Yesterday I had a conversation with a co-worker about how I felt this was a must-win series this weekend. He didn't seem to think so. He brushed off their losing series' to the Marlins, Cardinals, and Red Sox as losses to good teams.
I think it's time to panic if you're a Phillies fan. Right now this team is in the throws of a funk that seems as if it will never end.
We know that the offense will heat up. That's without question. But, will the pitching staff get it together again? They were 4th in NL in ERA this season partly because of the success of the bullpen, but you have to get to the bullpen in order to reap the benefits.
Long-time Phillies front office man and minor league scouting director Mike Arbuckle insists the Phillies would be willing to make a move for a pitcher to help this team.
Ruben Amaro just gives us his usual spin about how Myers needs to pitch better. Some will give him props for being so honest. I say, no kidding that he has to pitch better. Hellen Keller could see that Myers has been drinking swamp water, so tell us something we don't know.
I want to hear Ruben Amaro and Pat Gillick say they're being proactive in improving this ball-club.
Otherwise, we can expect to see more dips throughout the season like this. It is a very long season and with 162 games a team is bound to have it's ups and downs. There's a reason why teams in baseball don't have .750 winning percentages like they do in other sports. After all, the Mariners tied the record for most wins in a season with 116. So, teams are bound to lose a third of their games-even the best ones on a yearly basis.
But, if the Phillies lose say 5 series' in a row, then they're in deep trouble. As bad as the Mets have been they're not going to be that far behind the Phillies before long.
They can't keep hoping for Adam Eaton to give them quality starts and hoping for Jamie Moyer to keep drinking from the fountain of youth. And, they sure as hell can't rely on Myers to "get it back." Hope is how you end up watching the playoffs come October from your living room and not on the bench.
Let's just hope it won't be too late before the Phillies' braintrust wakes up and sees the reality of the situation.
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Believe it or not, I think Phils brass does know that something needs to be done and will try to make something happen. It's a different tone than in years past.
In saying that, we really need TWO top pitchers to get this going. Even though we have a lot of AA prospects, players from the big club may exit to get these missing pieces.
This team looked soooooo out of their league against the Sox and Angels. More major than minor tweakings are needed to put this team in their class.
Fuckers.............
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