Comments on: Ibanez leaves the Phils hopeful he’s willing to meet them halfway

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:58:21 +0000

We should be so lucky

By: egrissom

egrissom — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 02:13:37 +0000

Michael Martinez.

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 23:57:19 +0000

I can get into the right handed bat guy, whoever he is. Question is as it was above, and a darned good question: Who is it who goes to make room?

By: egrissom

egrissom — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 23:33:41 +0000

I definitely agree that Brown has way more upside than Francisco. I don’t think it’s a great time to be waiting for a young player to turn into a regular, though. I would definitely let him play for now, especially if you’re 20 games over .500, but if he’s not playing a lot better soon I hope they add someone they can count on before the end of the season.

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 22:23:05 +0000

For me, it has to be Ibanez and Brown. The former is at the end of a wonderful career, and is just not the guy he has been in the past. When he is bad, he is tragic. But he is still capable of winning a game or two for you here and there (cf: Wednesday @ The Bank). Brown is the real deal, and we just have to suck it up and let him play into the guy he will be. He too will win a game or to for us (cf: Tuesday @ The Bank).

Ben Francisco is no more than a bench player. He is AWFUL in right field; today is but one more shining example of how bad he can be out there. Pat The Bat was better in the field than Ben is. If Ben is still on this team next year I will scream.

By: egrissom

egrissom — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:24:12 +0000

I still think that of Ibanez, Brown and Francisco, Ibanez is the guy I would guess to be most likely to produce offensively in the second half. I hope it’s not the case, but I think Brown might need a while before he puts up big offensive numbers. I’d be more willing to bet on Ibanez remembering how to hit at this level before Brown learns. I would keep giving Francisco chances, too, but he sure has been awful. Looks like Manuel let Francisco hit against a righty in the ninth today with Brown available.

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 19:53:28 +0000

Yeah, Cole. But the X-ray shows only a contusion in his right hand. They have just said that he will not miss his next start. YAY

BTW, so much for any “offensive explosion”. What a bunch of sad sacks when they do this. and they do it so often.

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 19:42:24 +0000

Not saying you would move Ibanez anywhere other than the bench. If you’re going to platoon Brown, then bring Mayberry back up and let Francisco and Mayberry play against lefties.

I think I’m at my breaking point when it comes to injuries. Not Cole!

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:55:34 +0000

Raul’s contract makes it tough to move him off the team, though. I could go with Ben in left and Dom in right full time. One of them’s bound to break out.

Cole has a bruised hand. Looks like he got hit.
http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110630&content_id=21211590&vkey=news_phi&c_id=phi

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:22:02 +0000

Just about anybody has a higher potential than Ibanez.

Why did Hamels just come out of the game?