Comments on: The unusual suspects

By: Pattie Noerenberg

Pattie Noerenberg — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:48:27 +0000

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By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:05:21 +0000

It’s awesome to see Vance Worley and Kyle Kendrick stepping up and winning games for us when our team is struggling to stay healthy. I watched these kids play in the minors with the Lakewood BlueClaws a while back and it’s nice to see them still winning games for our system. Go Phills!

By: egrissom

egrissom — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 01:25:41 +0000

If you don’t like that, how bout Halladay leaves after four innings looking like he’s not feeling real good?

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:41:41 +0000

Sigh. I just watched our center fielder and right fielder bat. They are hitting seventh and eighth in the order. Somehow, I do not think that is optimum for a ball club.

By: egrissom

egrissom — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 20:10:22 +0000

I don’t understand how Baez has hung on so long. I assume it must have something to do with past success and thinking they need a veteran presence, but golly he’s been bad. I’m all for a veteran presence, but would really prefer one that could get someone out. it’s also not like the Phillies are putting him into a ton of situations with the game on the line. In Baez’s defense, five scoreless innings from him against the Reds on May 25 were huge. In his not-defense, he’s thrown to a 12.34 ERA in his ten appearances since and opponents have hit 365/450/615 against him. So maybe 73 pitches wasn’t the best idea.

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 19:54:26 +0000

@Greg… Good point about not sitting a kid on the bench just to replace Baez.

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 19:48:17 +0000

If Baez could throw with his left hand, I’d prefer to keep him. Maybe he should try it, he can’t be much worse. However, Perez has some pretty sick stuff from the left side, so I’d rather have him on the team even if he has no idea where the ball is going when he lets it go.

There are plenty of arms in the minors who would be better than Baez, although I can’t really see the point in bringing any of them up. With the amount of work he gets, it just wouldn’t make sense to replace him with a kid that is only going to throw once a week.

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:59:07 +0000

For the moment, I think I’d still hang onto Perez over Baez.

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:57:32 +0000

Baez in the major league uniform of a top team makes less sense as time moves forward and his ERA rises. He throws hard, which is the only reason I can imagine for his still being here; why he is not effective is a mystery to me, but he is sure isn’t. Someone in the minors has to bring as much to the mound as Baez does. i’d love to know Amaro’s reasoning for keeping him.

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:55:44 +0000

I don’t think Perez is ready for the big show.. 3 straight K’s is good. 3 straight BB’s is too reminiscent of Romero.

But Baez would be #2 on my list to ditch.