Rollins, Victorino Vs. Phillies In Clearwater
Posted by Tim Malcolm, Thu, March 05, 2009 11:30 AM | Comments: 51
Posts, Spring Gameday
Jimmy Rollins, Shane Victorino and the World Baseball Classic American team will play the Phillies today in Clearwater.
Kyle Kendrick takes the hill for the Phils, and will could face a veritable all-star team of Derek Jeter, David Wright, Adam Dunn, Ryan Braun and Chipper Jones, among others.
The Phillies will respond with this formidable force: Giles (3B) / Bruntlett (CF) / Ibanez (LF) / Howard (1B) / Mayberry (RF) / Jenkins (DH) / Ozuna (2B) / Donald (SS) / Marson (C).
After Kendrick, the Phillies will send out Antonio Bastardo, Clay Condrey and Ryan Madson.
Posts: 0 Chutley
CenterFielder Eric Bruntlett gotta love it. Can’t wait to see if Mayberry stays on this hot streak. Any one know who’s pitchin for good ol U.S. of A. I wouldn’t mind a Phillies loss if it helps team U.S.A.
Posted: 11:34 AM on March 5, 2009
Posts: 0 Evan
Is this Madson’s first outing or has he pitched already? Look forward to seeing what he and Kendrick can do against the American team.
Posted: 11:52 AM on March 5, 2009
Posts: 0 NEPA
Madson has definitely pitched already this spring. Can’t remember how many times but know I saw his name in a box score at least once.
Posted: 11:59 AM on March 5, 2009
Posts: 0 JohnKruksLoveChild
Kendrick survived the first two innings without imploding
Posted: 12:25 PM on March 5, 2009
Posts: 0 Matt S
Anyone got a link to a box score for the game?
Posted: 12:29 PM on March 5, 2009
Posts: 0 Justin
This will be a key game to see how Kendrick can match up against a very very potent lineup. I am cautiously optimistic about Mayberry and the strong spring he’s put up so far, notice i said cautiously optimistic by no means am I saying pencil him on the 25 man roster come opening day.
Posted: 12:31 PM on March 5, 2009
Posts: 0 Mike N
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2009_03_05_usaint_phimlb_1
Posted: 12:32 PM on March 5, 2009
Posts: 0 Mike N
lol Howard’s already chipped in with a K and an error
Posted: 12:34 PM on March 5, 2009
Posts: 0 Manny
That U.S. lineup is NASTY
Posted: 12:35 PM on March 5, 2009
Posts: 0 Justin
How bout bruntlett knocking in the ribbie, Marcus Giles continues to look like he’s not the same player he was with the padres, rockies/dodgers.
Posted: 12:35 PM on March 5, 2009
Posts: 0 Don M
Rollins and Victorino with the 2 hits off Kendrick..
Giles getting the look at 3b with Donald at SS (where he has no future, at least in the Phillies organization) tells me that they will be giving serious consideration to Giles on the roster.
Stairs will most likely be gone at some point..
Bruntlett, Jenkins, Mayberry?, Giles?, Catcher. on the bench to start the season?
Posted: 12:43 PM on March 5, 2009
Posts: 0 Griffin
No more Kendrick, please.
Posted: 12:46 PM on March 5, 2009
Posts: 0 Dennis
Don M.-
What about Dobbs on the bench?
Posted: 12:49 PM on March 5, 2009
Posts: 0 Manny
Kendrick imploded in the 3rd inning.
Posted: 12:49 PM on March 5, 2009
Posts: 0 Manny
Looking at the box score, he had a wild pitch… he seems to get rattled to easily!
Posted: 12:51 PM on March 5, 2009
Posts: 0 Griffin
yeah, I’m listening to the game. Even some of his outs in the first 2 innings were deep fly balls. He gave up some ground ball base hits in the 3rd inning but then Chipper smoked one. He just doesn’t fool people and has a lot of problems with left-handed hitters.
Posted: 12:54 PM on March 5, 2009
Posts: 0 Justin
Kendrick may have a career as the new clay condrey, good in small doses such as no more than 2 innings.
Posted: 12:58 PM on March 5, 2009
Posts: 1650 Tim Malcolm
Let’s see, Kendrick is pitching to Rollins, Pedroia, Chipper, Wright, Youkilis, Dunn, Braun, McCann and Victorino.
Good luck with that.
Posted: 01:01 PM on March 5, 2009
Posts: 0 Don M
Right… Knew I was forgetting somebody!!!
Dobbs, Bruntlett, Jenkins, Catcher, Mayberry/Giles …..
I forgot the best pinch hitter in all of baseball
Posted: 01:05 PM on March 5, 2009
Posts: 0 Don M
Tim,
What happens with Kendrick if he doesn’t win that 5th spot… The bullpen is already sured-up with guys who “know their roles”. Will Kendrick be moved to another organization, will he simply be sent to AAA- Lehigh Valley to keep working on things, and maybe be a spot-starter for double-headers and in case of injury, etc.
what do you think?
