kruker wrote:

dajafi wrote:Former top overall pick, age-27 season, has to be aware he's running out of chances. I agree it was worth a try. But if he isn't hitting, he's useless. And he's not hitting. Time to cut bait and see what Ruf can do.

I'd also recall Stutes and Robles (from AA) today, cut Durbin and demote Horst.

Sadly they don't have too many other moves they can make.

Yea....not sure I'd have gambled on Delmon though, but no big loss.

The thing that's been bothering me the past few days, and I usually bring this up once a season, is how bad our Latin American program has been. All of these years when we were giving up first round picks or drafting in the bottom of the first round, we should have been going hard in the international market. We all know that wasn't the case. Our minor league system might be in average shape right now if we had any success in Latin America.

JFLNYC wrote:Who could have predicted the Delmon Young signing wouldn't work out?

Warszawa wrote:

JFLNYC wrote:Who could have predicted the Delmon Young signing wouldn't work out?

unfortunately he'll probably continue to start in RF until at least the all-star break

Warszawa wrote:

JFLNYC wrote:Who could have predicted the Delmon Young signing wouldn't work out?

unfortunately he'll probably continue to start in RF until at least the all-star break

RichmondPhilsFan wrote:

Trent Steele wrote:

Ace Rothstein wrote:

Trent Steele wrote:Wil Carroll says Howard going on DL

Gotta be Ruf coming up right?

Does it matter? There's a 100% chance that they will use some kind of Galvis/Frandsen platoon at 3B and move Michael Young to 1B. Barf.

Maybe Young will pull a hamstring chasing down an errant Utley throw.

Soren wrote:Delmon Young needs to be hit by a bus.

30. Kansas City Royals*

Kyle Kendrick | RHP, Mount Vernon (Wash.) HS
Kendrick has remade himself as a pitcher since late last summer, changes detailed by Bill Baer over at Crashburn Alley, which is part of the SweetSpot network.

I agree with Bill that Kendrick's ERA isn't sustainable -- it's at 2.47 this year, and 2.45 since that Aug. 8 cutoff point Bill cites -- but I do think the increased use of the changeup has turned him into a potentially league-average starter. He gets more swings and misses on that pitch from right- and left-handed hitters than he did with the cutter, and the changeup is making the fastball more effective as well.

He hasn't produced as much value to date as some players I left off this redraft, like Ryan Sweeney or Kevin Kouzmanoff, but I'm projecting solid production from him over the next five years.

Kendrick's actual draft spot: No. 205 (seventh round, Phillies)
Kansas City's pick: Mitch Maier, OF, Toledo
*This pick was compensation from the Braves for signing Paul Byrd.

76erfan wrote:howard in the lineup tonight

Roger Dorn wrote:On Phillies Offense, Amaro: “I think it can. I don’t have a crystal ball that says it will and it hasn’t shown the consistency that would make you think it will. But there are reasons they have those numbers on the back of their baseball cards. I think when it’s all said and done, we will have more productive numbers than we do right now as a group. But it is concerning that we haven’t had more consistency at this stage of the season.”

There are reasons why they have those numbers on the back of their baseball cards. Yeah, like when Howard was 7 years younger in 2006 or when Michael Young was in his prime about 5 years ago.

Barry Jive wrote:what question did you ask him?

From: Roger Dorn, Philly:
Why do you hate us?