Some Phillies Links for You - April 2, 2010: Injuries, Depth, Contract Years

by WholeCamels on Apr 2, 2010 7:53 AM EDT

With Polanco, Phils' lineup even better | Philadelphia Inquirer | 04/02/2010
This all assumes little to no age or injury related decline from the likes of Ryan Howard and Chase Utley...

Phillies' pitching depth strained | Philadelphia Inquirer | 04/02/2010
Don't forget: Rodrigo Lopez started seven games in 2009.

Phillies' Werth heading into "The Contract Year" | Philadelphia Inquirer | 04/02/2010
Goodbye, Jayson.

Savery seeks consistency in '10 - mcall.com
This is Joe Savery's last chance to salvage anything resembling legit prospect status.

Switch to first likely for Feliz with Berkman on DL
Pedro Feliz is going to be playing first base for a major league baseball team.

DeMarco: Phillies primed, ready to regain crown
All this love from the national press just feels weird.

Baseball Gets Defensive - WSJ.com

It's not clear that defense is the key to winning a World Series. John Dewan, the founder of BIS, says that since he began releasing his fielding statistics in 2003, only one team—the 2008 Philadelphia Phillies—has made it to the World Series while leading its league in runs saved.

The 2008 Phillies were really neat!

Twitter / Troy Renck, Rockies: The Phillies are kicking the tires on Tim Redding
In light of his inexplicable dominance of the Phillies, is this just to keep Tim Redding off any other team?

The Fightins " Doug Glanville To Join ESPN
A bright guy who will surely raise the average IQ of the ESPN punditariat by at least a few points. Good luck, Dougie!

Dykstra Drops Predatory Lending Suit - Bankruptcy Beat - WSJ
WTF? Former Met Lenny Dykstra turns out to be a moron. Who knew?

Crashburn Alley " A Rational Response to Curt Schilling
Crash breaks down Curt Schilling's comments about the Phillies keeping Cliff Lee. I generally despise broad pronouncements like "They would have definitely won a World Series if [fill in blank.]" You don't know. No one knows.

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I am seeing Doug Glanville speak at Penn on Monday April 12. I’m really looking forward to it.

by FuquaManuel on Apr 2, 2010 9:23 AM EDT reply actions

That is one seriously ugly swing in the Glanville picture over at the Fightins.

by Cormican on Apr 2, 2010 9:55 AM EDT reply actions

Feliz at first?

That’s a lot of lost production at 1B.

by Screen Name 20 on Apr 2, 2010 10:14 AM EDT reply actions

I wonder if the Astros understand that the only — and I mean, literally the only — value Feliz brings to the table is his above average glove at third base. Fun fact: Feliz’s bat has cost his teams more than 7 wins over the course of his 8 major league seasons (clicky).

by PhillyFriar on Apr 2, 2010 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions

To be fair (sort of), the other option they’re considering is Geoff Blum, who’s just as bad.

Although if it were up to me, I’d probably let this other guy on their 40-man play over either Feliz or Blum.

by taco pal on Apr 2, 2010 11:42 AM EDT up reply actions

I agree.

by j reed on Apr 2, 2010 11:56 AM EDT up reply actions

Let’s just hope the Phillie Killing Elvis will be on the DL when we play the Suckstros. Because some how we forget what end of the bat to use when we play them. At least it seem that way…great, now I can’t stop thinking about how much I hate that Mister Rodgers HR Choo-Choo train and that dumbass hill with the flagpole. Yes, baseball is best played on a miniature golf course.

by j reed on Apr 2, 2010 11:54 AM EDT up reply actions

And don’t forget the mocking Jack-in-the-Box scroll behind the plate, maybe the creepiest corporate logo out there not.

So to sum up: that first series against the Astros the Phils will face Brett Myers, a flyball righty, and pitch against a lineup that has Feliz not only in it, but at first base. If we don’t win that game they’ll have to seriously consider some kind of sacrificial ritual involving the Phanatic, Buzz Lightyear and a couple of M-80s to lift this stupid curse.

by Wet Luzinski on Apr 2, 2010 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions

not=now.

TWSS!

by Wet Luzinski on Apr 2, 2010 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions

So if we fail the and must perform the ritual to appease the Baseball Gods....

… could we, as Buzz is M-80ed into the heavens, have the Phanatic jump the sacrifical altar on this ride?

by j reed on Apr 3, 2010 10:34 AM EDT up reply actions

Crashburn Alley/ Schilling v Bill Baer

good post from Bill, as usual. The comments are quite good too if you want to go back and dive into the Cliff Lee stuff again. As Baer notes, CHONE has the Phillies at 87 wins, STD 6. Our own poll seems to skew toward the higher end of that deviation.

by Wet Luzinski on Apr 2, 2010 1:34 PM EDT reply actions

Hamels with another shaky outing in his last start of ST. I’m not particularly enthused by his performance this spring. Hope he can find some kind of groove during the season.

It seems he has been working on mixing in more of his 3rd pitch at the expense of his changeup which might explain the results.

by FuquaManuel on Apr 2, 2010 9:04 PM EDT reply actions