Basic Info
Age (Opening Day 2011): 23
Height: 6’2”
Weight: 230 lbs
How Acquired: 2008 draft, 3rd round
2010 Stats
Worley looked he has hit a wall in 2009 and his status as a legit prospect was tenuous. However, he came on strong in 2010, and earned a call-up to the bigs, where he pitched very well in 13 innings of work.
Scouting Report
Worley showed 4 pitches while up with the Phils last year. He primarily throws fastball/slider though, mixing in an occasional curve or change-up.
His fastball is around 91-93 but can ramp up to 95.
He doesn’t have any elite offerings, but he’s got enough average to above-average stuff that he could be a bottom-of-the-rotation starter right now.
What to Look For in 2011
Really we are looking for whether or not Worley starts the year in the Majors. I am rooting for him to pitch well enough in spring training to push Kendrick or Baez out off the 25-man and insert him right into Chad Durbin’s old role.
Grades (Out of 10)
Upside – 5
Not very high, probably that of a 4th starter. But he’s pretty much there right now.
Production -7
Was a very solid pitcher in AA-AAA and allowed only 2 runs in 13 IP in the majors.
Proximity to Majors – 10
He’s there. Probably would have won the 5th starter spot if we had traded Blanton.
Video
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I thought he pitched pretty well against the Yankees the other day.
Why can’t they just drop Baez? I can’t imagine a situation where they’d want him out there. He’s picked up right where he left off last season.
I’m inclined to think Vance is going to be tough to keep off this club. Now exactly where he’ll fit in the bullpen remains to be seen. Charlie was quoted today (maybe yesterday) about Baez, the usual positive stuff, and how he’s not pitching for his job.
We’ll see how that statement looks a little less than a month from now.
I believe Worley could have been gone in the Oswalt deal, but Houston preferred Happ. That’s just an opinion. I’d define this as pretty unlikely, but if our braintrust deceides we don’t have the answer in house for a RH bat and right field is the designated position to fill it, Worley could still be a trade chip. It was one thing to be compared to Happ, who still figures to be a pretty good ML pitcher. Another club, another circumstance, and Vance might be thought of in more wanted terms. Hopefully, as he seems easy to root for, he stays here and flourishes, but we’ll see how it shakes out.
Stacy -
The only thing preventing them from releasing Baez is they have to pay him his 2.5 million no matter what. So they will give him every chance to make the team.
However, if he can’t cut it, I think there is a good chance he goes the way of Adam Eaton.
Why can’t they just drop Baez? I can’t imagine a situation where they’d want him out there. He’s picked up right where he left off last season.>>
Hey, Stacy, you always show good baseball sense in your posts to my way of thinking, so probably know this and are probably just venting, but I’ll mention it anyway. Baez has a contract. We’d owe him about 2.5 mil, so if we cut him, that’s dead money. That’s the reason that has been speculated as to why Kendrick will be on the club. They don’t want to pay 2 mil for Triple A work.
Per Baez’s work the other day, not to sond like an apologist, particularly since he may well have flat out sucked, but guys work on different stuff in the spring. He might have been doing that. And it was his first outing. Lincecum had an at best fair start the other day, and Wandy got shelled for Houston in his first game. They are both pretty good.
Push to shove, I believe Baez needs to pitch effectively not to have the Phils decide to cut him. Despite our high payroll, in the end, I don’t think theyv will sacrifice any facet of the team for less than major cost. Let’s see what Baez does in his next 3-4 outings, let alone who might fill his role.
Elsewhere today, Mark Prior thre a scoreless relief frame for the Yanks, K’d 1. Tell me that wouldn’t be a sweet story, even if you hate the Yanks.
Matt Gelb reported that Matt Anderson was clocked at 95 MPH.
And this is cute. Matt Stairs, probably the grandson of the guy that went deep for us against Broxton since that Matt Stairs is so old) was pinch hit for today. The pinch hitter was Bryce Harper. That’s an 18 year old batting for a 43 year old. You can see history any day at the ballpark, ya know? Bryce struck out twice, staying in for another AB Those 2 AB’s could wind up the biggest ABs of hisn career. I’m hoping he learned a lot from them.
based on the fact that he’s in our division for the next decade – I hope he learned nothing from them!
oh, cmon, Pete. You’re like me, you admire talent. But I’m like you and want us to win. So yeah, maybe I’ll regret that statement in 2018 when he goes 4-4 with a grand alnm to crush us. But we’ll have some fun in the meantime watching him and Stanton blossom.
