 On Thursday in Atlanta, the Philadelphia Phillies are rolling out their top pitching prospect, and their second overall prospect (according to Baseball America), Carlos Carrasco. The Venezuelan is a right hander, who utilizes his mid-90’s fastball and lively changeup to get through innings. He does mix in a curve as well, but going into this year his third pitch was still a work in progress. Judgi...
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How close? Very close. Consider that Lidge is currently rehabbing in Clearwater while the Phillies are in Tampa playing the Rays. That is how close he is to returning. Then there is also the fact that Charlie Manuel said before Wednesday’s beatdown by the Rays that they would most likely activate Lidge today, Thursday the 25th of June. Get him in your lineup, bec...
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John Smoltz will make his debut for the Boston Red Sox tonight against the Nationals in Washington, D.C. Get him in your lineup, because there is no reason to believe that he will have trouble with the Nationals.
Go here to read a nice piece by MLB.com’s Ian Browne about Smoltzie....
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Put Joey Votto back into your active lineup. Dude is back, and after explaining why he has been away from the game he took the field and went 1 – 4 with a single and two strikeouts. It may take him a game or two to get back into raking mode, but we fully expect him to ignite the Reds’ lineup once more. This is great news for Brandon Phillips and Jerry Hairston, and hopefully...
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Keeping with the theme of me whining about bad calls by umpires, the Philadelphia Phillies got absolutely hosed yesterday. In the bottom of the eighth inning, with one out on the board, Jimmy Rollins made a fantastic slide on his way to first base, eluded the tag of Baltimore Orioles’ one bagger Ty Wigginton. Only blue did not see it that way, and called him out. The next ba...
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This weekend the Atlanta Braves were in Boston taking on the Red Sox, and showing that they can compete with the AL’s top teams. Sure they may have lost two of three to the Sox, but consider that they won 8-2 on Friday, lost a pitcher’s duel in which Josh Beckett threw a complete game shutout on Saturday, and then battled to a 6-5 loss on Sunday. Now consider the events of the sev...
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