Richard Hidalgo signed a minor league deal with the Baltimore Orioles over the weekend.  I'm pretty disappointed, as I thought he'd be a good fit for the Phillies who could use a right-handed outfielder for the bench and pinch hitting duties, plus I thought he'd be intreesting with us playing the Venezuela team in exhibition and having Abreu and Tomas on the team from his native country.  The fact that he signed for only a minor league deal is even more frustrating.

At this point, the Phillies seem likely to break camp with 3 backup infielders, none of whom can hit, and one or two of whom will also be backing up the outfield.  It's absolutely idiotic.  And it's frustrating that all have been given guaranteed deals.

I'd actually like the see the Phillies sign Sammy Sosa who may be old and declining (for whatever reason) but can still outhit out middle infielder bench.