I’m curious to see where Harper ends up, and will certainly follow him in the minors this year.
But his attitude throughout this whole “Lebron of baseball” thing has made me dislike him. Obviously at his age, he has plenty of time to change that.
lol, my question was rhetorical I know they gave him an insane contract last year.
I just can’t see how they’d justify keeping him around just because of the money.
I’d read where the thinking was to send Harper to low A ball to start out. I guess that’s like Lakewood? I’d think he might see as high as Double A. Obviously depending on how things go. I don’t even think we’ll see him on the 40 man in September, but who knows. Realistically, I’d say we might see him in The Show mid 2012.
The last player to play in the bigs at 18, Harper’s current age was ARod. I didn’t recall his beginning, so I looked it up, and he spent a lot of time on the bench his 2nd year, maybe his 1st full year. But when he finally played, in his 3rd year, at age 20, he had a HOF type year. It looks like Alex never saw the minors. Assuming that’s true, I have no idea why. What he gained by sitting on the bench for 2 years….well, it worked out okay professionally.
Everything I’ve read suggests the Nats will be very patient with Harper.
Michael Taylor just went deep. Real deep. A no dobter over the left gield wall. 3 run blast. A’s lead the Angels 8-5. MT is 2-4 now. But Doc was Doc today, so that trade still looks okay for now.
MT!
well, I guess I should correct that since the 8-5 A’s lead posted above would imply some clutch hitting skill. The A’s trailed 8-2, and the Taylor rip cut the margin to 8-5.
Well, that game came close to a fairy tale finalem, the A’s got within a run, and had MT up with the last out at stake. He faced Mike Soscia’s 10th pitcher of the day, and unfortunately, lifted a non threatening fly to left field to give the Angles a 9 inning win.
But, at least he got the 3 run shot, and had 2 hits overall.
Another Cactus League note, Brandon Belt, Giant prospect started at first base today, and lashed 3 hits, including an opposite field double, and drove home 4 runs.
He’s supposed to be quite good.
I thought of an old Phillie tonight that somehow escapes the first level recollection of names when you drift back in the past, and was inclined to look him up over at Baseball refernce. He might have been the best right hand hitter, the most feared right hand hitter, the scariest dude on the 1964 Phillies. You think of those descriptions, and first reaction is he must be talking about Richie “Crash” Allen. But Allen is first level memory material. I’m talking about Alex Johnson. Not then, mind you, but by career end.
Alex definitely wasn’t the most feared hitter on that particular team at that time. . Rather, to my memory, he was part of the infamous Gene Mauch platoon system. Alex, say hello to Wes Covington. John Wesley, this is Alex Johnson. When GM John Quinn used to run names of prospective acquisitions by Mauch, Mauch’s immediate internal thought would be who could I platoon that guy with. Mauch even found a way to platoon Bobby Wine with Ruben Amaro, Sr. And completed the double play combination with an equally right handed platoon of Tony Taylor and Cookie Rojas. At least Johnson hit righty, and Covington lefty. Mauch was actually as brilliant a baseball guy as has ever come down the pike, but his ability to overmanage was obscene.
I’m quite sure the Phils and Mauch knew they had a great talent in Johnson. He whacked 35 homers at Magic Valley in the Pioneer league (Class A) in 1963. That was in 120 games. In 1964, he smashed 21 dingers in 90 games for Triple A Arkansas before the Big Club called for mid season help. For comparison’s sake, the celebrated Allen hit 17 homers at Magic Valley at age 19 in 1961. That was in 117 games. I don’t know whatever happened to Magic Valley, they maybe got traded when we acquired the Virgin Islands as a territory, but I sit here now and think of the combination of Allen and Alex Johnson, and I don’t care what the numbers say, we’re talking Ruth-Gherig, Aaron Mathews, Foster-Bench fear levels.
