Cutch/Miller for DH/bench

[Christopher]

Yeah, technically, there are still combos that make for a solid offseason for the Phillies, from among Bryant/Taylor/Schwarber/Stroman/Suzuki

Maybe the best scenario is a 30+ day lockout in which the fans and media rip the Phillies for doing nothing & 2022 sales are slow, and then Midds decides to save face by spending money when the freezout ends.

[Christopher]

Still available: Correa, Freeman, Bryant, Story, Castellanos, Stroman, Baez, Schwarber, Taylor, Iglesias, Rodon, Rizzo, Soler, Jansen, K. Seager, Conforto, Kershaw, Kikuchi, Knebel, Greinke