Bill Conlin: Eagles fans, there's no running from the winter blues

There was a flaw in my reasoning, however. I remembered Mayberry, who was a first-round draft pick out of Stanford a year after Golson was a first-rounder out of high school, as a 6-6 guy who lumbered like Ryan Howard. But the son of the American League slugger has been a double-figure basestealer at every level and scouts rank him as an outfielder who runs and throws well enough to play either corner. Amaro informed me - curtly, I might add - that Mayberry was on the Phillies' radar screen since his college days. Ruben said, "Greg Golson is a great kid and we hate to see him leave the organization, but Mayberry is a better fit for our needs at this time." This question remains: If Mayberry is all that, why were the Rangers about to take him off the 40-man roster? Meanwhile, the Rangers have been stockpiling outfielders to use in trades for pitching. Golson might be elsewhere by spring training. *

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