Mets owner Steve Cohen wants to win. Badly. So he opened up the vault and paid for Scherzer, Sterling Marte, Mark Cahna, and Eduardo Escobar. Meanwhile, Phillies owner John Middleton is acting like he lost his wallet.
The Phillies have so many holes to fill–LF, CF, bullpen, the left side of the infield–that it's unconscionable they've done NOTHING to improve the team but make a bunch of waiver claims and release Roman Quinn. And lose Hector Neris.
For a guy who claims to hunger for another World Series trophy, Middleton sure has a funny way of going about it. If he doesn't want to spend, that's fine. Then sell the damn team. His $18 million investment in the team in 1994 is now worth a shade more than $2 billion.
It's almost as embarrassing as former Phils president Bill Giles claiming the Phils were a small market team back in the day. Bryce Harper, JT Realmuto, and Zach Wheeler should all summon their collective Ben Simmons and demand to be traded if the owner isn't going to make a good-faith effort to improve the team.
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