Quality is a start
Continuing down the Start Log is more information on quality starts. Here’s some info on quality starts by Phillies pitchers over the past three seasons: 2012 2011 2010 % of starts QS 61.1 66.7 58.0 %...
View ArticleIrregular season
Freeze frame, November, 2012. The Phillies shock the baseball world by naming you their new GM. Your job — add a starting center fielder, a starting third baseman, a starting corner outfielder, a top...
View ArticleThe murky dozen
Here was the most recent guess about the pitchers who start the year with the team, which came in this post at the end of January: Other candidates 1 Halladay (R) P Aumont (R) 2 Lee (L) T Cloyd (R) 3...
View ArticlePapelbon lends his leadership skills to the Detroit offense
Unusual choice. The Phils got crushed yesterday in a game most memorable for Jonathan Papelbon’s outing. Papelbon was charged with six runs over two-thirds of an inning and surrendered monster...
View ArticleThe doctor is not exactly out, but he’s not looking real in, either
Roy Halladay’s final spring start was neither a disaster or a resounding success. For those of us looking for signs of the old Halladay, though, it looked a little closer to a disaster. Halladay...
View ArticleOffense explodes for four, but the bullpen keeps right on imploding
The Phillies took a 3-1 lead into the seventh inning yesterday. For the second time in two days they lost, falling 6-4 to the Pirates. Between Bastardo, Aumont, Adams and Papelbon, the back of the...
View ArticleFirst thud
The Phillies saw their first official spring action today, falling 4-3 to Toronto in a game called due to rain after the top of the seventh. Roberto Hernandez started the game, seeing his first action...
View ArticleThird time plucky
Phils topped the Tigers 10-6 this afternoon for their first spring victory. Kyle Kendrick started the game for the Phils and got hit hard in the first, allowing three runs on two walks, a single and a...
View ArticleSeven angels apparently either didn’t have his number or did and are just...
The Phillies got great pitching early this afternoon, but Michael Stutes was charged with five runs in an ugly seventh and the Rays went on to top them 6-1. Roberto Hernandez started the game for the...
View ArticleTriple threat
It took an unlikely four triples, but the Phils got their third spring win this afternoon, topping Baltimore 6-5. The Phillies hit two triples in the 28 games they played in May in 2013. They also hit...
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