It’s time to pull the plug on Brett Myers
By: mbohn
When the Philadelphia Phillies
decided to move Brett Myers back into the rotation and bring in Brad
Lidge, I was skeptical of the move. Myers liked closing, and had found
his niche in the bullpen. No one asked me, however, and they pulled the
trigger on the Lidge deal, and cemented Myers’ return to being a
starter. While I can understand why they did it, it hasn’t worked out
with Myers and it’s time for it to end. Take a look
at Myers’ last ten games, in which he has earned only a single
victory and seven losses. Over that span, he has allowed opposing
batters to cross the plate 46 times, 43 of them earned.
Brett Myers has completely lost
his ability to be a starting pitcher in the major leagues. The Phillies
need to move him back to the bullpen, and then trade him as soon as
possible. He’ll never be the closer again, unless something happens to
Lidge, and the bullpen is already one of the best in baseball.
Sometimes you have to pull the plug on an experiment, admitting that it
was a complete disaster, and move on. The Phillies reached that point
with Myers at least four starts ago, but I guess he teased them with his
one hit performance against the Reds. Or maybe it was the Reds?