Posted: 01:09 PM on March 5, 2009
Posts: 0 Justin
He’s destined to pitch opening day in Lehigh to hone his control and pitches, no team is going to trade for a pitcher with control problems. Unless they feel it’s just one of those needs a change of scenery type problems which i don’t think is the case.
Posted: 01:12 PM on March 5, 2009
Posts: 0 Don M
The boxscore has two errors for the Phillies… one is Howard (missed catch), the other is Kendrick (pickoff)
Does anyone know if the pickoff-throw from Kendrick was catchable? The game on Saturday (forget who was pitching, but he left for the WBC.. Naylor?) he threw a ball to Frist base that I’m sure a 6’4″+ gentleman should be able to catch, but the error was charged to the pitcher.
Howard NEVER tries to tag a runner on a pickoff throw, and he always just concentrates on catching the ball..
Posted: 01:13 PM on March 5, 2009
Posts: 0 John Fire
A couple quick notes… Howard just made his second error of the game and Bastardo gave up back-to-back dingers. it’s 6-1, USA over Phillies in the 4th.
Posted: 01:13 PM on March 5, 2009
Posts: 0 Justin
Bastardo is right behind Carpenter destined for Reading to start the season.
Posted: 01:14 PM on March 5, 2009
Posts: 0 Don M
I’ve said with Kendrick all along that I just never thought his upside was that good.. I think we’ve already how good he can be, and the hitters have adjusted to him and he can’t get the upper-hand again.
When he tries to come inside to Lefty’s, he leaves it over the heart of the plate and unless its a sinker, they rake it..
I’d like to see him rebound, but maybe he is destined to be a reliever, just work on the sinker full-time and come out of the pen when teams need double-play ground balls
Posted: 01:16 PM on March 5, 2009
Posts: 0 John Fire
Here’s my 25-man roster:
1B – Howard
2B – Utley
SS – Rollins
3B – Giles, Dobbs
C – Ruiz, Paulino
LF – Ibanez, Mayberry
CF – Victorino
RF – Werth, Jenkins
Util – Ozuna
SP – Hamels
SP – Myers
SP – Moyer
SP – Blanton
SP – Happ
LR – Condrey
RHP – Park
RHP – Majewski
RHP – Durbin
LHP – Eyre
RHP – Madson
RHP – Lidge
DL – Feliz
Sus – Romero
I send Ozuna to LHV once Feliz is back and then make a tough decision on game 51 when Romero is back.
My easy cuts:
- Bastardo
- Carpenter
- Furmaniak
- Chavez
- Walker
- Hewitt
- Hoover
- Valendia
- Bisenius
- Lehr
- Escalona
- Woods
- Neal
- Nestor
- Kendrick
- Tracy
- Ellison
Tougher cuts:
- Bruntlett
- Stairs
- Cairo
- Marson
- Carrasco
- Koplove
- Borkowski
- Slayden
- Donald
Posted: 01:25 PM on March 5, 2009
Posts: 0 John Fire
3-run homer by Dunn, Phils down 9-1 in the 5th… yikes.
Posted: 01:33 PM on March 5, 2009
Posts: 0 Griffin
John Fire, I like your team except I think Bruntlett will make it over Giles.
Posted: 01:38 PM on March 5, 2009
Posts: 0 Marps
But Bruntlett is such a bum….where is he going to play? I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again he’s a joke in CF. I think Giles has more upside.
Posted: 01:43 PM on March 5, 2009
Posts: 0 John Fire
Yeah, I struggled with that one. I would be perfectly happy if Brunt made the team again and in hindsight, might still keep Giles and can Ozuna… I’m also flip-flopping on Park vs. Happ for the 5th starting spot. Just nervous heading into the season with only one lefty in the pen. The more I think about it, the more I like Park for that #5 slot.
Also – Howard just completed the Hat Trick in the game vs. USA – Error (2, actually), K, towering homer. A three-run blast…
Posted: 01:44 PM on March 5, 2009
Posts: 0 Marps
haha in typical Howard fashion….Strikeout, 2 fielding errors, then a 3 run bomb
Posted: 01:45 PM on March 5, 2009
Posts: 0 Manny
3-run homer by Howard!?
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Are we expecting too much of Kendrick? After all, he’s competing for the FIFTH spot in a rotation and facing the best hitters in baseball IN A SPRING TRAINING game. I don’t know what to think… I guess he’ll have a lot more chances this spring to win that 5th spot.
Posted: 01:47 PM on March 5, 2009
Posts: 0 Marps
Just when I thought you couldn’t get any dumber, you go and do something like this… and totally redeem yourself!!
