Not so long ago, Phillies fans were stricken with a bout of Jose Bautista fever. Someone floated the idea of digging into the reserves and throwing it all at the 36-year-old slugger for a six-month uptick in home runs in Philadelphia. The thought trickled into posts and columns and was eventually settled upon as a silly idea, though it did serve as a brief distraction from the slate gray nothingness of the baseball calendar through which we are currently trying to push.
The more realistic three free agents most commonly associated with the Phillies now are down a few levels as far as "star power.