Comments on: Opinion: Taschner Used In Wrong Situations

By: Eli

Eli — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:21:13 +0000

Hey other Eli, Im flattered that you have this obsession with me. I don’t know you ,but you seem to have fun being me. Well its all yours now, Ill just make a new name.

By: Greg V.

Greg V. — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:40:53 +0000

Phillies drinking game rules: Sip for every pop up, groud out, or fly out. Chug for strike outs and double plays. Probably be out of beer by the 7th inning stretch but it sounds fun.

By: NJ

NJ — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:26:05 +0000

you two you should go walk into a fridge door… And then go on a Mets blog where your views are shared (and or a pig trough)

By: Eli

Eli — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:12:50 +0000

Johan is pitching a no-hitter too. let’s make baseball history

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:10:29 +0000

First place here we come! LEt’S GO METS. They will wipe out the rays too. Delgado and Beltran will crush the Phillies

By: Shag

Shag — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:10:04 +0000

Has anyone heard if the game is cancelled yet?

By: pb

pb — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:00:55 +0000

Check out he lineup for tonight

Rollins
Victorino
Utley
Stairs
Werth
Dobbs (Howard has the Flu)
Feliz
Bako
Happ

By: j reed

j reed — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:56:23 +0000

Cool beans…so of what’s potenially available by the trade deadline who do you predict will be joining our rotation….you not only called the game but the score as well the other day, so impress me if you will notradamus…

By: mets rule

mets rule — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:56:15 +0000

The little guy the Phillies aren’t the Diamondbacks. Diamonbacks owe major league baseball millions , they had to borrow to pay johnson and schilling, when they won, they can’t afford the kind of money the phillies can. We wouldn’t have a fire sale of the starters you mention, because we can afford them and more with our market. The diamondbacks can’t generate the revenue. If we came at them hard for haren with a lot of players they would listen, but also one other thing if we were fifteen games outs, who would care if werth went anyway. or a madson for a couple of good prospects but Hamels Howard and Utely are untouchable.

By: The Little Guy

The Little Guy — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:18:03 +0000

Ben “winter” Sheets? Haven’t heard much about him, but i would take a flyer on him, can he be any worse than Moyer, Blanton have been?

He throws a mid 90′s fastball with a nasty hook? Sounds like Myers of old, before he lost the velocity, sure see whats up with him, bring him in for a workout, than make your decision.

By: j reed

j reed — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:09:07 +0000

if he’s a free agent then sure…not a lot of miles on his arm…What do you think about Ben Sheets, (i don’t worry too much about tommy john surgeries, they seem to have a high success rate) or do the Rangers have him locked up? Haven’t had much time to look him over, If you know, what’s the skinny on him?

By: The Little Guy

The Little Guy — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:59:18 +0000

reed, yeah your right. The good thing about that is, they might not pick his 2010 option up, so he could become a free agent, and if he is healthy? Why not take a run at him in the off season if your Amaro and the Phils FO??

Hamels, Webb, Blanton, Happ..Drabek??? Bastardo?? Not a bad rotation for the future..

By: j reed

j reed — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:56:56 +0000

Little Guy – and according to mlbtraderumors.com it looks like Webb has had a setback and might not play at all this year….if its true then Haren’s definitely not going anywhere esp. if the D-Backs are bringin’ up prospects…they’ll need him to anchor the rotation. When it comes to purchasing or trading for pitching, I tend to lower my expectations as I think pitchers have some the highest failure rates among pro team sports and are to risky to sell the farm on…my plan is to kidnap Josh Johnson from the Fish..

By: The Little Guy

The Little Guy — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:37:39 +0000

Haren? The D-Backs traded about 6 player/prospects for him 2 off-season ago, and then gave him an extension.

He is their ACE, why would they trade him?

Do some people think that just because a team isn’t going to make the playoffs they trade every player that actually is good and that attracts fans?

My point is, say the Phillies were 15 out of first, would Amaro all of a sudden take offers for Howard, Utley, Hamels, Madson, Vic, Werth???

Lol doesn’t make any sense to me.

By: Mazinman

Mazinman — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:34:18 +0000

The explanation of the anger is simple, the guy is not doing his job. Trashner’s purpose last game was to keep the game close so the offence could try and tie things up or even get a lead. In that respect he failed spectacularly. You can blame Charlie for leaving him in the game more than one inning (heck, I blame him from brining him in the game period) but the player still failed… again. Even looking at Amanda’s stats when he only starts one inning that means that he is still giving up runs about 1/3 of the time.

If you are being brought into a game then you need to do your job. If you can’t then its time for a replacement.

By: The Dipsy

The Dipsy — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:34:13 +0000

NJ. Park and Condrey and Seanez are/were all better than Taschner. I’m not sore at him for being a AAA pitcher. I just don’t understand why he still has a roster spot. Amanda: Yes, Taschner is being used in the wrong situations. They’re called baseball games.

The Dispy

By: scot

scot — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:33:46 +0000

I’m still puzzled why they even traded for Taschner. Majewski was throwing good enough in spring training to be kept with the big league club instead. I understand that they probably wanted another lefty in the pen, but if he’s not getting out lefty’s what’s the point.

By: NJ

NJ — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:21:26 +0000

I don’t get the anger towards guys like Taschner and Park or Condrey and Seanez before. Not every guy can go out and give you quality innings like Madson (mostly) does. Most guys in the pen are there to keep the offense in reach and their success is mostly down to how their used.

If everyone was a set-up guy who’d be there to throw the rest of the innings? Taschner serves a purpose

By: Todo

Todo — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:58:06 +0000

Taschner is garbage, and last night’s loss stung. BUT at least the pen got some a day off. I mean, Taschner doesn’t really pitch in innings where they need him to hold down the fort, but at least he got 2 innings, even though he stinks.

By: NJ

NJ — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:33:41 +0000

Winning teams always have guys like this on their rosters. There’s nothing wrong with the guy, as has been said he’s beng mis-used.

Mike was that an honest trade suggestion or tongue in cheeck? Here’s mine
Giants get:
Carrasco, Kendrick, Berry, D’Arnaud, Prospect XY (plus Amaro dresses up as a pilgrim for Sabean’s thanksgiving dinner)
Phillies get:
Lincecum, Rowand, Poppeye and Daffy Duck…

Haren’s not going anywhere… Period