Quote (KrWWW @ Apr 19 2016 11:42pm)
no hate in this post
who has Phillies signed as a free agent?
don't they trade for most of them?
I know Cliff Lee, signed there, but he was already there once
Cliff, Werth, Papelbon, etc.
But for the most part, over the 5 year stretch where the Phillies were doing extremely well they had absolutely no need to go out and spend to bring in a superstar on a mega contract. For one, because they already had their star core (built through the draft) with huge contracts. Utley, Howard, Hamels, Rollins, etc all home grown talent.
But make no mistake about it, they're more than willing to spend obviously as we have seen (went out and got Cliff Lee in free agency for huge money when they already had Halladay and Hamels). They had the second highest payroll in baseball just a few years ago, and will spend big when it comes time to actually contend. And with a new TV contract in place, and literally zero financial tie-downs in the coming years they could hand out multiple mega-deals and not even break a sweat rolf.
Essentially a clean slate at the moment. Much like the Sixers showing patience, they don't want to try and overpay in free agency just yet until they know what they have with a core. Building through the draft, and not through free agency.
This post was edited by Sixers on Apr 19 2016 10:00pm