Another Philly Bites the Dust

ljshorty89 · #2 06-26-2009, 10:11 AM

Wait....Raul Ibanez is his interpreter? Does he get paid for working 2 jobs?

Kingdom_of_Zito · #3 06-26-2009, 10:25 AM

NL East, home of the infamous D.L.

ljshorty89 · #4 06-26-2009, 10:31 AM

And the Mets, after yesterday, pull to within .5 games. I know the Phillies have some bad injuries, but there'll be no better trade deadline pick up than Reyes, Beltran, Delgado, Maine, Perez, and Billy Wagner.

Kingdom_of_Zito · #5 06-26-2009, 10:33 AM

I'm excited for more Billy Wagner epic fails, how 'bout you?

ljshorty89 · #6 06-26-2009, 10:35 AM

He'll be the 7th inning man, and a second lefty out of the pen. I think that if he accepts his role, he'll be a pretty solid reliever for us. He won't get resigned after the season, but would you rather have Billy Wagner or Chad Durbin/Clay Condrey/Scott Eyre coming in for the 7th inning? I'd rather have Wagner.

cjkalt · #7 06-26-2009, 10:49 AM

Originally Posted by ljshorty89

And the Mets, after yesterday, pull to within .5 games. I know the Phillies have some bad injuries, but there'll be no better trade deadline pick up than Reyes, Beltran, Delgado, Maine, Perez, and Billy Wagner.

Big assumption to assume they will all be back to their retroselves

ljshorty89 · #8 06-26-2009, 10:55 AM

Originally Posted by cjkalt

Big assumption to assume they will all be back to their retroselves

Well, most of them should be. I mean, Beltran's knee bruise, Reyes' hammy tendon(NOT THE ACTUAL HAMMY), Maine's dead arm, Perez' knee strain should all heal fine and not cause much long term damage. Wagner is having Tommy John, and most people return fine(eventually), so he may not be himself right away. Putz and Delgado, who knows, we'll see.

No matter what, I would guess that out of the 7 guys, if 3-4 of them come back at 85%+ strength, there'll be no better deadline pickup...

Shadow29 · #9 06-26-2009, 10:30 PM

Still you have to figure the phillies just suck at interleague. They had the same funk last year and look what happened.

ljshorty89 · #10 06-26-2009, 11:20 PM

Difference is the rotation and bullpen are playing DOWN to the level of talent they should have last year. This year's Phils team is significantly worse than last year(outside of the lineup).

ljshorty89 · #11 06-26-2009, 11:24 PM

And another one down, another one down, another one bites the dust:

Right-hander Chan Ho Park came on to relieve Hamels and immediately induced a comebacker to the mound off the bat of Toronto's Alex Rios. As Park dropped to his left knee to field the ball, he crouched awkwardly and seemed to be in pain. After throwing to first to retire Rios and end the inning, Park fell to the ground, where he stayed for a few minutes before leaving on his own accord.

Park was said to have a right knee contusion afterward.

ljshorty89 · #12 06-30-2009, 09:15 AM

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4296445
Bastardo to the DL. No word on when he may return. GM Ruben Amaro on acquiring a pitcher:

"When you have this many teams in the race it's very thin," Amaro said. "It's always thin. Again, there were three teams who got pitching last year. Three teams out of 30. That's 10 percent.
"We can say, 'Pretty please can we have a pitcher?' but that doesn't mean one will become available."