Eaton Demoted To Bullpen; Happ’s Status

Posted by Tim Malcolm, Sat, July 19, 2008 12:45 PM

Getting to news from yesterday, Adam Eaton was demoted to the bullpen before last night’s game against the Marlins. The move was made after the Phillies traded three prospects for pitcher Joe Blanton.

Eaton said he has to take the demotion in stride:

“I’d like to be a starter, don’t me wrong. … But I’m on one of the best teams in the big leagues, and that’s the key. We’re going to win this thing, and I want to be on the team that’s doing it”

Finally he’s not blaming anything. Well, it’s good to see Eaton wants to contribute positively to the cause. How would Eaton fit? I’d say he becomes the long-innings man to start, since Clay Condrey has been getting more time in middle relief because of Tom Gordon’s injury.

Lest we forget JA Happ, who was specatcular in a no-hit performance against Scranton Wilkes-Barre two nights ago. Charlie Manuel said the team is watching him closely.

“I know where Happ’s at. Happ has done very good. I saw how good he pitched yesterday. He’s still in our book.”

It’s probably wise to keep Happ in AAA, and ready him for once one of the starters gets injured or slips up again.

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8 Responses to “Eaton Demoted To Bullpen; Happ’s Status”

  1. Gary B Says:
    July 19th, 2008 at 3:04 pm

    I still say trade Eaton for a bag of balls and maybe a couple maple bats…

  2. Gavin Says:
    July 19th, 2008 at 5:45 pm

    Eaton should be released. This is a typical situation where he gets sent to the pen b/c of his salary. This is not a move that makes our team better and that pisses me off.

  3. fred Says:
    July 20th, 2008 at 8:29 am

    You can’t trade Eaton, no one will take on his salary. He’s probably going to be semi useful by pitching in blowouts and making sure our better pitchers dont have to pitch in games that are already over. It’s only a matter of time before Happ replaces Kendrick in the rotation.

  4. PSU Fan Says:
    July 20th, 2008 at 12:48 pm

    I took a trip up to Leigh Valley last night (great stadium) and saw Les Walrond pitch (7 shutout innings). Why is there no talk about this guy coming up to the big club?

  5. Phil Says:
    July 20th, 2008 at 12:50 pm

    PSU Fan what do his numbers look like?

  6. NJ Says:
    July 20th, 2008 at 1:01 pm

    Eaton could solve the bullpen issues soaking up a lot of thse un-important innings freeing Madson and Durbin up to have an increased role behind Lidge. The pressures on Condrey to show he’s not there just to make up the numbers.

  7. PSU Fan Says:
    July 20th, 2008 at 4:00 pm

    3-7 record (yeah, not that good, but the team is 21 games under .500), 3.06 era, 1.29 whip. Had a 17 k game earlier this year.

  8. James Beale Says:
    July 21st, 2008 at 4:34 pm

    PSU Fan - short answer is that he’s on the wrong side of 30 already. Maybe as a specialist, anyone have his triple A splits?

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