QuoteStart: Reactions to the Phillies Starting the Season Without Chase Utley

"I worry about Chase because it's a chronic knee problem," Amaro said. "About his career? I don't know." [Ruben Amaro, via Matt Gelb, Inquirer]  
"The Phillies are replacing Chase Utley with a wide-eyed, young defensive prodigy who understands the game and will be playing a position where the Phillies need a gloveman first and foremost. It's also an interesting study on what really matters in terms of talent. Here's an all-glove, no-hit player in Galvis handed the keys to second base. Then there's Domonic Brown, an all-bat, no-glove baseball adonis who may never make it, even at the game's easiest position." [J. Weitzel, Beerleaguer.com] 
“We’ve lost a lot … That’s the truth.” [Jimmy Rollins, via Ryan Lawrence, DelcoTimes] 
"There will certainly be a learning curve here, and he’ll go through rough stretches as he adjusts. But we know he’s one of the best defenders in the minor leagues, and his reactions, soft hands, and solid arm should play well at 2B. I think it’s likely that he’s nothing more than a .240-.250 hitter early on, but capable of driving the ball in the gaps and as he adjusts, his numbers should tick up. More importantly, for a team that will need to save runs, his glove could be a difference maker." [James, Phuture Phillies on Freddy Galvis] 
"While Galvis plays smooth defense and hasn’t looked inept at the plate, PECOTA is very pessimistic about the 22-year-old’s ability to handle Major League pitching, projecting him at a .206 true average (TAv, the league average is .260). ZiPS isn’t hopeful either, projecting a .290 wOBA compared to the .316 league average last year. Galvis doesn’t have anything more than slightly above-average speed and he hasn’t displayed premier base running smarts (career 67 percent success rate in the Minors). He lacks on-base skills (career .246 average, .292 OBP, and 5.6 percent walk rate in the Minors) and has very little power (career .075 ISO, set a benchmark at .114 last year). There is just no way around it: downgrading from Utley to Galvis is a huge loss in production and the Phillies will be scrambling to replace it." [Bill Baer, Crashburn Alley, on Galvis] 
"This isn’t a curable condition, it’s one you attempt to manage, but the fact remains that nobody in the Phillies organization knows what is going to happen with Utley in 2012, much less 2013 and beyond. I can guarantee you that nobody in the front office is thinking about how to approach Utley’s next contract because no one knows what he’ll be 18 months from now." [Corey Seidman, Phillies Nation]
"Anyone who'd say that the Phillies lacked foresight when trading Valdez away would be wrong. The Phillies don't seem to have a good plan in place if the worst occurs and Utley is limited for much of the season. Leaving second base to Wilson Valdez, however, would not be a good plan. It wouldn't be a much of plan at all." [The Good Phight] 
Chase Utley's Knees in Animated MS Paint [Zoo With Roy]