Comments on: Phils hoping a journey of a thousand miles proves to start with a chance to hit against Colorado pitching http://www.philliesflow.com/2012/06/20/phils-hoping-a-journey-of-a-thousand-miles-proves-to-start-with-a-chance-to-hit-against-colorado-pitching/ A fan's Philadelphia Phillies blog Fri, 24 May 2013 02:54:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: egrissom http://www.philliesflow.com/2012/06/20/phils-hoping-a-journey-of-a-thousand-miles-proves-to-start-with-a-chance-to-hit-against-colorado-pitching/#comment-77761 egrissom Wed, 20 Jun 2012 20:41:26 +0000 http://www.philliesflow.com/?p=7708#comment-77761 Didn’t mean to suggest that any of this is Galvis’s fault. The Phillies played someone regularly who should not have been played and he was the guy. That’s the Phillies fault, not his. The question for me is I don’t know if the Phillies knew that starting Galvis at second was going to go badly or not. They should have. Galvis should have been in Triple-A in 2012, preparing to fight for a job as a backup infielder in a year or so. Not starting at 2B, a position he didn’t play. He has a .292 career on-base percentage in the minors and 126 PA above Double-A.

The offense was also a big part of the problem in April. The pitching was good, Galvis on-based .225 and the Phillies went 11-12. Again, the Phillies shouldn’t have been counting on Galvis offensively and I don’t think they were. A lot of other higher profile guys didn’t hit in April (Polanco, Pence, Victorino, Rollins, Mayberry). But they shouldn’t have let him on the field, either.

I totally agree with Bill about Rollins. That was fun last night.

I think Qualls is now and will always be trustworthy against righties. He can’t pitch against lefties unless you are up or down by a lot.

I think Ruiz is a pretty good guess if you have to pick someone and don’t know.

]]> By: Bill http://www.philliesflow.com/2012/06/20/phils-hoping-a-journey-of-a-thousand-miles-proves-to-start-with-a-chance-to-hit-against-colorado-pitching/#comment-77756 Bill Wed, 20 Jun 2012 20:23:49 +0000 http://www.philliesflow.com/?p=7708#comment-77756 so i took a poll of a bunch of people who didnt know who got suspended yesterday and came up with this scientific vote result:

Ruiz – 5
Hamels – 4
Polanco – 1

I chuckled when the guy said Polanco but none the less, let the record show, no one saw Freddy getting busted. Me included, Haha!

Good win last night. Needed a strong outing from Hamels and got it. Qualls again! When is the appropriate time to consider him trustworthy again? Im going with never but…

Jimmy setting the table last night too. Lets hope that keeps up.

]]> By: Jim http://www.philliesflow.com/2012/06/20/phils-hoping-a-journey-of-a-thousand-miles-proves-to-start-with-a-chance-to-hit-against-colorado-pitching/#comment-77755 Jim Wed, 20 Jun 2012 19:57:22 +0000 http://www.philliesflow.com/?p=7708#comment-77755 Galvis was certainly put into a situation where you couldn’t have high expectations, but if the rest of the team lived up to their own expectations it still would have turned out fine. I have a hard time counting putting a somewhat promising rookie on 2nd and seeing what happens as major part of the team’s problems – unless what you mean is that the lack of depth left them with little choice.

]]> By: egrissom http://www.philliesflow.com/2012/06/20/phils-hoping-a-journey-of-a-thousand-miles-proves-to-start-with-a-chance-to-hit-against-colorado-pitching/#comment-77748 egrissom Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:49:06 +0000 http://www.philliesflow.com/?p=7708#comment-77748 Yeah. I really didn’t like Hamels hitting for himself having thrown seven innings or the Polanco bunt with a runner already in scoring position.

]]> By: egrissom http://www.philliesflow.com/2012/06/20/phils-hoping-a-journey-of-a-thousand-miles-proves-to-start-with-a-chance-to-hit-against-colorado-pitching/#comment-77747 egrissom Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:47:01 +0000 http://www.philliesflow.com/?p=7708#comment-77747 I felt exactly the same way last night. Hamels was bad in the first inning, then bad through a lot of the second before he suddenly snapped to life and got two strikeouts to end the inning.

That first inning run and the start of the second was just demoralizing.

Hamels and Lee need to pitch better. The Phillies need them really a whole lot and they’ve come up empty for a while.

On Galvis, even with that jump in his power and good defense, he still wasn’t a guy the Phillies should have been counting on. 226/254/363 isn’t good. Every part of that line was reasonable to expect (except the increase in power) from what he did in the minors. It was unreasonable for the Phillies to insert him as an everyday player and expect more from him.

]]> By: Greg http://www.philliesflow.com/2012/06/20/phils-hoping-a-journey-of-a-thousand-miles-proves-to-start-with-a-chance-to-hit-against-colorado-pitching/#comment-77746 Greg Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:45:13 +0000 http://www.philliesflow.com/?p=7708#comment-77746 As an aside, it sure would be nice if Charlie had a few arms he felt confident in out in the pen. Having Hamels pitch the 8th will hurt the team more often than it will help.

]]> By: Greg http://www.philliesflow.com/2012/06/20/phils-hoping-a-journey-of-a-thousand-miles-proves-to-start-with-a-chance-to-hit-against-colorado-pitching/#comment-77745 Greg Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:40:47 +0000 http://www.philliesflow.com/?p=7708#comment-77745 Let’s just say that I was more than a little worried after watching Cole pitch the first two innings based upon his recent outings. Glad to see him settle down. Really glad about getting a victory. This team needs to start winning some series just to get some confidence back.

I guess that explains Galvis’ surprise jump in power this year. I was not expecting his ISO to be as high as it was after following him in the minors. No real affect on things as he was going to miss those 50 games anyway. Just so long as he doesn’t fail another test in five years when he may be decent offensively.

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