Phillies Payroll in 2010

Below is the Phillies payroll for this upcoming season. Crazy what having a good team does to your situation financially.

C - Carlos Ruiz - $475K

C - Brian Schneider - $1.25MM

1B - Ryan Howard - $19MM

2B - Chase Utley - $15MM

SS - Jimmy Rollins - $7.5MM

3B - ? ($5-10MM)

IF - Juan Castro - $800K (estimated)

LF - Raul Ibanez - $11.5MM

CF - Shane Victorino - $3.125MM

RF - Jayson Werth - $7MM

OF - Ben Francisco - $421K

OF - John Mayberry Jr. - $400K

1B/3B/OF - Greg Dobbs - $1.35MM

SP - Cliff Lee - $9MM

SP - Cole Hamels - $6.65MM

SP - Joe Blanton - $5.475MM

SP - J.A. Happ - $405K

SP - Jamie Moyer - $8MM
RP - Brad Lidge - $11.5MM

RP - J.C. Romero - $4MM

RP - Ryan Madson - $4.5MM

RP - Chad Durbin - $1.635MM

RP - Clay Condrey - $650K

RP - Sergio Escalona - $400K

RP - Kyle Kendrick - $475K

Adam Eaton - $500K, Pedro Feliz - $500K, Geoff Jenkins - $1.25MM

(Stats from http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/)

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With $ being spent on players like Ruiz and Victorino in the off-season the total will rise somewhere near $125-130MM as a team. This allows the Phils plenty of space to sign a big player at 3rd base (Beltre, Polanco) and some bullpen heat (Betancourt, Putz, Gonzalez).

I really like the Brian Schneider deal - he's been a little banged up in the past year, but there are two things I see as the catalyst to a good year for him. 1) He'll now be a backup that will play sparingly, which will keep his back/knees nice and healthy. 2) He's from the Philly area and took a pay cut and backup role to play for his dream-team - that says a lot for the heart he will put in for this team.

Besides this, it is fair to say that this team's line-up is only going to be better than the last season - which is scary! Pitching is the main concern in my book, especially that we're losing Eyre and Park, but with the way Ruben Amaro Jr. has handled signings so far I am not too worried about picking up some quality guys.

Random team info: The Phillies each received over $265K for winning the NL this past season. In total, the team was awarded over $14MM to divide amongst players on a pro-rated basis.

Pat White is a Pussy Cat..

Pat White is right next to a camera..instead of saying Hi, maybe wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving, this idiot decides to purr like a pussy cat..

GO PITT.

Devin Hester Has Pimples On His Ass

Hester, honestly, Keep your pants on..

This Guy is Facebook Friends With the Phanatic..

Unbelievable mascot dance at halftime of a game.

Pitt Men's Basketball Highlights 2008-09

Highlights from last year's unbelievable season. Watch this when you're at work procrastinating....like I am now.

Shady McCoy, Boss.

Yesss...LeSean McCoy is my player of the week. One because he won the Eagles game last night after a late 4th quarter TD, and more importantly because he was a West Virginia KILLER in college and this is the week of the WVU game...I hate WVU.

SHADYYY.

PITT Basketball 2009-2010

So the baseball playoffs put me in a serious funk. I didn't want to write about sports ever again. Anyways...

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It is crazy what a year does...

The Panthers set all sorts of records last year and did not lose at any game I was able to attend (18-0 at home). This year's '09 team may make a lot of basketball fans forget about how dominating Pitt was last year. After ending one shot away from the Final Four last season, Pitt is left without starters DeJuan Blair, Sam Young, Levance Fields and Tyrell Biggs. Jermaine Dixon is out for the next few weeks or so with a broken ankle and Gilbert Brown is suspended until the second semester. Not having these 6 players means that right now the team on the court for Pitt does not include a single starter or the 6th man from last season. If you add all of these losses together it certainly looks to equal dissapointment.

Let's break down the games that the Panthers will win/lose strickly based on the fact that I know! Wins in BLUE, losses in RED.

1. Wofford

2. Binghampton

3. Eastern Kentucky

4. Wichita State

5. Iowa/Texas

6. Youngstown St.

7. Duquesne

8. New Hampshire

9. Indiana

10. Kent State

11. Mt. St. Mary's

12. Ohio

13. Depaul

14. Syracuse

15. Cincinnatti

16. Connecticut

17. Louisville

18. Georgetown

19. Seton Hall

20. St. John's

21. South Florida

22. West Virginia

23. Seton Hall

24. Robert Morris

25. West Virgnia

26. Marquette

27. Villanova

28. Notre Dame

29. St. John's

30. Providence

31. Rutgers

This would leave the Panthers at 18-13 on the season. They'll probably end up in the NIT if the season ends around this record. I'm certainly hoping that this is that pessimistic side of me that comes out every so often and instead this team somehow proves me drastically wrong...but I just don't see that happening.

I'll check back in March and see how right/wrong I was.