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YES!

As much as I love the switch, there will once again be tons of pressure on Happ. Last year they spot-started him against Santana in front of a huge July 4th crowd at home (he pitched great). This time around they throw him in there at Yankee Stadium against a hot-hitting lineup. Yikes.

You can do it J.A.!

I like this move, I really think it’s where Happ should have been all along and that Chan Ho is going to turn things around for us in the pen. Now if we could just get Blanton and Moyer to turn the corner I’d be feeling great!

Wow….what a shocker. If we all knew that Park was gonna suck major how come the Phils didn’t know? Moyer is next to the pen and may thrive as a “situational” lefty and/or long man. As for Aaron Cook, he has pitched in relative anonymity for the Rockies. He’s better than Myers and would be a #2 here. If the Reds deep six, perhaps Aaaron Harang would go on the market. He’s would be a good 2 for the Phils. The Phils just CANNOT go into the August with Cole, Brett, and Blanton as their playoff pitchers. And won’t.

Myers, Donald, Marson for ??????????? I’ll give you a hint….a damn good pitcher.

The Dispy

I think this paves the way for park to be traded to another team as a bullpen arm (for a AA level prospect) and for majewski to come to the pen.

Happ ate a lot of innings out of the pen. Let’s hope he can do the same when starting and that Park can accept his new role. I would personally call an end to the Park experiment and release him. If you can’t pitch 2 innings on 5 days rest how can we expect him to pitch every 2 days if necessary. I can see why he doesn’t like the pen.
Good luck to JA Happ he pitched himself into this spot and he deserves a chance to start.

Aaron Cook would not be a 2 here since he isnt even the Rockies’ best pitcher. Hes a 4th starter, but a good 4th starter. Guys that would be 2′s include Buerhle, Cliff Lee (though Im still not sold), Dan Haren (not getting traded), Jake Peavy (dont want him, will be proven to be a fraud once he leaves the friendly confines). Guys like that. The Blue Jays are not moving Halladay because theyre actually a good team this year. Aaron Harang is ok, but I think overrated by one good year. I think they really have to be creative here actually to find the right guy.

Aaron Cook would be a welcome addition, but dont expect him to be a number 2 when his career numbers arent head and shoulders above Brett Myers anyway. But hed be better than Moyer and Id trade Kendrick and maybe a good relief prospect and a throw in for him..

I would absolutely be thrilled with halladay, but with the year he and the jays are having i doubt that would happen. Trading Marson would be a BIG mistake, considering Coste is terrible, I’m sorry but he is just awful offensively and it does not sem as though a fair amount of the pitchers are as comfortable with him as they are with Ruiz. Marson is solid defensively and great offensively, he is a great back-up catcher to have and next year I think he will take over for Coste. As everyone knows and has stated over and over again we need a solid pitcher, I’m not sure who we’ll get or even if Amaro is smart enough to get the right person if anyone at all, so I guess we’ll have to wait and see. As I have mentioned before ANY player is available at ANY time, and I bet most people did not think manny was going to leave the bosox at the beginning of last season…

Geoff says` “..The only part of moving Happ to the rotation I worry about is how will our pen be?” Well…Happ appeared in 12 games in relief (21 innings). Half of those appearances were for the purpose of giving the bullpen “relief” as those disproportionate scores indicated the eventual outcome of the games he appeared in. I don’t wish to belittle Happ’s role in the bullpen but let’s just say that in most cases, he was not 1st, 2nd, 3rd or even 4th choice in the bullpen to come in when the game was on the line.

Of course, like all fans, I’ll be rooting for Happ to do well as starter against a hot team, the Yankees this Saturday.

Darn, if reporters’ questions caused too much pressure, even when Charlie was being very supportive, how is this guy going to hold up, even in relief, during a playoff run?

Said Park, “I put pressure on myself. It’s too bad I couldn’t enjoy when I made it after spring training. I felt like I was pitching like it was spring training with (reporters) asking me all the time, ‘Are you going to still have a job or not?’”

I hope he will be, but the only sample of his relief pitchiing under pressure that I really got to see was against the Phils in the playoffs, which if I remember correctly, was every game or almost every game, but less than an inning each time, not any long relief situations under pressure. I kinda recall a blown save, but LA was in trouble that inning before they brought him in.

Agree Moyer deserves a longer leash. Hope it doesn’t hurt us much, but he has earned it. Also, what else would the Phils do with him? He hasn’t pitched relief in recent memory, and I doubt he would survive out of the bullpen pitching several times a week.