Johnson had some degree of similarity to Allen. Both played with tremendous chips on their shoulders. When at the plate, translating that anger was productive. Both were from athletic families. Allen’s brother Hank played briefly in the majors, Johnson’s brother Ron was a real good running back for the New York Football Giants. In his rookie year with the Phils, in 43 games, he hit .303, with an OPS of .840. Not nad for a mid season callup. But it was his presence at the plate that carried a fear inducing image. Defensively, he could be an adventure to watch. Legend has it that one of former Phils and A’s announcer By Saam famed calls described a fly ball to left field as deep. Johnson back….way back…..he bangs his head against the wall….picks it up and fires to second! The rules require the ball to get to second, not the outfielder’s head, but as legend has it, that’s how old By “Rolling right along” Saam called it. Not that Wes Covington was an ounce better defensively. But the Phils survived that, survived Lonnie “Skates” Smith and Raul Ibanez, all good hit less than good field outfielders. And Smith played around Greg Luzinski’s days off, so he represented an improvement in his platoon. Garry Maddox used to praise the Lord above for those days, knowing he’d only have to play 1.5 OF slots, and not the 2 he played when Luzinski did.
After the 1964 collapse, Alex made the big club again in 65, but he still was a lot more potential than ability. Playing part-time, his OPS dropped some 60 points, hitting .292. But you could clearly sense a world of potential.
That wrapped his Phils career. In the offseason, the Phils, seeking a reprise of the 64 contender status traded him as the key player with Art Mahaffey and Pat Corrales for Bill White and Dick Groat. Unfortunately, White and Groat’s best days proved past, but the Cards didn’t see immediate returns either. Alex spent a lot of the year in the minors. he played part time for the World Champion Redbirds in 1967, one of the great clubs of all time. His pillar of strength physique translated to an anemic .586 OPS, and that off season, the Cards shipped him to Cincinatti. Straight up for utility waste Dick Simpson.
By now, you’re wondering where I acquired all this nerve to start mentioning Alex Johnson in the same breath, sentence, chapter and verse as Crash Allen, would be Hall of Famer.
For whatever reason, at age 25, Johnson blossomed in 1968. He played everyday, hit over .300, 2 dingers,and 58 rbi. His OPS was blase, but the next year, with a similar batting average, he raised it 80 points to .830, hit 17 homers, and drove in 88. Hardly numbers that would scare you, but he carried a potent image to the plate.
Allen, of course was gone from the Phils by then, but as they returned to their losing ways, you started to accept the Phils losing culture as emblematic of having dealt these 2 hitters. Maybe they were both black. Well, not maybe. That they were. But maybe they both had attitudes. But still. It wasn’t like guys like Costen Shockley were setting the world on fire. Allen, well documented attitude carrier that he was was already finding his post Phils career well travelled. A year in St. Louis, as short stop in LA. Turned out the same for Alex Johnson. Despite the good years with the Reds, he was sent to the Angels. At age 27, he haqd his 1, and final great year. he hit .329. He made the all star team for the first time. You sensed this great athlete had finally hit his prime. Alex completed his mission of being traded for anyone and everyone that ever played the game with stops in 4 more cities before it was over.
He only totalled 78 big league homers. But he did finally become the presence at the plate that he semed to have when he joined the Phils. Clearly, he was no Crash Allen in 1964, and power wise, never did round into the best right hand hitter on that 1964, no matter how far down the road we went. But he caught your attention at the plate, knowing he’d hit it somewhere, and hard.
I have no idea if Alex Johnson ever found peace. I hope he can look back at his career positively. he was a fun player to watch. I’m unaware of any effort by the Phils to welcome him to alumni functions. They may well have. He only played here 2 years, and like Lonnie Smith, played well, but went onto greater heights elsewhere. It’s easy to remember and pay tribute to the stars that did it for years and consistently. But the talents that performed superbly briefly are fun to look back on also. It’d be nice to cheer for Alex one more time.
Vin Scully on Duke Snider’s passing: “Although it’s ironic to say it, we have lost a giant.”
Well, yeah, Vinnie. We did. I knew Sal Maglie pitched for both. That was bad enough. But the Duke wrapped her up in 1964 by playing out his career with the freaking Giants. What a scam! That’d be like Wilt with the Celtics, now batting for the Red Sox, number 2, Derek Jeter, or worst still, Randall Cunningham showing up as number 12 in a Dallas Cowboy lineup.
Most people think Jackie Robinson is honored for being the first Af-Am in The Game. Not. He’s celebrated for being traded to the Giants, and telling baseball to stick it up it’s non rivalry transaction allowances.
Some players should be forbidden from playing for other clubs. That’s what Bowie Kuhn should have been talking about when he overplayed his “best interests of the game” theme.
