Well if they can't get Schilling, or resign Millwood, looks like Colon's their next target.

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No offense to Bart, but do any of you think he is just gonna get fatter and fatter?

I liked his performance with our Sox, but I'd rather keep Maggs and go from

there than keep Bart for big big bucks.

It's not even the fact that he's a blimp, the most important thing is that I heard a scout during the season comment how he was surprised that Colon's arm didn't blow out. And now a "source" GM has come out and said the same thing. And I've heard that about Colon for the last 2 years.

 

He's a disaster waiting to happen. Him blowing us off might be the best thing that ever happened to our starting pitching staff. He's been pitching on borrowed time for a long time, and I think that he pops that arm this year. Let him pop that arm in another uniform.

 

However, he will still be happy even with a blown arm, because you can still stuff 10 Whoppers down your throat with your left arm.

It's not even the fact that he's a blimp, the most important thing is that I heard a scout during the season comment how he was surprised that his arm didn't blow out.  And now a "source" GM has come out and said the same thing.  And I've heard that about him for the last 2 years.

 

He's a disaster waiting to happen.  Him blowing us off might be the best thing that ever happened to our starting pitching staff.  He's been pitching on borrowed time for a long time, and I think that he pops that arm this year.  Let him pop that arm in another uniform. 

 

However, he will still be happy even with a blown arm, because you can still stuff 10 Whoppers down your throat with your left arm.

LOL!!!! That's harsh. I'll hate him if he pitches anywhere else. I'm still in the camp that thinks we still have a chance to sign him, but we're starving to death, we have 2 tree huts and some horse meat. I'll stay till the end, I think fat guys can pitch effectively until they're 35.

This isn't a big surprise. Philly really feels like this is their time to overtake the braves.

So Phillies will pay 13 Mill a year to Colon.

 

He will post a 3.50 ERA, winning 16 games.

 

And they still will lose the division by 7-10 games games of the Braves.

I'm with you on that one Brando.

I can't recall where I read it, sorry, but someone (a baseball insider) referring to the ligament in Colon's right elbow called it "ugly". I'm not sure about any more details or how they know what it looks like, but that arm very well could "pop" this season.

I can't recall where I read it, sorry, but someone (a baseball insider) referring to the ligament in Colon's right elbow called it "ugly".  I'm not sure about any more details or how they know what it looks like, but that arm very well could "pop" this season.

Would hav been in one of Gammons' latest articles. And yeah that elbow mite just scare enough teams off that we mite still hav a chance to resign him, but i seriously doubt it.