Some Phillies Links for You, April 30, 2010: Short Off-Day, Return of Cliff, Howard's K

by WholeCamels on Apr 30, 2010 8:34 AM EDT

Abbreviated Off-Day Links For YOU!

Crashburn Alley - Mets Series Preview: Joe Janish
Bill does a Q&A with MetsToday.

The Fightins " A Guide To Your 2010 Phillies’ Facial Hair
Buy this poster; hang it up in your house. I guarantee it'll make the ladies swoon. Or run from you, the creepy guy. Whatever.

Inflation helps Phillies ... but how much? - SweetSpot Blog - ESPN
Rob Neyer indirectly addresses Matt Swartz's outstanding take on the Ryan Howard contract.

Pelfrey up for Halladay challenge - NYPOST.com
BIG PELF's BABIP allowed is .249. His runners stranded percentage 93.6%. xFIP = 4.30. He's doing great, but this won't hold up.

Launching Pad: Opening night for M's Lee
Good luck, Clifton.

Paul Hagen: Talk soup on Howard's megadeal from Phillies | Philadelphia Daily News
I would hope there are better ways to financially strap your opponents than by crippling yourself.

IronPigs win 5-3; Lidge activated - mcall.com
I can't exactly say I have a ton of confidence in Drew Carpenter if he needs to come up and fill in.

Colby Shreve Earns First Pro Win in 4-1 Lakewood BlueClaws Victory Over the Kannapolis Intimidators
His first professional start, Shreve went 5.1 IP, allowing just 2 hits and 1 ER.

Heyward Homers, but Braves fall to Cardinals 10-4 - Talking Chop
Braves lose ninth game in a row. Wow.

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by Wet Luzinski on Apr 30, 2010 12:25 PM EDT reply actions

Big Pelf

Apparently somebody made a Youtube video compilation titled “Mike Pelfrey Kicks ass”.

You really can find anything on the internet.

by taco pal on Apr 30, 2010 12:30 PM EDT reply actions

Hagen says

It looks different from the executive suites down on Pattison Avenue. From that vantage point, they are trying to keep their window of opportunity open as long as possible and they aren’t going to be able to do it with prospects, since most of them were traded to get Joe Blanton, Cliff Lee and Roy Halladay in recent years.

Ugh. Whatever the underlying merits of the Howard contract might be, I am pretty certain that this is NOT the reason why the front office signed the deal.

by taco pal on Apr 30, 2010 12:33 PM EDT reply actions

Either way, most of the best “prospects” (May, Cosart, Gose, Gillies, etc.) wouldn’t be ready until 2012-13 anyway, right about the time the Howard contract probably starts to get really yucky.

http://www.thegoodphight.com

by WholeCamels on Apr 30, 2010 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions

You’re right, but the truly sad part about that statement is that Howard’s contract starts to get “yucky” in 2012, i.e. the year it starts. Blargh.

by PhillyFriar on Apr 30, 2010 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions

Is anyone here surprised about the Braves?

I’d expected them to compete heavily with your team and mine. So far, they’ve been an utter fail. I kinda wonder what is going wrong with them, other than the pressure of Cox’s final year and the sucktitude of Melky Cabrera, who was overrated anyway.

by R_Adragna on Apr 30, 2010 2:16 PM EDT reply actions