In related news: Bowker's deal with Satan still appears to be strong.

Not much of a loss, as no one seemed very high on Rivero, in spite of his decent numbers in AA and the piss poor pool of 3rd base prospects in the system.

I think he's a little low on Galvis, and a little high on Larry Greene (only due to the lack of data).

My god, stay out of the comments for all that is good for you (lots of complaints re: Cookie's dough). Apparently Fat Joe is making good progress in Clearwater and Gillies of the Phillies is having a lovely fall.

Meanwhile Cody Overbeck, Tyler Cloyd, Colby Shreve and BJ Rosenberg audition for Rule V protection (or potential major league work next spring, depending upon how you look at things).

Mike Zagurski traded to Arizona for a PTBNL (I'm just going to assume it's Justin Upton).

I liked Zagurski who never really got much of a shot in Philly, best of luck in the desert to him.

IT'S IRONIC, PERHAPS, that the first bit of feedback Amaro received after the good news broke was not one of praise, but derision. It came in the form of a text from the recently expatriated Jayson Werth. All it said was this:

"BOOOOOOOO!"

"That reaction from Jayson was funny," says Amaro in his office in February, again flashing that smile. "He was pissed off. He had just signed with Washington. He said to me, ‘You dumbass. You could’ve had both of us.’ And I said, ‘You’re the dumbass. You could have taken our arbitration offer.’"

Baby Chooch weighed in at 9 lbs and apparently both baby and Mrs. Chooch are healthy.

""There are going to be times down the road when I'm going to wish we had younger players contributing at the Major League level," Amaro said. "And that's kind of where we're going to be shortly. We have a lot of veteran guys and they're going to have to be replaced. I understand you have to give up talent to get talent, but it's a hard and difficult balance. "

Unfortunately, it's Delwyn, not Delmon.

Also, Schwimer and Stutes officially got Camp invites along with a few roster fillers needed to fill spots during split squad games and the like (Gosewich, Naughton).

Not many surprises in the Top 10. Sickels loves him some Biddle and I can move a few prospects around, but his analysis, as always, is pretty solid.

Includes non-prospects and guys I wouldn't put in my top 30. Fascinating.

I wouldn't put much, if any weight in this report as it's a bit of an aside thrown into an article about the team's 2010 Draft. I'm not familiar with the writer, but not living in the Philly area, maybe he's more familiar to someone else here. Still, The Mets?

Not a lot of meat on the bone here, but I know how much everyone is rooting for Gauntlett, so they can make bad puns and put his name on jerseys.

I do love where he says he's thrilled to join an excellent organization with a winning tradition.

Not really Phillies related, but I always liked Willis, even though with his oddball mechanics I should have seen his struggles coming from a mile away. He was never destined to be an Ace (IMO), but his struggles the last few years have been painful to watch. He's still young, and could figure things out before entering the typical prime years for a pitcher, but I can't imagine anyone is itching to claim him at this point.

Stark get into his Hyperbolic chamber a bit at the the end of this interview on Mike Missanelli's radio show, and waxes poetic on the seemingly unlimited ceiling of John Singleton.

Dom who?

I'm half posting this to use the bad pun in the title. But Dukes is a once top prospect whose career/personal life has been a train wreck. However, he's only 25 and if he could be gotten for a Minor League contract or sub 500k offer, could be worth a flier to give the Phillies an option close to Major league level in the event of injuries. If he works out, you have a very good Left Fielder for years to come, if he doesn't cut him loose after the season.