Posted: 01:48 PM on March 5, 2009
Posts: 0 CT
“Also – Howard just completed the Hat Trick in the game vs. USA – Error (2, actually), K, towering homer. A three-run blast…”
that’s pretty much how you could sum up Howard’s 2008 season in a nutshell, wouldn’t you say?
Posted: 01:54 PM on March 5, 2009
Posts: 0 Griffin
Marps, I love the Dumb and Dumber reference, still a classic.
I think if the Phillies didn’t really like Bruntlett, they wouldn’t have signed him for $600,000 guaranteed in the off-season. Cutting him would be an expensive mistake to admit, whereas Giles and Ozuna are on minor league deals and can be cut without having to pay them.
Posted: 01:55 PM on March 5, 2009
Posts: 0 Griffin
““Also – Howard just completed the Hat Trick in the game vs. USA – Error (2, actually), K, towering homer. A three-run blast…”
that’s pretty much how you could sum up Howard’s 2008 season in a nutshell, wouldn’t you say?”
Yes, and then people would clamor for him to win the MVP based on his home runs and RBI while ignoring everything else.
Posted: 01:57 PM on March 5, 2009
Posts: 0 Manny
Yo, Jason Donald is alive! Home run!
Posted: 02:02 PM on March 5, 2009
Posts: 0 Marps
Giles had another solid game today though…he’s looking like the dark horse to be the utility guy off the bench.
Posted: 02:02 PM on March 5, 2009
Posts: 0 Marps
If you consider that aside from a few starters (Ibanez, Howard, and our maybe 5th starter), we just sent a triple A team up against the ridiculous lineup of team USA and held our own. Thats pretty impressive.
Posted: 02:05 PM on March 5, 2009
Posts: 0 Griffin
so it’s Bruntlett/Donald/Ozuna/Giles for 3 roster spots, then one will get sent down when Utley comes back and another gets sent down when Feliz comes back, right?
Posted: 02:08 PM on March 5, 2009
Posts: 0 Manny
Why is Bisenius pitching for the U.S.??
Posted: 02:33 PM on March 5, 2009
Posts: 0 Griffin
I guess Team USA ran out of pitchers or just didn’t want to overwork any of their guys.
Posted: 02:39 PM on March 5, 2009
Posts: 0 Manny
So they just throw an extra USA jersey on one of our guys? That seems so weird.
Posted: 02:40 PM on March 5, 2009
Posts: 0 Justin
Why of all the possibilities would Team USA ask Joe Bisensius to be on their team? Ryan Madson turn them down? Joe Beimel or Will Ohman would probably love the opportunity to be pitching for any team right now to at least showcase their abilities.
Posted: 02:41 PM on March 5, 2009
Posts: 0 Griffin
Team USA told the Phillies to just give them an extra guy in case they need him. I’m sure the Phillies wanted to guarantee that Madson pitched, so they kept him in a Phillies uniform and put him in the game themselves.
Posted: 02:54 PM on March 5, 2009
Posts: 0 philsphan
I guess it doesn’t take much to be on the usa team. At least they didn’t ask Adam Eaton!
Posted: 03:02 PM on March 5, 2009
Posts: 0 Chris.I
I think its safe to say that Happ is the leading candidate for the 5th spot in the rotation at this point. I never really been big on Kendrick…He doesn’t have any quality pitches, except his sinker. He has no ammo, and cannot strike a batter out to save his life…In baseball a K doesn’t mean much, just get the batter out…But in my book, if you cannot strike a batter out in the Big leauges, than you just don’t have no reason to pitch in MLB (personal oppinion)
Posted: 03:27 PM on March 5, 2009
Posts: 0 Griffin
Strikeouts for pitchers are important because they leave no room for error. There is no chance of a bloop hit or for the defense to make an error. A strikeout is an absolute out. However, strikeout pitchers tend to have higher pitch counts, since it takes at least 3 pitches to strike a batter out. The smart strikeout pitchers will pick their spots and pitch to contact when necessary but still have the stuff to overpower someone in a big spot. Kyle Kendrick does not have that option.
Posted: 03:31 PM on March 5, 2009
Posts: 0 JohnKruksLoveChild
Can’t believe people are willing to send Bruntlett down the river. After his first game when he looked nervous as hell and made an error, he has actually came up with a bunch of clutch hits last season. That’s the definition of a bench player, you get one or two chances in a game to make a difference and he fulfilled that roll well. His fielding is average and no better or worse then Dobbs. To me those are both solid guys that we should hold on to if possible.
Plus he fulfills our team quota for Mountain Men.
Posted: 03:57 PM on March 5, 2009
Posts: 0 Griffin
Fear the beard.
Posted: 04:02 PM on March 5, 2009