Hi Swish. That was funner.

my cousin mose wrote:ms lippy's car is green

+1

etched Chaos wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote:The Giants have scored 54 fewer runs than us and played 2 more games. They're like really fucking bad at scoring runs.

We've also allowed 21 fewer runs than them.

They also play crappier teams out west.

Anyways, looking up stuff at B-R is fun.

Raul Ibanez has been hitting .271/.303/.481 = .784 OPS since his low water mark on May 1st (.154/.238/.209 = .446).

A little surprising since watching him hit is pretty painful so often.

His defense is pretty bad though. Defensive stats that we have access to aren't great but Trent pointed out Raul's numbers per fangraphs and Dewan's +/- has him at - 20 and the 35th ranked LFer in MLB.

Remember at the beginning of the season when the Phils were last in the league in walks? They've moved up to 4th (welcom back Chase). They are also 5th in OBP which isn't bad although the number looks sickly (.322 -- Year of the Pitcher ).

Their slugging is bad --- .381. Again, if Utley's hips and knee and other labrum and obliques allow, he should help a lot there. I kinda thing Brown's numbers will improve as well if he continues to play. And Howard's second half OPS is more than 1.000 (.600 slugging) in his career so maybe he's just waiting to flip the switch ( ).

So since July 24, 2010, the Phillies regular season record is...

107-55.

The B1G Piece wrote:So since July 24, 2010, the Phillies regular season record is...

107-55.

When they are 110-55 come talk to me.

Wheels Tupay wrote:

The B1G Piece wrote:So since July 24, 2010, the Phillies regular season record is...

107-55.

When they are 110-55 come talk to me.

114 - 51 is when i start to care

JSalisburyCSN Jim Salisbury
Phils sign P Aaron Heilman to minor league contract. He will go to AAA

Wut

worley's replacement.

This is the opposite of the Tim Redding signing. We have always pounded him.

Zolecki:

They said Placido Polanco received injections in his back. They will see how he responds over the next couple days. He has been on the DL since July 4.
Joe Blanton is headed to Philadelphia to have his right elbow evaluated by team physician Michael Ciccotti.

jerseyhoya wrote:JSalisburyCSN Jim Salisbury
Phils sign P Aaron Heilman to minor league contract. He will go to AAA

Wut

From BP:

If you only look at strikeout, walk, and strikeout-to-walk ratios, then Heilman is in the mist of one of his better seasons. Sometimes those values can lie, and Heilman’s 2011 is a good example. Released after 35 1/3 innings pitched, Heilman has allowed eight home runs (he allowed nine in each of the last two seasons, with those totals coming in roughly 72 innings apiece) and his batting average on balls in play is well above career norms.

In most cases like this, you can hand wave some of the badness away and credit it to small sample sizes, however Heilman’s fastball is going slower this season, per PITCHf/x data, and losing the estimate 2.8 miles per hour has different effects on different pitchers. It’ll be interesting to see how many teams inquire on his services, and whether anyone is willing to toss him straight into the major league bullpen.

Worth noting that Heilman has posted the best SIERA of his career so far in 35 IP. 3.18.

It really is a shame about blanton... he was our trade piece at the beginning of the season. otoh, his absence allowed worley to succeed at the ml level and develop some value

fugees is already worried about him becoming lights out

Monkeyboy wrote:It really is a shame about blanton... he was our trade piece at the beginning of the season. otoh, his absence allowed worley to succeed at the ml level and develop some value

Blanton was never our trade piece

BP wrote:If you only look at strikeout, walk, and strikeout-to-walk ratios, then Heilman is in the mist

Hey now

Barry Jive wrote:

Monkeyboy wrote:It really is a shame about blanton... he was our trade piece at the beginning of the season. otoh, his absence allowed worley to succeed at the ml level and develop some value

Blanton was never our trade piece

because no one wanted him

Swiggers wrote:Joe Blanton is headed to Philadelphia to have his right elbow evaluated by team physician Michael Ciccotti.

Oh good another shake of Ciccotti's magic eight ball

shouldn't he already be in Philly with the team?

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