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By: egrissom

egrissom — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:10:11 +0000

I fear that Young may be terrible at third. I don’t think he was ever great there. He was just bad for the three years coming into 2012. In 2012, he only played about 200 innings at third, but when he did play there he was awful.

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Thu, 17 Jan 2013 04:18:29 +0000

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By: Drew

Drew — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 03:14:11 +0000

You think Young wont be so hot at third? I’m not expecting Polly, but wasn’t Young pretty good with the leather once upon a time?

By: egrissom

egrissom — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 03:08:49 +0000

I actually think that when the pitchers are on the mound and think of Young, they’ll mostly be thinking, “Whatever you do, don’t throw a ground ball to third base.” I’m guessing fielding won’t prove to be his thing so much.

Also, six is a lot of one-run games to lose with Lee on the mound.

By: Drew

Drew — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 01:09:58 +0000

Your list of lowlights gives me the DTs. The memories are still raw.

The thing is, this team may be based on pitching – which is not a bad way to go – but to hang those guys out there having to defend one run leads day in and day out will cause even the best to wear out mentally. And physically. How do you pitch 35 starts knowing you cannot ever make a mistake? It screws with these guys’ whole pitching strategy.

Offense. Pitchers have to feel that they can count in the lineup to have their backs once in a while. I think they will be buoyed by Young’s presence. But they cannot help but look into the corners and ask themselves why they signed with the Phillies.