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The Phillies designated Wes Helms for assignment to make room for righthander Rudy Seanez on the 25-man roster. The Phillies have 10 days to rid themselves of Helms' contract. If a team claims Helms off waivers, it will be responsible for his $2.15 million salary, plus his $750,000 buyout of a 2009 club option. Helms already has cleared waivers once, so he seems likely to do so again because interested teams would like the Phillies to pick up a portion of his contract. The Phils also can trade him. If they can't, they eventually must release him. Teams showed little interest during spring training, but the Phils believe they can trade Helms this time.

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April 3, 2008  09:17 AM ET
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Like my wise old granddaddy once said:

'Wish in one hand and crap in the other. See which one fills up first!'

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April 3, 2008  10:10 AM ET
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this rumor again..............aaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrgggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh!

stop it.............and the Brian Roberts thread too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

April 3, 2008  10:33 AM ET
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Helms is tradeable, IF and only if the Phillies pick up part of his salary.

April 3, 2008  02:26 PM ET
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I trhink the Dodgers will be in Helms future in about ten days !!!

April 3, 2008  02:27 PM ET
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dodgers had seanez and were interested in helms, phillies designate helms and sign seanez, they should have just traded...

April 3, 2008  02:40 PM ET
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Helms is about as tradeable as an '83 Datsun.

April 3, 2008  02:54 PM ET
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The TRUTH has learned that the Dodgers will throw in Larry Bowa for Wes Helms. Phillies responded saying,

" We put up with that jackass for 30 years, now its your turn"

April 3, 2008  04:04 PM ET
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I keep wishing that I'll stop crapping in my hands....it never comes true.

April 3, 2008  04:20 PM ET
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I keep wishing that I'll stop crapping in my hands....it never comes true.
Me DUM DUM | 04/03/08, 04:04 PM
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That may be one of the most disturbing, yet intriguing statements I have ever read on here...

April 3, 2008  05:10 PM ET
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Helms is a stiff, that's why the Braves traded him for a fat tub of goo reliever.... who was later run out of town & who's name is no longer spoken in the city of Atlanta.

April 3, 2008  05:34 PM ET
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Why Helms has a $2M salary is the big mystery here. While he hits the occasional homerun, he strikes out most of the time & is not good in the field either. The Braves traded him for a fat tub of goo reliever who was run out of town & who's name can never be spoken in Atlanta..... and it was still a good trade for the Braves!

 
April 4, 2008  02:47 PM ET
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isn't funny how they pay him that much money, but refuse to give Hamels $250,000 in salary .. & how they took ryan howard to arbitration for $3 mil .............

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