Comments on: Sizing up the Arms of the National League

By: Guillermo Hasstedt

Guillermo Hasstedt — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 05:50:19 +0000

Ahh trying to get in shape. One thing I will discuss about that is that it is way easy to keep in shape then to get back to where you were. Trust me

By: phil

phil — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:08:43 +0000

that ranking sounds about right.

By: Manny

Manny — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:56:05 +0000

Forgot to add the likely NL ROY….

By: Pat Gallen

Pat Gallen — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:54:15 +0000

Love the conviction of that statement Manny.

By: j reed

j reed — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:50:36 +0000

Original ChucK – the issue isn’t whether he was batting or pitching…Granted there are neuromuscular pattern specfiic to each activity but the oblique is a very important muscle used to rotate the torso. Rotation is the principle movement in both batting and pitching. Besides this is the NL: if he pitches, unless in relief, he bats.

By: Manny

Manny — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:40:05 +0000

I’m satisfied with the reigning AL CY Young and the WS MVP… thanks.

By: j reed

j reed — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:36:03 +0000

Pray for Rox

By: j reed

j reed — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:35:04 +0000

are you kidding me about Happ? they are flirting with a sportsman hernia…where’d we get our trainers from – frigging Ballys Total Fitness

By: j reed

j reed — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:31:39 +0000

We don’t have a bull pen, maybe you confused it with the MASH unit that’s there now

By: The Original Chuck P

The Original Chuck P — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:31:31 +0000

I think that Happ will be alright… he did it during batting practice so hopefully it won’t be something that he’s going to reaggravate on the mound (it’s not due to throwing).

The Cards will be tough… would love to see the Giants/Cards match-up in the first round. Give me the Dodgers or the Rox. Would love a chance to sweep the Rox in the first round. Don’t look now but the Rox are only 2.5 GB the Dodgers. Where’s that dodgersfan twit?

By: j reed

j reed — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:29:21 +0000

Morris – Someone there improved his cutter…that’s it. That’s all he throws now. The Rivera formual i suppose. He looks like the Heat Miser.

By: dodger fan

dodger fan — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:29:20 +0000

Good list. Although including the bullpens would change the list.

Also important to note that the Phils and Dodgers starting pitching are the more uncertainty right now than the Cards, Giants and Rockies.

Is the old Lee coming back and how is Happ’s health? How is Hamels going to pitch in October? (Who would start game 2 for you?)

Is Billingsley coming back and are Kershaw and Wolf healthy for October?

I would rank the bullpens: LAD, SF, STL, PHI, FL, COL.

By: j reed

j reed — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:21:22 +0000

Pat Gallen -haven’t you noticed there’s quite a few ex-Phillies pitcher success stories out there and it aint due to our pitching program….Remember Hamels was a gift from Baby Jesus, and Happ has done well considering his stuff isn’t spectacular but a true measure will be how well he does once the league adjusts to him.

By: Morris Buttermaker

Morris Buttermaker — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:04:44 +0000

I hate Ryan Franklin too. One of my least favorite Phillies ever. He probably went out to St. Louis and got some of their new steroids. Ohh wait, are we not allowed to mention the high number of roiders and HGH’ers who have played for Tony LaRussa?

By: j reed

j reed — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:03:34 +0000

One of the things we need to remember is Happ might be questionable. The recovery rates from obliuque injuryies are notoriously slow which considering that this is the same injury he suffered a ways back only augments the concern.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:17:55 +0000

I like our pitching……or rather I should say….the POTENTIAL of our pitching…..in the playoffs a lot. BUT…..it’s not gonna be easy against the Cards or the Giants. Period. Expect low scoring games, much like what we saw last week with the Giants series here.

We CAN get to the Series again….but does anyone realize just how hard it is to repeat? Just ask the 2001 Yankees (a VERY good team) when they went up against the buzzsaw of Schilling and Randy Johnson in the WS.

By: Pat Gallen

Pat Gallen — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:58:36 +0000

PHILS_ftw: At least Lidge was great for 2 seasons before his implosion. When was Ryan Franklin ever great? And now all of the sudden?

By: Baseballbriefs.com

Baseballbriefs.com — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:58:13 +0000

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By: phils_ftw

phils_ftw — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:52:13 +0000

Pat, I know what you mean. Though I bet that is how Astros fans felt when they watched Lidge last year.

By: hotstove

hotstove — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:47:08 +0000

In my opinion the NL isnt as good as it is being made out to be. The Coors bombers in colorado pitching isnt that great and the Dodgers can add every broken down old or mediorce pitcher out there and they wont be anybetter. The Phillies and Cardinals have very good pitching. Lee/ Hamels/ Blanton/ Happ is up there with Wainwright/ Carpenter/ Pinero/ Smoltz. As of right now we should play st.louis in the NLCS after we beat LA and they beat colorado or reversed pending if the Dodgers choke. The Phillies should split wainwright and Carpenter and win the next to vs Pinero and Smoltz and its like the dodgers last year. Lee or Hamels on the mound in game 5 to close it out. World Series vs yankees its anyones game I wont lie.