During his past four starts it appeared that Brett Myers had turned the corner. He had a 3.62 ERA and heck-he even had a no-hitter going into the 7th inning in his last start.
Then last night he got lit up once again in the 1st inning as has so often been the case this season (he sports a 12.00 ERA in the first inning). He allowed a lead-off homer to Hanley Ramirez, then a two-run homer to Jorge Cantu. Seriously? This guy was almost out of the league.
Which Brett Myers can we expect moving forward? Here we are about 2 1/2 months into the season and he's 3-8 with a 5.34 ERA. Those are Kyle Abbot numbers, not even numbers that are acceptable for a number 5 pitcher, let alone a top 2 starter.
I am willing to give Myers until the All Star break and if he can't get things together consistently then I say trade him to the Indians for C.C. Sabathia. That would give the Phillies a legit ace to go alongside Hamels, and the Indians are looking to move him because he's about to become a free agent, and they need a closer.
The Phillies still had a chance to win this game despite being put in an early 3-0 hole. Ultimately the came up short losing 5-4 on the first game of their three-game series against The Fish.
Cole Hamels will take the hill tonight and try to knot this series up 1-1 tonight at 7:05.
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Eagles spinning again
So, unless you've been in a cave you probably heard about McNabb's sore shoulder.
Some more interesting things to note.
One, Andy Reid said he also had this same injury back in 2004.
Buh-what?
McNabb had a picture perfect season in 2004, both health-wise and statistically-wise, so I'm not buying that. He may have had a little trouble, but for Reid to equal this to that, he's fooling no one. McNabb didn't get yanked out of minicamp or offseason OTA's in 2004 for one. And, this whole thing just stinks of another Eagles spin-doctor special.
And, when a reporter asked Andy Reid about McNabb's recent health issues he stormed out of the press conference and called it a bad question. Quite frankly it's offensive to the fans for him to do that. He's basically telling you the fans that you're not worth his time to hear what he has to say about McNabb's health.
It's a legitimate question! McNabb has been hurt pretty much every year of his career since 2002. And, now he has another injury.
The Eagles will tell us not to fret even if rumors abound that he were to need surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff. They'd probably deny, deny, deny, up until the day before the surgery.
That's what this organization has become.
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