Ahh Ken Bland.
Though the popular story in baseball culture is that Robinson considered the Polo Grounds the enemy camp and chose retirement over the treasonous act of suiting up in a Giants uniform, the truth is that his denial of such rumors in the text of his January 14, 1957 letter to Stoneham is likely genuine. He writes:
Dear Mr. Stoneham:
After due consideration I have decided to request to be placed on the voluntary retired list as I am going to devote my full time to the business opportunities that have been presented.
My sincere thanks to you and to Mr. Feeney for your wonderful cooperation and understanding in this matter.
I assure you that my retirement has nothing to do with my trade to your organization. From all I have heard from people who have worked with you it would have been a pleasure to have been in your organization.
Again my thanks and continued success for you and the New York Giants.
Sincerely,
(signed) Jackie Robinson
I think its safe to say that Jackie Robinson will awlays be remembered and honored for being the first to break the color barrier, as well as being a great player. Saying hes not, i believe is wrong and misguided.
Wonder if Stoneham got that letter. I obviously never did.
I think he will replace Darbin quite nicely.
Lidge
Madson
Romero
Bastardo or Zagurski
Baez
Kendrick
Contreras
first 2 are locks.
Nexst 2 are locks because of the obligatory lefties.
Baez and Kendrick have large financial obligations and it would take gonads to release/option them.
Contreras is experienced, still pretty good.
That’s 7. So I guess Worley has to be seen as a longshot to make the club, realistically speaking. DeFratus is easy enough to send down because of his youth. Mathiesen is with the wrong organization. He can’t get a break here. He’s definitely a major leaguer, though there might be truth to the Phils contention that he needs an additional pitch to be an effective major leaguer. Anderson has things to prove anyway, but even now, 6 years removed from the game, he’s probably a better pitcher than Kendrick and Baez, but that’s not easy to document, and he’s inexpensive, but we’re not obligated to him.
It’s one thing to carry what is probably a weak link in Kendrick or Baez. It’s another to carry both.
Maybe the pen has some degree of serious turnover by year end.
Geez – Brown’s situation is the perfect reason it was meaningless to fret over trading Drabek and Taylor for Halladay. It appears forgone conclusion that at 23 years of age, this highly regarded player cannot even win an open job from a utility outfielder. This is a player who was rated the best minor leaguer late last year and top 5 going into this year. What is going on here? Who is/was wrong? the ratings rags? The Phillies? Isn’t it time to say “over-rated?” You have established players in Heyward, Stanton, and now this Braves first-baseman who are much younger and are able to succeed. They aren’t coddled but thrown in there. He isn’t a young pup anymore – 6-7 years in professional ball now. We should have enough firepower in the lineup with this pitching to see what he has in the early going. I feel strongly they should play him at least through June and see what he has. And if he “isn’t ready for major league pitching yet” at that point and he is 23, then he isn’t a phenom or highly rated prospect in my book anymore. I would even say move him for quality pen, a right handed bat, or a young projected starter if he still has the hype.
It’s been 9 spring training ABs…
Brown was always a “project” type prospect, not like Howard or Utley.
It isn’t the AB’s – it is the attitude I am already hearing from the beat writers who aseem to be reading the tea leaves of the front office. And the tea leaves seem to be saying he is going back to the minors.
As I stated, I am completely FOR his being given the job and seeing what he can do over an extended period.
I confess I do not know the difference between a “project” and non-project type player. If I recall, Utely was seen as having a fielding weakness yet they threw him in there and it turned out alright. Heyward isn’t completely polished yet and they threw him in there. I don’t have a list by my guess is there are 1o-20 other 21-23 year olds that will make major league rosters this year that aren’t finished products. Hard for me to imagine a prospect rated top 5 in the all the minors the last two years is still a “project”. It concerns me that his weakness seems to be hitting and he plays a position that your typically want a strong hitter and are willing to hide a somewhat average fielder.
Is it the general assumption that Oswalt will not be resigned, or be chased after next year? Is Blanton under contract for next year? So I anticipate these young pitchers like Worley are really gearing up for an open starting spot (or two?) next year. I would hope that the money it would take to resign Oswalt would be put toward locking down Hamels and one of these many prospects could be ready to step in. It would be nice if we could actually tap our system for a quality 5th starter, other than Kendrick, instead of doing an Adam Eaton or Freddie Garcia type of signing.
