The more things change, the more they stay the same.
The Phils and Mets have both played over 95 games this year and find themselves in the same exact spot as the end of last year. Once again, the Phils hold a slight lead over the Metropolitans and it appears that both squads are poised to fight it out to the end of the year to determine the division champion.
However, I get the feel that the Phils' lead is quite tenuous. They desperately, desperately need another reliable starter. Not only is Brett Myers still in Allentown working on his game, but now Adam Eaton has completely gone into the tank. At the very least, this team needs to trade for a starter and hope that Myers can hold down the fort as the de facto 5th starter.
I've made a some other observations after watching the first half:
-J Roll needs to get his head out of his ass. Right now, he is brutally average.
-Geoff Jenkins sucks. He adds nothing.
-Pedro Feliz isn't great, but he's 10 times better than the Wes Helms/Abe Nunez platoon from last year. Plus, the guy has chipped in with a couple of big hits. However, he hasn't found a double play he couldn't hit into.
-Did Clay Condrey make the team out of Spring Training? I didn't notice him until 2 weeks ago.
-Carlos Ruiz is brutal. I'm still trying to figure out what he brings to the team.
-The month of June replaced April as our trouble month. Although, our inability to compete with the American League was the main reason for our failure this year.
-I hate how much this team is still reliant on the home run to score runs.
All this being said, the Phils are still in first place. Things could be worse.
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3 comments:
I don't understand the Clay Condrey comment. What team were you watching? Condrey came out of the bullpen every time a starter got rocked early and always shut down the other team for 2-3 innings to give the Phillies a chance to come back. He was a solid part of the best bullpen in the majors.
Durbin too, the pen is not the problem.
Except for 3-4 bad outings from Gordon, they've been great.
Dude...who the eff notices Clay Condrey? If he comes in the game, I'm turning it off.
I agree w/ the second comment. Chad Durbin has been one of the more pleasant surprises, along w/ the bullpen as a whole.
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