If we've learned anything this year, we have definitely seen that the Phils are totally out classed by the American League. The Phils finished up the interleague play portion of the schedule with a completely horrid 4-11 record, which was 2nd worst in all of baseball. I would like to think that the Phils have the talent to play with the AL, but it sure didn't look like it. It just didn't seem like the Phils could put it all together in any of these games. If the bats were working, the pitching wasn't. If the starting pitching gave the team a decent outing, the bats were cold.
Basically, the month of June has sucked. I'm all for turning the page and getting back to some good old National League matchups starting Tuesday against the Braves. Maybe the hitters will come back to life after seeing some familiar faces on the mound.
Plus, this team still has to figure out what to Myers. I'm all for moving him to the 'pen or even trading him if there is anyone willing to give you something for him. I love this quote from Uncle Cholly about Myers:
Uncle Cholly makes a great point. What made us think Myers would be so reliable? In his best year, he was nothing but an above average pitcher. Clearly, he's not cut for the role of a starting pitcher. I think it is time this team starts to focus on trading for another starter.
Yeah, I know I'm being the King of the Obvious, but this team owes it to its phan base to pick up another starter. They are that close. At this point, it seems like they just would have been better off re-signing Kyle Lohse, but that would have made too much sense for this team.
Basically, the month of June has sucked. I'm all for turning the page and getting back to some good old National League matchups starting Tuesday against the Braves. Maybe the hitters will come back to life after seeing some familiar faces on the mound.
Plus, this team still has to figure out what to Myers. I'm all for moving him to the 'pen or even trading him if there is anyone willing to give you something for him. I love this quote from Uncle Cholly about Myers:
"Can I say his job is secure? I don't know what to say, if you want to know the truth. We'd have to find somebody to do his job first, I guess. We're trying to get him right. Myers' best year is 14-9 as a starter [in 2003]. You stop and think about it, that's not lighting it up. I mean, look, that's not what you call a huge season."
Uncle Cholly makes a great point. What made us think Myers would be so reliable? In his best year, he was nothing but an above average pitcher. Clearly, he's not cut for the role of a starting pitcher. I think it is time this team starts to focus on trading for another starter.
Yeah, I know I'm being the King of the Obvious, but this team owes it to its phan base to pick up another starter. They are that close. At this point, it seems like they just would have been better off re-signing Kyle Lohse, but that would have made too much sense for this team.
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well I think I replied about this before the season started, but either way, this was the flaw in the Phillies' "big" offseaons moves. Remember their best move to fix their starting lineup was just to put Myers back there. Like you wrote now and like I wrote before the season, that was a lot of eggs to put into one very fragile basket and one that wasn't that impressive to begin with. While I obviously have no issue with the Lidge move, the idea that a 3rd starter on a good team was the answer to the Phillies' starting pitching going into the season, was, at best, a cheap way to try to fix a major problem.
The dam is flooding and you don't fill the holes with gum...unless you are the Phils' front office.
While the rest of the pitching staff isn't as horrid as it was last year, we still really have one legitimate #1 and the rest are 3's or lower. Wow, sounds like the whole we don't need a #1 wide receiver, doesn't it? ;-)
Myers has been the only starter to pretty much be horrible the entire year. Each of the others have been good enough for certain stretches to get the team wins. If Moyer goes 6 innings and only gives up 3 runs, that should be plenty for this team to win. But when the bats go ice cold, it doesn't matter who is pitching.
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