Oswalt has a club option for next year. I’d be surprised if he stayed on past that. The hope would be that Halladay/Lee/Hamels are around for the next several years and some younger, cheaper options take up the other spots.
Oswalt did mention the possibility of retiring after this year. Let’s say he does that. With his money off the books, Ibanez gone, there’s some money out there that enables the option of acquring another quality, expensive starter, should they wish to do that.
Blanton is under contract again for next year. He’s got 17 mil left, approximately on an even split over the 2 years.
I’ll say this about DB. It has only been 9 ABs. But at some point in lets guess another 20 ABs, without being privvy to his particular mindset, his head could become pretty lacking in confidence, and the hole becomes deeper to dig out from. So it is early, but it’s not early, early.
I left Herndon out of that list above in post 19. That makes things even more competitive with the payouts to Kendrick and Baez looming. Maybe some of you guys should take up a collection to help the Philos pay them off and we can keep better pitchers. Since it’s my idea to do that, I see no need to contribute financially to the cause.
Here’s some good stuff on where DB is and where he is on time
http://blogs.delawareonline.com/philledin/2011/03/01/scouting-2011-domonic-brown/comment-page-1/#comment-10907
I think Kendrick is only a Phillie until they we get a few months into the season & teams start looking for replacements for hurt/disappointing arms. Just my impression. Beaz is a dead man walking.
Thats a good article on Brown, Ken. I’m not sure what to expect out of him, honestly, but I’ve pretty much been expecting all along that Franscisco starts the year & how much time Brown wins is really up to him.
Thats a good article on Brown>>
The subject matter is the players, team and sport, but I’d suggest David Hale from the Wilmington News Journal (author of the piece) as a regular read. Murphy and Gelb headline the beat reporters, and several smaller outlets all have competent personnel, but I have found David to have as good handle on mx bhetween advanced stats and psyche of the participants.
He paints a helluva case for the benefit of starting DB in the minors there.
Lefty 1st baseman Bill White had a very solid year in ’66, his first season with Phils - .276, 22, 103 (2nd highest of career), 122 OPS+, last of his 7 gold gloves, MVP-23.
Alex Johnson did make fans sit up. Fine hitter, ran like the wind. 8 teams in 13 seasons; longest stint, 2 seasons. One elaboration, worthwhile read on the enigmatic talent:
http://articles.latimes.com/1990-06-24/sports/sp-1096_1_american-alex-johnson-angels
Great to see Cliff out there in the right uni again. Threw about 40 pitches, maybe a little more than wanted, but I doubt the early stretching out will hurt much. They got this Wil “Busta” Rhynes out at second base for the Tigers. Cool name.
On Alex Johnson, I was actually a little suprised at how weak his major league power numbers were. Homer wise, t least. Guess he got his share of doubles. I mostly remember him looking dangerous at the plate.
Yeah, Alex scalded ‘em, didn’t launch ‘em. I always rooted for him after he left Philly. Bet not many messed with the Johnson brothers.
JRoll’s first hit of the spring, and a run for Da Phils! I think that’s JRoll’s first hit…
meanwhile, this tweet from Joe Strauss, St. Louisd Post Dispatch beat guy…
<<Carpenter escorted from field by head trainer Greg Hauck. Not good.>>
Wow
Not my place to pass judgement on how peeps spend their money, but even with the threat of rain, what is up with all the empty seats today?
Does Ray Washburn have a grandson?
gotta be the forecast – pretty sure they sold out every game
AL East predictors, take note….
Baltimore 9
Tampa Bay uno
4th inning.
Senior fans are at the Tallahassee capitol barking and shaking signs
about Medicare, bad onions and Route 19 speeders. Hard times on the planet.
Best I can tell, Jarrod Washburn is not Ray Washburn’s grandson.
Ray was born in 1938, so he’s certainly old enogh to be a grandparent.
D Brown at 0-11.
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Joe Nathan throws 20 pitches in his inning, giving up a walk while recording two flyouts and a groundout>>
I might be wrong, but I don’t think it’s more than 11 months for Joe since TJ surgery.
Everyone’s different, but that’s a good sign.
More from St. Louis, on still another pitcher…
Unbelievably, the trainer is out for Mitch Boggs, who is grabbing his lower back while leaving the field. Boggs does look in some distress.
