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Swindle Sent Down, Bisenius Comes Up

Earlier today the Phillies sent RJ Swindle back down to AAA Lehigh Valley. In his place the Phils have brought up pitcher Joe Bisenius.

The righty Bisenius is 2-4 with a 4.78 ERA in 27 appearances between Reading and Lehigh Valley. Swindle had a 7.71 ERA in 4.2 innings with the Phils.

It wasn’t hard to see that no matter how great the Swindle story seemed, he looked overmatched against big league hitting. Even lefties were getting their bats on him. The Phils need to find something fresh while the bullpen limps.

Tim Malcolm

Tim first found the Phillies as a little infant at Veteran’s Stadium, cheering on a Juan Samuel game-winning home run in his very first game. With the pinstripes in his blood, he witnessed Terry Mulholland’s 1990 no-hitter, “Steve Carlton Night” at the Vet, game three of the 1993 World Series, countless games during the charmed 2008 championship season and various road excursions. Since November 2007 Tim’s been writing about them daily at Phillies Nation, becoming one of the world’s most popular Phillies scribes. You can catch him on Twitter and Facebook, as well. When he’s not talking about the Phils he’s relaxing with a St. Bernardus ABT 12 or one of his many favored brews.