Some Off-Day Phillies Links For You, June 2, 2011: The Decision
by FuquaManuel on Jun 2, 2011 3:16 PM EDT
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What’s the Move for Victorino?
Either expose Martinez or DL Gload, please.
Phillies scouts in final prep for Monday's draft
As for overall priorities, Wolever said he’d like to get some catching, left-handed pitching, and "a middle infielder or two, if we can."
Right Field or Bust for Ryan Howard
What about Dom Brown?
Keith Law's Updated Top 25 Prospects
Cosart gets a bump. So does Singleton.
Interview With Doug Glanville
Brotherly Glove has some questions for Maple Street Press Phillies Annual interviewee, Doug Glanville, and, as always, Doug has the insightful answers.
Cliff Lee T-Shirt: Failure of Form and Function
SHAMELESS SELF PROMOTION ALERT: Over at NotGraphs, I make my fashion blogging debut.
Elsewhere in baseball:
Terry’s post-game rant, ‘Something’s going to change.’
LOL, why u mad tho?!
Must see: Adam Jones evokes Willie Mays with over-shoulder catch
Not bad.
Daisuke Matsuzaka Injury: Tommy John Surgery To Be Performed Next Week
$100 million.
Winless Streaks Further Illustrate the Problem with Wins as a Statistic
At one point in his career, Jamie Moyer went nearly three calendar years between Major League wins.
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I saw that player designed tee as well as Ruiz’ the other day. I find most of these utterly unwearable, aside from maybe the one Rollins did. This one is by far the worst.
What kind of plane is it? Oh, it's a big pretty white plane with red stripes, curtains in the windows and wheels and it looks like a big ol' Tylenol.
Aha! So we’ve finally discovered Clifton’s weakness.
by Senor Octubre on Jun 2, 2011 5:16 PM EDT up reply actions
All the hits he’s been giving up aren’t due to BABIP, but rather the hole in the space-time continuum that was caused by the sheer ugliness of this shirt.
What kind of plane is it? Oh, it's a big pretty white plane with red stripes, curtains in the windows and wheels and it looks like a big ol' Tylenol.
Ugh. I was hoping there would be a link to the Philly Sports Daily piece about Lee, followed by a large contingent explaining why it’s wrong.
Man-crushin' on Boucher since 1999 and Matt Calvert since May 2010
Broad Street Hockey - Makin' it look mean since 1967.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jun 2, 2011 5:38 PM EDT up reply actions
That was an awful piece, but echoed by everything I’m hearing on WIP and Fanatic, of course. Why aren’t we booing this guy? Um, because he’s really good…?
He’ll make his adjustments. I love how fans/media conveniently forget he’s had stretches like this before and he always makes adjustments and goes on a dominant stretch.
What kind of plane is it? Oh, it's a big pretty white plane with red stripes, curtains in the windows and wheels and it looks like a big ol' Tylenol.
My favorite was that his peripherals are almost all fantastic, and his xFIP is incredible. But people see the walks, but ignore the high BABIP and high K/BB rates.
Man-crushin' on Boucher since 1999 and Matt Calvert since May 2010
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jun 3, 2011 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions
To be fair,
In his last 5 starts, since the 16 K game, he’s walked 12, struck out 30, given up 4 HR’s, and 16 Earned runs. His BABIP has dropped about 20 points over that period of time, and he has a 2.5 K/BB ratio, over that period. (it’s 4.74 on the season.) hardly what I’d call high K/BB rates.
to put that into perspective:
His career k/BB ratio is 3.18 and includes 2002-2007 when he never had a season higher than 2.75 and averaged around 2.00
2010 was 10.28
2009 was 4.21 but 7.4 with the phils.
2008 was 5.00, the year he won the CY.
His K/BB ratios are very low in relation to what hes done the past three seasons…
Don’t get me wrong, it’s not something to worry about, IMO. That said, I think we put Cliff Lee on a bit of a pedestal because he’s Cliff Lee.
Lee’s shirt vs. Victorino’s shirt. Thunderdome. That is all.
by Wet Luzinski on Jun 2, 2011 11:30 PM EDT up reply actions
[B]aseball sources say the scouting staff peeked in on South Jersey righthander Kevin Comer of Seneca High School this week. The Phils have serious interest in Comer, who has committed to Vanderbilt. Phils scouts have also closely monitored catcher Cameron Gallagher of Manheim Township High School in Lancaster County.
Local guys with the top pick two years in a row?
Mixed feelings about that. I don’t want them to be sentimental.
The Braves have done very well over the years by scouting well in their own backyard. A bit apples to oranges, but I do think there’s something to be said for getting more looks at the local kids.
These are honestly the first names I’ve seen linked with the club… though, granted, it’s kind of a tough thing to link them to anyone at 39 given how fluid the draft process is.
Don’t know if it’s been said here but the Phils resigned Les Walrond. He looked pretty decent in Lancaster, fwiw.
Flyers Fans: We've survived Lock-outs, Lindros and Cooperalls. If you want to get rid of us, you'll have to split an atom or two.
Tons of things look better in Lancaster than they do elsewhere. How do you think I convinced my wife to marry me?
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I see your wife’s Jewish self-deprecation has rubbed off on you, though.
The Good Phight, Big Black Kids, and now NotGraphs. Fun!
Haha. I hear you’ll be in attendance on Sunday? You should organize a group trip for tGP. We’re pretty nasty this year. Come see the team before they all get signed!
Flyers Fans: We've survived Lock-outs, Lindros and Cooperalls. If you want to get rid of us, you'll have to split an atom or two.
by KreiderDesigns on Jun 2, 2011 9:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Howard is either
a] trying to get a catcher’s inference call
b] breaking the catcher’s hand.
c] curious about catching and is watching how to frame a pitch
d] mistaking the catcher’s mitt for a tee.
e] method acting – scene: major league baseball game; motivation: a strike out looking.
f] mistiming an attempt to hit a foul ball
g] wondering if he left the iron on
h] struggling with rabbit season, duck season pitch recognition.
LoL- rich!!!!
Offense, offense, where are you?
by dannijd on Jun 3, 2011 12:07 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Generic Comments About the Nationals
Just in case anyone worries that this is the first time in recent memory that a Nationals team has taken two out of three from the Phillies, the answer is no. The Phillies have dominated the Nationals like no other team over five seasons (they still lead this year’s season series 6-3) but there have been three other times during that period when the Nationals managed to take two out of three in a series. In 2007 the overall record was 12-6 Phillies, and the Nationals never won a series. But in 2008, with the same overall record, the Nationals won two series: the opening games of the season and then a crucial two out of three in early September that seemed likely at the time to give the Mets the cushion they needed. In 2009 it was all Phillies – 15-3 for the season record – but last year it was again 12-6, and the Nationals won two out of three in late July when the Phillies were still struggling to catch the Braves. After that series the Phillies won something like 14 of the next 15 series (all but the sweep by the Astros) as they went on to finish with the best record in baseball.
One other point I noticed when looking at last season’s schedule: the Phillies did not reach 14 games over .500 until August 12th, when they were 64-50.
by phillyinportland on Jun 3, 2011 3:50 AM EDT reply actions
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