Comments on: Phillies Bring Up Andrew Carpenter

By: Philly Keith

Philly Keith — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:14:32 +0000

Kris Benson is washed up, he wasn’t even that good before his 25 arm surgeries . I hope they don’t let him come in to ruin our playoff run.

With that being said, calling up a class A guy with so-so numbers is a bit of a head scratcher too.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:08:45 +0000

Walrond would have been more useful tonight to pitch to Delgado.

By: Mike Carpenter

Mike Carpenter — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:02:06 +0000

if the guy has been as solid for the last month or so as i’ve read, we’re lucky to have him in the minor league system. bringing him up now may present a problem, it may not, but we gotta give him his shot now, maybe he’ll do awesome and he’ll help the org make a push into october, you never know. Plus, i would just KILL for a Philadelphia Phillies Carpenter jersey!!!

By: KM

KM — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:13:44 +0000

this seems like a temporary move for tonight. i don’t expect him to be on the team long, even is he gets a chance and performs well.

By: J-Man

J-Man — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:08:03 +0000

This is prolly just temporary because we used most of the bullpen yesterday and they desperately need the day off.

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:03:06 +0000

I’m sure they’ll option him before or near the beginning of the cubs’ series, this is probably only in case of an emergency.

By: TJ

TJ — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:00:20 +0000

Well this is obviously for a long relief situation if one were to occur tonight but I hope it doesnt. Dont wanna tire the whole pen before the Cubbies because we’ll be seeing the bullpen alot there if our starters make the tiniest of mistakes. Hoprfully he works out though.

By: Scheity

Scheity — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:51:21 +0000

I heard he’s gonna take Cole’s spot in the rotation and Hamels is gonna become our everyday third baseman.

By: mets suck

mets suck — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:36:52 +0000

its a intresting move and i saw him the 22nd at trenton and he pitched pretty well: 7.0 ip 2 H 1R 0ER 2bb-8k (win ). The Thunder lineup is pretty good and he shut them down.

By: PhillyFriar

PhillyFriar — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:33:12 +0000

Wow, that’s a shock. Hopefully we’ll see the good Carpenter (2007 Carpenter or mid-July 2008 onwards Carpenter) who pounds the strike zone and mixes his average pitches well. If the early 2008 (overweight) Carpenter rears his head, things could get ugly.

Congrats to Andrew. Hopefully Kendrick can go 6 or 7 tonight to take some stress off the bullpen, and we can see Carpenter make his debut another time.

By: Tim Malcolm

Tim Malcolm — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:21:37 +0000

They’d have to pay Benson. A lot more.

By: ped

ped — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:16:35 +0000

This move seems to be done just to add to a bullpen that used everyone last night. I can see him going in if kyle doesn’t last too long. But kyle is gonna shut them down!

Happy belated birthday Kyle! Get a win tonight!

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:02:37 +0000

Why bring up an A+ pitcher. They should throw Benson out there.