Some Phillies Links for You - April 15, 2010: Life after Rollins, Minor Excitement

by WholeCamels on Apr 15, 2010 9:19 AM EDT

Nationals Journal - For Nationals pichers, misery loves company

Jason Bergmann said, "It doesn't look like [the Phillies are] very scared of us out there," which is a pretty good way of summing things up.

Loss of Rollins will hurt fantasy owners more than Phillies - Fantasy Windup: A community for fantasy baseball news and strategy - USATODAY.com
Fantasy baseball: SERIOUS BUSINESS

The Fightins " Domonic Brown gets a postgame pie to the face in Reading
This is from the other day. NO KEEP IT OUT OF HIS EYES HE NEEDS THEM!

Reading bats prevail in Drabek vs. Aumont showdown
Hooray, I guess.

BlueClaws Win Slugfest 10-9 | njtoday.net – Everything New Jersey
The bullpen almost blew a strong start by Jarred Cosart, but they won!

Rockies 6, Mets 5: Chris Iannetta's 10th inning walk-off home run propels Rockies to victory over the Mets - Purple Row
Chris Iannetta nearly cost the Rockies the game, but he redeemed himself with a game-winning home run in the 10th inning.

Marlins 5, Reds 3 - Red Reporter
Paul Janish did what he could, but the Reds lost to the Marlins, 5-3, behind a shaky start by Homer Bailey.

Braves bash Padres 6-1...Maybe Our Season Isn't Over? - Talking Chop
Braves beat Padres 6-1

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Guys really ought to start wearing goggles during post-game interviews following GWRBI.

That Lakewood lineup is really tearing it up so far this year.

by taco pal on Apr 15, 2010 10:16 AM EDT reply actions

Drabek vs. Aumont turned out to be awfully anticlimactic. At least Gillies got his first XBH of the year…

by SethC on Apr 15, 2010 10:35 AM EDT reply actions

Braves fans fatalism

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/statistics/ps_odds.php

It is a long season. At least they are not the Mets.

Remember the Phitans

by RememberthePhitans on Apr 15, 2010 11:28 AM EDT reply actions

that’s because brave fans are spoiled little bitches. A huge chunk of the fanbase doesn’t know jack about suffering thru bad seasons. Not like us…Hmmm…. am I saying that with some sort of school of hard knocks pride or illadelphia self-loathing?

by j reed on Apr 15, 2010 1:16 PM EDT up reply actions

That’s funny… Phils’ 3rd-order win percentage is below .500, despite being 7-1. The opposition has just been that awful.

by SethC on Apr 15, 2010 1:41 PM EDT up reply actions

I wonder if it would still be under .500 if we were 8-0.

by taco pal on Apr 15, 2010 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions

question

Phils’ 3rd-order win percentage

what’s a 3rd – order win %

by j reed on Apr 15, 2010 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions

W3, L3 (“Third-order wins”): Pythagenport wins and losses, based on AEQR and
AEQRA.

AEQR, AEQRA: EQR and EQRA, adjusted for strength of schedule: the
quality of their opponent’s pitching and hitting. If AEQR is higher than EQR,
the team has faced better than average pitching; if AEQRA is higher than EQRA,
the team has faced worse than average hitting.

by Steve J on Apr 15, 2010 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions

thanks

by j reed on Apr 15, 2010 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions

does anyone know of a quick and dirty way to look at teams’ best starts to the season or best records by month? i’d like to have a look, but im not interested in crunching the numbers

by Steve J on Apr 15, 2010 12:36 PM EDT reply actions

and righty Michael Stutes combined for 3 1/3 innings of shutout relief to extend the shutout streak of the Reading bullpen to 12 1/3 innings

A bit of encouraging news considering our bull pen uncertainity. Is Stutes legit?

by j reed on Apr 15, 2010 2:03 PM EDT reply actions

My understanding is that he could be a middle reliever someday, but that’s about it. Definitely takes a backseat to Mathieson and Schwimer (at least) in the organizational depth chart.

by SethC on Apr 15, 2010 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions

Well Mathieson, I believe should be up here now or within the month…he’s 26 and had two TJ surgeries. He’s either ready to go or perhaps he just isn’t meant to pitch either because he has a anatomical defect, was damaged from some pitching guru in his youth or we don’t have the coaching acumen to retool his mechanics to avoid reinjuring the elbow. Perhap a combination of the three. If he were to damage his arm again it wouldn’t be because he was rushed….he’s had plenty of time to recover….chances are an injury given his history would have occured at some point in the near future anyway.

by j reed on Apr 15, 2010 2:50 PM EDT up reply actions