Kendrick whacked again; Rosario pushes forth
Posted by Tim Malcolm, Mon, March 10, 2008 07:11 AM | Comments: 20
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Kyle Kendrick had another poor outing today, trying out his changeup again to bad results. The righty — who is starting April 3 — gave up six runs on seven hits and two walks in just two innings. From Carlos Ruiz:
“He was missing his location working the changeup and that made it tough for him. He wasn’t throwing as many fastballs.”
Still, the Phillies are confident in Kendrick to make his pitches and go deep into games. I still am too, but this changeup isn’t looking any better as we proceed. Hopefully he’ll know to tone it down a bit when he starts off April 3.
In good news, Francisco Rosario threw 3.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and walking one and lowering his ERA to 1.04. While Rosario still has suspect control — and probably will until he sees plenty of time against Major League hitting — he has earned himself a spot on the 25-man roster. With Joe Bisenius’ move to the Minor League camp and Lincoln Holdzkom’s innings evaporating, there isn’t much competition for a right-handed middle relief spot. Rosario seems to have locked it up.
At the same time, he’s getting 2-3 innings per outing. It’s possible Rosario could land himself the fifth starter spot. As of right now, he’s in the bullpen, but keep an eye out. Rosario has considerable starter experience.
Ryan Howard continued to mash the ball, hitting his second home run of the spring — a long, monster shot out in left-center field. Keep it going, big fella. The rest of the offense continues to struggle — Jimmy Rollins is now hitting .120 for the spring. Wow.
What we got out of this game:
- Kyle Kendrick’s changeup still doesn’t have it.
- Francisco Rosario has won himself a spot on the roster.
- The offense needs to get better.
Today it’s the Pirates on the road. JD Durbin gets the start and the game is at 1:05 p.m. Brett Myers starts in a Minor League game, hoping to continue on his 0.00 spring ERA.
Posts: 0 NYC PimP DaDDy
Your Team Sucks. Come to New York you phaggies.
I am gonna punch every phillies fan in the face if I see them at shea stadium. PS/…I have season tickets.
Posted: 08:52 AM on March 10, 2008
Posts: 0 Rob (the Phils fan)
Seriously i know we are not suppoesed to post “nasty comments” but You are seriously a douche bag Pimp Daddy. So go pimp your way out of your mothers basement and buy a phillies hat
Posted: 09:23 AM on March 10, 2008
Posts: 0 chris.I
Punch in the face? haha..Your probably some little fat kid that lives in hoboken nj, wears flipflops to the games, and dances in the subways for nickles. Don’t be mad cause your team’s goals weren’t ”MET” last year Agustus.
Posted: 09:28 AM on March 10, 2008
Posts: 0 NYC PimP DaDDy
Yo Jooch.
Don’t you know about Staten Island Italian Mobmen?
Your gonna get brainz splattered on ya moomz
Posted: 09:35 AM on March 10, 2008
Posts: 0 Ped
my Philadelphia brothers,
please don’t encourage them with retorts.
on a serious note…
So why is Brett pitching in a minor league game? I rather listen to that game than the one durbin is pitching. I’d love to read details of that if you guys can post it. I’m a phils fan living in Texas and I need all the Phillies access I can get. Oh and can we really still say Kendrick is lock for the 4th spot?
Posted: 09:57 AM on March 10, 2008
Posts: 0 Ped
ps. Lidge will be throwing off the mound today according to ESPN. Hell yeah to speedy recovery.
Posted: 10:09 AM on March 10, 2008
Posts: 1650 Tim Malcolm
Forgot to get the Lidge snippet into the post, but yeah, big first step back, and sooner than we thought.
Myers is fine in the Minor League game. He’s already proven himself against Major League hitting (blowing through the Toronto Opening Day order last time out) and is just looking to get his throws in. It’s more important for the fifth starter candidates to get cracks against Major League hitting.
And Kendrick is the No. 3, as he’s starting the third game of the year. That’s mainly for lefty-righty reasons. So yeah, Kendrick is a lock. He’s on board.
Posted: 11:15 AM on March 10, 2008
Posts: 0 NYC PimP DaDDy
Ya all SkAReD…I aM A StAtEN IsLanD hItmAn.
GoNNa puNcH You And Ya mommz in the Eye at ShEa sTaDiUm.
PhOolZ = PhILLiEs.
FuNNY TiNgz Iz Dat dE MeTz lOst Duh D’Vision…..YouZ AiN’T wInN NuFfIN.
AnYoNE FrOm pHillIE Iz A Pharie
Posted: 12:02 PM on March 10, 2008
Posts: 0 Rob (the Phils fan)
3 things you need to know about NYC Pimp Daddy…
1) He Propably lives in New Jersey, in a wealthy suburb of NYC
2) He is definately 14 years old
3) He is angry because his mommy took his Lil’ Wayne album due to the bad language
More importantly EATON is diagnosed with a Herniated Disk in his back.
Posted: 12:31 PM on March 10, 2008
Posts: 0 Giuliano
can we please block this loser?
Posted: 12:31 PM on March 10, 2008
Posts: 0 dan
Yo pimp daddy, I’ll meet you at the games and we can join up and fight all the Phillies fans there. Then, we can expand our Mets gang and fight all the Phillies fans in the world, kidnap their moms, and then re-enroll in community college for refresher spelling courses! By the way, it really sucks that you had to steal that money for season tickets from your grandma. And honestly, what person with any connection to the Italian Mob in New York goes on Phillies blogs at 9 in the morning? Find a better way to spend your precious time, you degenerate sack of crap.
Posted: 01:35 PM on March 10, 2008
Posts: 0 Sean P.
omg, this pirates radio broadcast is TERRIBLE. There not even talking/ commenting on the game let alone play by play. There just BS’ing i would like to know what is happening in the game a little bit – this is ridiculous.
Posted: 01:41 PM on March 10, 2008
Posts: 0 Mike
I can’t even stand to listen to opposing team’s broadcasts. It’s bad enough on mlb.tv (where you can at least you can see the game), mlb audio is just unbearable. I wish come the regular season, there were a way to synchronize the phillies mlb audio with the mlb.tv video feed when opposing teams announcers are doing the games.
Posted: 01:45 PM on March 10, 2008
Posts: 0 Giuliano
what’s unbearable, right now, is our pitching. On the bright side, Howard, Feliz and Burrell all have homeruns.
Posted: 01:59 PM on March 10, 2008
Posts: 0 Brian
His vocabulary is stunning. I love the time he put into capitalizing random letters. Girls do that.
Posted: 02:01 PM on March 10, 2008
Posts: 0 Sean P.
Here’s the commentating.. ok what do you think about Nady this year, oh well i dont know Bob i think he’s a great player… Home run by Ryne Howard…. Well bill i certainly don’t think they’ll trade Nady, blah blah blah
Posted: 02:02 PM on March 10, 2008
Posts: 0 Rob (the Phils fan)
Is there a link for the game
Posted: 02:12 PM on March 10, 2008
Posts: 0 benjamin franklin
As quakers down he in Phillidalphia, let us offer forgiveness to go along with santana-less (mediocre) baseball.
Posted: 07:15 PM on March 10, 2008
Posts: 0 NYC PimP DaDDy
BoooooTa
Posted: 10:51 AM on March 11, 2008
Posts: 0 NYC Pimp Daddy
Ok Ok, you guys win. I aM a clOseT PhiLLies Phan. I’vE bEeN fRontIng – I am 14 YearS OLd. I weIgh 85 lBs and dOnT qUIte lIKe GirLS, BUT i’m hoPeing I DO SooN mY PareNTS aRe GETting WOrrIed. aLso I’m MentAlly RetARded.
Posted: 11:09 AM on March 11, 2008