Phils trade for OF Matt Stairs

by dajafi on Aug 29, 2008 2:03 AM EDT Comment 5 comments

The Phillies, adding a left-handed hitter to their bench, have acquired outfielder Matt Stairs from the Blue Jays, according to major-league sources.

The Jays will receive a prospect in return. The identity of that player has not yet been determined.

Stairs is hitting .250 this season with 11 homers and 44 RBIs. He was designated for assignment Thursday to clear a spot for outfielder Travis Snider, who is one of the Jays' top position prospects and will replace Stairs in the outfield.

Stairs is 40 years old and looks like the ringer on the softball team that embarrassed you and your colleagues earlier this summer. But he's actually a pretty good pickup: a veteran bat who can draw a walk or pop a home run off the bench. Let's just hope the prospect isn't anyone who will contribute significantly more than whatever Stairs does in the 15 or so at-bats he's likely to have with the Phils between now and the end of the regular season.

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This is a typical Phillies trade meaning he is not a player that will put them over the hump. Stairs will be good if the Phils have a bench clear but let’s face it, he wasn’t even a starter on the Blue Jays. Granite, he is another left handed bat that can off the bench late in the game but don’t expect him to wow the fans in Philadelphia. Let’s just hope the Phils can play solid ball and win the necessary games and that the Mets bullpen shits their pants game after game.

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by Oddsboard on Aug 29, 2008 12:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Granite?

I’m more of a slate guy myself.

by dajafi on Aug 29, 2008 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Heh.

by taco pal on Aug 31, 2008 11:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Stairs is decent in some spots… he’s definitely not going to be doing much wowing though you’re right there.. and as stated above, igneous rocks aren’t the best lead-in’s for your topics.

by HanleysHitters on Aug 29, 2008 6:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

PTBNL is Fabio Castro

Since that’s a name we know, it’s somewhat jarring on first hearing. But I don’t have a huge problem with dealing him: Castro’s upside, based on his size and stuff and age, is “very good LOOGY reliever.”

He might or might not reach that upside; in two-plus years as a Phillie, he didn’t seem to be getting closer to it, and they have plenty of other lefties in the system.

by dajafi on Aug 30, 2008 1:17 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs