I don't have time to do a full-out post for this series, and I'm leaving tonight to go to Kansas City to check out the Royals on Saturday, and then the Cardinals in St. Louis on Sunday. But I thought I'd keep this up if people wanted to discuss. I will be able to chime in here and there in the comments while I am gone. Just some bullet points of what I'm thinking about right now: This is a "run and hide" series now. Once we won that first game, making any though of the Marlins catching up … [Read more...]

UPDATE: Pedro has signed. $1 million guaranteed, $1.5 million in incentives. He will likely be put on the DL immediately, and start a minor league rehab program. Expect to see him in August. Jon Heyman is saying it is inevitable, Jayson Stark says he's flying to Philly as I type. The writing appears to be on the wall, and Pedro Martinez will likely be donning the red pinstripes in the next couple days. So the question is - is this a good thing? In order to answer that question, I think we … [Read more...]

After that 22 run laugher in the first game of the series, I expected the Phillies to, as they usually do after big run games, stop scoring runs all together for a week or so. They struggled with runners in scoring position the next two games, but broke out last night and finished off the series win. 2009: 45-38 2008: 44-39 2007: 42-41 Player of the Series: Jayson Werth (6 for 15, 4 HR, 9 RBI) Goat of the Series:  Jamie Moyer (5 IP, 6 ER) OK, instead of my Good News / Bad News … [Read more...]

The more I read about Halladay, the more I'm coming to a couple conclusions. Kyle Drabek will absolutely need to be involved in the deal Dominic Brown or Michael Taylor will absolutely need to be involved in the deal 2 more above average prospects, and 1 average prospect, will likely need to be involved in the deal Bottom line? It's going to take a lot more than we have been discussing here. The Phillies don't have a Matt Wieters, David Price, Evan Longoria "can't miss" type prospects … [Read more...]

Since we are talking a lot about Roy Halladay trade scenarios, I thought it would be interesting to see which prospects people most want to hold on to. Below (and on the side bar) is a poll with just that question. I think that most of us would trade pretty much anyone for Halladay, but I'm sure there are certain players we would want to keep over others. Feel free to explain your answer in comments. … [Read more...]

Sweeping the Mets is fantastic, there is never any doubt about that. But, it's hard to gauge what this weekend series really means for the Phillies, as the Mets were rolling out a line-up with only one legit offensive threat, David Wright.  Have they put the rough patch behind them? Or was this just a case of one team being worse than the other? A four-game series against the Reds should provide more answers. 2009: 42-37 2008: 43-36 2007: 41-38 Player of the Series: Brad Lidge (2 IP, … [Read more...]