Funny, hadn’t thought of Jarrod. Oughta sight, outta mind.
Wade’s son?
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/marlins-rays-rangers-lead-baseballs-value-pack-2011-03-01
Cardinal fans have to be tilting to pessimism by now.
strained hammie for Carp. Minor stuff.
Well, for now. Still have to put a lot of pressure on it when pitching. I’d guess they give him 10 days off as precaution. Pretty caluble commodity.
Who is Wade? I never heard of Wade Washburn. Is there such as guy?
Brewers with most talented squad in a generation, a Milwaukee scribe recently wrote.
Hasn’t climbed the ladder yet, but pencil that name into your program. Better arm than Billy Wade and Wade Wilson, they say.
Bryce Harper got a base hit today. But it was against the Mets, so I guess it doesn’t count.
Maybe now, Domonic can get a hit? Evereyone else in the MLBPA got one.
When I hastily checked on affiliation between Ray and Jarrod, I didn’t pick up anything about Jarrod having a kid that plays. Jarrod, other than biologically possible isn’t old enough to be a grandparent, but it could be his kid. Don’t know.
Harper’s Ferry. Easy promo for D.C. area. If he pulls his weight.
Ya jumped the track at Wade Boggs; was lightheartedly doubling up on the heredity angle.
Posts 32 to 50 … as they panned out, inscrutable to the uninvolved. Theatre of the absurd.
well, more frustration for DB, late on a fast ball, and looked at a called strike 3 for his 2nd K of the day, now 8 in 12 ABs..
Wen, not if, but when it comes, it’ll rain.
Goota keep the chin up. Kid’s a player.
I assume Schmidt is talking some to him. Probably telling him to relax. That’d be ironic. It took Schmidt years to relax.
“Herbie, ’cause he looks like a Herbie.” – #14
jjg – I get tired of your quips, but then you throw in a gem like that “Harper’s Ferry” post and I will force myself to muddle through the next 10, hoping you can come up with another gem.
That was fun. Watching Baez pitch. Kinda like when Henry Finkel went to the free throw line, and Jack Twyman said you could see the pressure in Henry Finkel’s face of trying to replace Bill Russell. That wasn’t pressure, Jack. Henry was flat out ugly.
Watching Baez bore me to death but pitch well enough to live another day costing fine young pitchers roster spots or Henry Finkel shoot free throws. Both painful experiences.
“Herbie, ’cause he looks like a Herbie.” – #14 >>
#14 could have been either Pete, or John Wockenfuss. We’ll leave emguessing.
Orioles 12, Tampa 6.
The O’s appear to be the best team in the Landover metropolitan market. It ain’t the Nats. The Redskins suck. The Wizards blow, and the Capitols are off my radar. Maybe Lefty has the Terps rolling right along. Or maybe its theTEAM, as in 980 AM.
But it’d be pretty cool if the O’s are actually good this year.
I think Rizotti looks more like Jim Thome than Jim Thome does. Dude is a big boy.
phillyfan, That’s the spirit. I get tired of RyHo whiffin’, ya won’t see me complainin’ – until April 1.
From the tweet world of Phils prospect Jarrod Cosart…
<<The lebron James of baseball better start hitting! Spring training or not if you are mentioned with lebron you best hit>>
ooooooeeeeee.
Funny. Henry, what a specimen. Ahh, he tried.
And then you had Mel, obvious offspring of Danny Kaye and a giraffe.
That counts a s a good line.
Alright, time to get 5 and go home. No problem. With Sweeney and Werth still available, piece of cake.
I miss Sweeney. He was here like 20 minutes, never played, and I still miss him.
Here we go, Phillies, here we go.
Oh, well. Not the most indulgent of offensive efforts by the Fightins, but it was fun to watch Cliff pitch again.
One of these days we’ll get an offensive explosion going, or the fans will be all over the team worried about the continuation of last year’s offensive woes.
At least Jimmy got a hit today. That was nice to see.
Buster Olney NL East thoughts
http://blogs.ajc.com/jeff-schultz-blog/2011/03/01/espns-buster-olney-braves-may-beat-out-phillies-in-east/
One thing I keep reminding myself about the offense, is that it seems to take them 1 or 2 times around the line up in a full game to get going – so with limited at bats they are pretty much on schedule.
But it was a relief to see both Jimmy and Raul get a hit yesterday.