Archive for February, 2010
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Thursday, February 25th, 2010The Phillies got a little worse at preventing runs last year compared to their 2008 campaign. In 2008, only two teams in the NL allowed fewer runs than the Phils. In 2009 the Phils dropped to sixth in the league.
If you had asked me the inning in which the Phillies saw the most […]
No way Jose
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010Ruben Amaro suggested last week that Phillies fans might want to relax about the lack of lefties in the pen and further suggested that righty Jose Contreras and his splitter might be a big weapon against lefties this season. I actually feel pretty relaxed about the pen, but more because I feel confident that […]
Phils going to need to find some new friends to get by with a little help from
Monday, February 22nd, 2010Last week I mentioned that while the Phillies got worse at preventing runs overall last year, using opponent batting statistics they still got better against left-handed batters.
A couple more things about that.
First, a big part of their success against left-handed hitting had to do with some right-handed pitchers that 1) were great against lefties […]
Doing the right thing harder than expected for Phillies pitchers last season
Thursday, February 18th, 2010In 2008, when they won the World Series, the Phillies were the third-best NL team at preventing runs. Only the Cubs and the Dodgers allowed fewer. In 2009, the Phillies were pretty good at preventing runs compared to the rest of the NL again, but dropped to sixth-best in the league.
Returning to the […]
Who’s left?
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010Details about when JC Romero will be able to contribute to the Phillies pen remain uncertain, so it seems likely that the Phillies opening day roster will include lefty Antonio Bastardo or his fellow lefty Sergio Escalona. Or both.
So it seems important to be able to tell them apart.
Neither of the two […]