Howard carries Phillies into playoffs

[Wassit3]

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_yl...v=ap&type=lgns

[dannymac910]

Cool story bro.

[phightinphils]

PHINALLY! Someone agrees with me!

[TheNamelessPoet]

they are going to trade him to SFG for matt cain

[Alloutwar]

I saw Howard in person during the 3-game Marlins series in Miami. A homer landed pretty close to my seats. But man, what a horrendous fielder. I'd have more faith in Ortiz at first than this guy.

[HoustonGM]

PHINALLY! Someone agrees with me!

If Ryan Howard hadn't disappeared for 3 of the 6 months of the season, there wouldn't have been a need for him to "carry the Phillies into the playoffs" because they would've wrapped up the division pretty early.

[phightinphils]

You must admit, you would still want him on your team, strikeouts and all.

[BINGLEBOP]

Depends who the alternatives are and at what price. In the entire game, Pujols obviously, and he's even a few months younger than Howard but has been around for over three years longer.

[HoustonGM]

You must admit, you would still want him on your team, strikeouts and all.

I don't care about the strikeouts.

As BINGLEBOP said, it depends on the alternatives. There's probably 5-10 first basemen I'd choose over him if it was a question like, "Which first basemen would you want if you were building a team for the next 5 years?"

[BINGLEBOP]

Agreed, plus I think he's already peaked, so he wouldn't be in my top 5 even.

[HoustonGM]

Yep. He's got the body type and the statistical profile to fit right into the Cecil Fielder career path.

And he's already started his descent downward.

[TheNamelessPoet]

Yep. He's got the body type and the statistical profile to fit right into the Cecil Fielder career path.

And he's already started his descent downward.

Mo Vaughn