New Year's Resolutions: Laynce Nix

Every day this month, we here at Philthy Stuff will be counting down the New Year's resolutions of each member on the Phillies, and what they can do to guide this team back to October. Next up, Laynce Nix. Aside from rebuilding the back of the bullpen, one of the bigger offseason priorities for Phillies General Manger Ruben Amaro, Jr. was to rebuild the bench. In previous years, the bench was the source of considerable strength, dating back to the days of Matt Stairs and his clutch moonshots. Recently, however, the bench has fallen on hard times. Rife with the light-hitting Wilson Valdezes and Michael Martinezez and Ben Franciscos (who oddly enough had one of the biggest pinch-hits of the season in 2011) of the world, the Phillies offense, which experienced it's fair share of troubles, gave way to a reserve corps that didn't fare exceptionally well when called upon in the late innings. As such, it's no surprise that few of Amaro's early offseason moves were fo...