Game Thread, Indians at Phillies, May 15, 2013.

With Roy Halladay and John Lannan out, the Phillies are looking for options.

Meet Jonathan Pettibone, this week's shiny new toy for the Phillies. Is he for real? What have the Phillies got here? Is his early success sustainable?

I can explain a lot of the Phillies win over the Indians to my seven year old tomorrow morning. Except for one thing.

Full recap later tonight, but for now, discuss the Phillies win here.

Hey, it's the AL again! ...maybe if we're real quiet, they'll go away.

How are the Phils doing on key team stats, including team defense? Also Ryan Howard's plate "discipline", and Jimmy Rollins about to become the Phillie with 10th most RBIs and 7th most walks (!) in team history.

The what could have been a perfect 7-0 west coast road trip, the Phillies ended up going 4-3. Which by all standards with this offense, isn't so bad. Still, all games were winnable and...

A highly athletic Shortstop, who may have 20-20 potential.

This will be the first in a series of posts. These are meant to be fun and inspire some discussion. Some of you may remember a few months ago when, in one of Taco Pal's excellent daily Minor League...