Comments on: It’s been 14 years that are gone forever and are otherwise unremarkable http://www.philliesflow.com/2012/02/28/its-been-14-years-that-are-gone-forever-and-are-otherwise-unremarkable/ A fan's Philadelphia Phillies blog Thu, 23 May 2013 04:29:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: egrissom http://www.philliesflow.com/2012/02/28/its-been-14-years-that-are-gone-forever-and-are-otherwise-unremarkable/#comment-71903 egrissom Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:27:43 +0000 http://www.philliesflow.com/?p=6243#comment-71903 That would be very nice. It’s hard to imagine news coming back that Howard is going to be ready before the end of May, but less hard to imagine the news being worse than that.

]]> By: DaMannse http://www.philliesflow.com/2012/02/28/its-been-14-years-that-are-gone-forever-and-are-otherwise-unremarkable/#comment-71878 DaMannse Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:00:57 +0000 http://www.philliesflow.com/?p=6243#comment-71878 Here’s hoping we get a good medical report on Howard today.

]]> By: DaMannse http://www.philliesflow.com/2012/02/28/its-been-14-years-that-are-gone-forever-and-are-otherwise-unremarkable/#comment-71765 DaMannse Tue, 28 Feb 2012 23:53:45 +0000 http://www.philliesflow.com/?p=6243#comment-71765 Worley has to learn to pitch ahead in the count. The later in the year it got to be, the deeper the counts seem to run. Don’t get me wrong; he showed real steel when he fell behind, far beyond his years. It was pretty impressive to watch him stay calm and focused. But as a rule, pitching from behind in the count is not likely to produce a lot of success.

]]> By: egrissom http://www.philliesflow.com/2012/02/28/its-been-14-years-that-are-gone-forever-and-are-otherwise-unremarkable/#comment-71747 egrissom Tue, 28 Feb 2012 21:57:10 +0000 http://www.philliesflow.com/?p=6243#comment-71747 I’m hoping for the best on Bastardo, but if that guy hasn’t already had the best year of his career he’s going to be a superstar. It doesn’t get a lot better than allowing 28 hits in 58 innings.

I agree with Jim that being the best lefty in the pen without a lot of other choices makes it tougher to use him. I think the Phils will figure out a second legit lefty before too long if Willis doesn’t pan out.

Stutes was kind of scary at the end of 2011. Worley was great, but I think we should count on him being a little less great this year.

]]> By: DaMannse http://www.philliesflow.com/2012/02/28/its-been-14-years-that-are-gone-forever-and-are-otherwise-unremarkable/#comment-71743 DaMannse Tue, 28 Feb 2012 21:42:55 +0000 http://www.philliesflow.com/?p=6243#comment-71743 I think one of the most interesting issue this year will be the performance of the sophomore pitchers. All of us have seen rookies come in like a blazing star, only to have their second year be not nearly as good. Stutes, Bastardo, and Worley will be kind of interesting to watch. They are certainly being relied upon to produce this year.

]]> By: Jim http://www.philliesflow.com/2012/02/28/its-been-14-years-that-are-gone-forever-and-are-otherwise-unremarkable/#comment-71724 Jim Tue, 28 Feb 2012 19:18:34 +0000 http://www.philliesflow.com/?p=6243#comment-71724 Haha… no, not a relative.

I was among the surprised that he was left off the postseason roster. It seemed like Charlie and Ruben might have had differing opinions on him. But, it seemed Charlie was using him quite a bit in setup situations.

Using Bastardo as a closer is tough, because that effectively means one fewer lefty reliever. Closers are hand-agnostic. I’m not sure I agree he ranks below Qualls and Stutes, but there’s plenty of time to figure that out.

]]> By: egrissom http://www.philliesflow.com/2012/02/28/its-been-14-years-that-are-gone-forever-and-are-otherwise-unremarkable/#comment-71714 egrissom Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:17:11 +0000 http://www.philliesflow.com/?p=6243#comment-71714 Golly. That’s enough Herndon optimism to make me wonder if you’re a blood relative. Herndon was rather fantastic at the end of the season last year, throwing to a 1.55 ERA over his last 22 appearances. His ERA got some help with a single Pence error on September 24 that let to four of the runs he allowed being unearned.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN201109242.shtml

Still, he was pretty good at the end of the year. I do think that not being on the post-season roster says a lot about what the Phillies think about him. After Papelbon, I think the guys ahead of him for saves would include Bastardo, Qualls and Stutes.

]]> By: Jim http://www.philliesflow.com/2012/02/28/its-been-14-years-that-are-gone-forever-and-are-otherwise-unremarkable/#comment-71704 Jim Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:30:27 +0000 http://www.philliesflow.com/?p=6243#comment-71704 Write it down: David Herndon will get 10 saves for the Phils this year.

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