Thank you for your comments. The Phillies have made many moves under the radar. They aquired Freddy Garcia and Jamie Moyer, who should  lend a very helpful hand during the season, providing some experience in the rotation. The Philles also replaced Mike Lieberthal with a solid player in Rod Barajas this off-season. Chase Utley as you said was also signed, for a 7 year deal. It is hard to underrate this team as long as Howard and Utley are in the lineup.

Moises Alou is older these days, but like i said in the article, Alou hit 20 homers last season in limited games. Alou is still capable of hitting .280, since last year he had a 301. batting average.

We'll have to see what comes this season, anything can happen in baseball, that's the beauty of the game.