Archive for November, 2009
« Previous EntriesAmaro and the front office leave Phillies fans thankful they’re presumably about to take a little break
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009This says that the Phillies have agreed to terms with Juan Castro and suggests it may be a one-year deal worth $750,000 with a club option for 2011.
Wow.
Casto turns 38 in June and has a career .601 OPS. He can play short, third and second.
What he can’t do is hit […]
Division of labor
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009Trying to guess who the Phillies might have playing third base next year is kinda fun, but what kind of year the Phils have in 2010 is going to have a lot more to do with what they can do to improve their pitching this off-season.
In 2009 the Phillies used 22 pitchers. They combined […]
The sixth nonsense
Friday, November 20th, 2009Charlie Manuel finished sixth in the voting for NL Manager of the Year. Sixth?
Moving on, here’s the rates some free agents who could fill the Phils need at third base tallied hits, walks, doubles and triples, home runs and extra-base hits per 100 plate appearances for their last season in which they […]
Singles function
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009Continuing with the numbers from the last post, for the eight Phillies regulars, here’s how often they got hits or walks, singles or walks or extra-base hits or walks per 100 plate appearances in 2009:
H or BB
1B or BB
XBH or BB
Howard
35.1
22.9
22.9
Utley
36.2
27.1
22.0
Feliz
30.2
23.2
12.6
Rollins
29.2
19.7
15.6
Ibanez
34.0
21.8
22.1
Victorino
34.7
25.8
17.6
Werth
36.1
26.8
22.8
Ruiz
34.0
24.5
21.9
If you order them by their chance to get any kind […]
Annual reviews
Monday, November 16th, 2009Quick — when Ryan Howard, Chase Utley, Pedro Feliz, Raul Ibanez and Jayson Werth came to the plate in 2009, who was the most likely to get a hit?
Wrong. Okay, I’m guessing. But if you answered Pedro Feliz you’re way better at this than I am. Feliz got hits in a higher […]