Comments on: Phils Barrage Braves, Hold On

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:56:32 +0000

Imagine, if hopefully the Phillies win the NL East and go to the next level, we will all look back on this Atlanta series and say that the Phillie’s season, this close to oblivion, turned on it!

By: NJ

NJ — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:43:39 +0000

I’m worried we’re going to misuse him and wish we’d started him behind Myers as the 3 giving the pen some rest before facing the back-end of the rotation. He’s going to give up hits a few walks and runs but will eat up innings if the games close.

By: Geoff

Geoff — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:36:12 +0000

Yes I know that. Im giving him the benefit of the doubt. Im just saying we really really really need him to be efficient if theyre not going to get another starter.

By: NJ

NJ — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:33:59 +0000

Geoff we don’t know what Blanton would have ended up pitching last night, he very well could have put up a further 6 scoreless innings. The bats need to stay alive so that he can pitch the 7th of 8th in a close game rather than being pulled for a pinch hitter.

By: Geoff

Geoff — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:31:35 +0000

For starting pitchers, ive become obsessed with WHIP and ERA. im big on innings too, but i try and focus on efficiency. especially with whip in relation to pitch count. how many pitches does it take to get through 7 innings for this guy as opposed to that guy, etc.

By: Phil

Phil — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:29:31 +0000

Look at our bullpens record though.

By: Geoff

Geoff — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:29:21 +0000

Blantons gotta get his act together. they brought him in here because the starters cant make it through 7 innings (except hamels and once with kendrick/moyer) and he needs to provide 7 innings for them routinely.

By: Don M

Don M — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:21:23 +0000

Right.. and obviously that can work both ways… and guy that gives up the lead.. if his team re-takes the lead and he is still on record.. he can get the win.

its not a very telling stat.. I think quality starts.. which revolve around ERA is a good stat… but my point was that a team whose starting pitchers are 32-34 has a tough road ahead of them.. I would be interested to see if any team has made the playoffs whose starting pitchers were below .500….. or what the worst W-L was for a starting rotation of a team that made the playoffs.

By: Phil

Phil — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:17:36 +0000

Hamels should be like 15-4 right now and Moyer should be 13-6.

By: Don M

Don M — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:14:40 +0000

I understand and agree… I’ve said many, many times that the most telling pitching stat is his ERA.

BUT… a number of the Phillies loses this year are because Brett Myers, Adam Eaton, Kyle Kendrick have been ROCKED early in the game and didn’t make it out of the 4th inning..

a number of those loses are 2-0, 3-1 etc where Cole Hamels and Jamie Moyer have pitched amazing, and the offense didn’t show up… Hamels SHOULD have about 15 wins right now