Get Out Them Brooms

Phillies complete sweep of Rockies as Eaton earns first W of the season



Call this one "The Revenge Over The Bottom Feeders." It's amazing what a difference 8 months makes.

The Rockies went on an unbelievable run last year winning some 23 of 24 games on their way to the buzzsaw otherwise known as the 2007 Boston Red Sox.

But this year they are a bona fide bottom feeder, having been decimated by injuries and reaching the deep depths of the Mariana Trench of baseball, sporting a 20-33 record.

Just look at the NL West. Could this be the worst division ever? Just last year four of the five teams were in contention for the playoffs and now all five teams have combined for a .445 winning percentage and that's including Arizona, who has a 30-23 record.

Adam Eaton finally got his first W of the year and surprisingly is 1-3 nearly 2 months into the season. Many point to the fact that he's not "that bad", but lets face it, he was winless in his first 10 starts and the Phillies were 4-6.

He's not awful certainly, but he's not a major league pitcher and they owe him $17 million over the next two seasons.

At any event, the Phillies are among the upper crust of the majors at this point and with Florida coming to town they can vault to the front of the NL East and we'll begin the discussion of the T-word.

Who should they go after? Obviously Jake Peavy would the pitcher I'd want from the Padres, but unless the Pads' GM is on crack and heroin there's no way in hell they Phils will pull that off.

Perhaps, they could get Chris Young off the Padres or Tim Lincecum or Matt Cain from the Giants. They are all three good young pitchers, but do the Phils have the ammo to pull it off? Carlos Carrasco and Josh Outman are both top-50 prospects in the Phillies' farm system and perhaps that would be enough.

The Fightins take on the Marlins tomorrow night at The Bank at 7:05. Myers will go up against Mark Hendrickson.