Archive for March, 2009
« Previous EntriesJack and Giles
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009The biggest news of the past three days is that the Phils traded Ronny Paulino to the Giants for left-handed pitcher Jack Taschner. The Giants then traded Paulino to the Marlins.
The Phillies also released Brian Giles and sent John Mayberry and Carlos Carrasco to minor league camp. The linked article also says […]
JA better Happ to it if he wants to keep pace with Park
Thursday, March 26th, 2009Chan Ho Park and Happ have both been great this spring. As good as they’ve both been, though, Park has outpitched Happ and deserves to be the fifth starter based on what’s gone on so far.
Happ has thrown to an impressive 3.15 ERA with a 1.20 ratio in 20 innings. Park, though, has […]
2009 one last time
Thursday, March 26th, 2009We won’t have to wait that much longer to actually see who’s going to be on the Phillies opening day roster, so here’s my final guess.
Still looks like ten hitters we know for sure are on the squad:
Player
Position
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First pitch pitch
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009Getting ahead of the batter 0-1 instead of behind him 1-0 is hugely important for a pitcher. One way you can tell is by looking at the results of plate appearances in which the pitcher got ahead or behind.
The chart below shows the batting average and slugging percentage that batters hit to against the […]
Best way for Phils to get ahead may be to get ahead
Tuesday, March 24th, 2009WC Fields once said, “There are only two real ways to get ahead today — sell liquor or drink it.” In baseball at least, you can also throw strike one.
In Sunday night’s post I pointed out that the Phillies give up both a lot and a high percentage of their home runs on the […]