charlie 3Philadelphia Phillies
March 6th 2010 17:07
Three consecutive trips to the World Series, is that what the Phillies have in store. This years Phillies are right in line to do that. It has reached the 100 win mark just two times in franchise history, this year could be the third. The Phillies really had nothing to do this offseason, the team was fine just how it was. They just needed a little tweaking.
The whole bullpen wasn't bad last year just closer Brad Lidge. Charlie Manual belived in Lidge, as did i despit his 11 blown saves and 0-8 record. When given the chance in the postseason he delivered, going 3 for 3 in save chances. With the best power/speed lineup in baseball Lidge will have his chances to show 2009 was a fluke. The Phillies need the bullpen including Brad Lidge to be better than ever to win it all.
Will the Cole Hamels of 2008 show up or will it be 2009's prima donna? The lefty had such a great 2008 postseason that no matter what he did last year it wasn't going to be good enough. Hamels now has Roy Halladay in front of him so there is less presure on him to win 20 games. He has no curveball, at least he doesn't like to throw it, so hitters sit on his change. .273 is what hitters hit against him last year.
Placido Polanco could have a great year given he loves to hit .300. Signing Polanco could be a good thing, than again it could even be a bad thing. Switching from second to third base will be his biggest challange. Polanco will play a shallow third, which Phils fans aint used to, to make up for his arm strength.
Projected Lineup
1 SS Jimmy Rollins .250 21 HRs 77 RBIs 168 Hits
2 3B Placido Polanco Career high 72 RBIs with Tigers
3 2B Chase Utley 31 HRs .508 SLG .905 OPS 156 Games Played
4 1B Ryan Howard Averaging 50 HRs 143 RBIs since 2006
5 RF Jayson Werth 99 RBIs 98 Runs 159 Games Played 153 Hits
6 LF Raul Ibanez 13 HRs at home 21 HRs on the road
7 CF Shane Victorino .358 OBP 181 Hits 60 BBs .803 OPS
8 C Carlos Ruiz Career best .780 OPS in 2009
Projected Rotation
1 RHP Roy Halladay 17-10 2.79 ERA 208 SOs in 32 games
2 LHP Cole Hamels 1.80 in 2008 playoffs, 7.58 ERA in 2009 playoffs
3 RHP Joe Blanton 4.05 ERA 88 ER 1.32 WHIP 195.1 IP
4 LHP J. A. Happ 2.93 for NL top rookie
5 LHP Jamie Moyer 94 SO 5.22 K/9 43 BB 162 IP
Prediction: Polanco will replace Feliz at third. Lidge's preformance doesn't add confindince to 2010. Greg Dobbs is the left handed bat of the bench. Charlie Manual is not a conventional thinking manger, but does know his players, and get them to play well down the streach. Still they need a better mid starter, but will take the NL East because nobody improved. 103-59 record. NL East Champs.
Next: Nationals
The whole bullpen wasn't bad last year just closer Brad Lidge. Charlie Manual belived in Lidge, as did i despit his 11 blown saves and 0-8 record. When given the chance in the postseason he delivered, going 3 for 3 in save chances. With the best power/speed lineup in baseball Lidge will have his chances to show 2009 was a fluke. The Phillies need the bullpen including Brad Lidge to be better than ever to win it all.
Will the Cole Hamels of 2008 show up or will it be 2009's prima donna? The lefty had such a great 2008 postseason that no matter what he did last year it wasn't going to be good enough. Hamels now has Roy Halladay in front of him so there is less presure on him to win 20 games. He has no curveball, at least he doesn't like to throw it, so hitters sit on his change. .273 is what hitters hit against him last year.
Placido Polanco could have a great year given he loves to hit .300. Signing Polanco could be a good thing, than again it could even be a bad thing. Switching from second to third base will be his biggest challange. Polanco will play a shallow third, which Phils fans aint used to, to make up for his arm strength.
Projected Lineup
1 SS Jimmy Rollins .250 21 HRs 77 RBIs 168 Hits
2 3B Placido Polanco Career high 72 RBIs with Tigers
3 2B Chase Utley 31 HRs .508 SLG .905 OPS 156 Games Played
4 1B Ryan Howard Averaging 50 HRs 143 RBIs since 2006
6 LF Raul Ibanez 13 HRs at home 21 HRs on the road
7 CF Shane Victorino .358 OBP 181 Hits 60 BBs .803 OPS
8 C Carlos Ruiz Career best .780 OPS in 2009
Projected Rotation
1 RHP Roy Halladay 17-10 2.79 ERA 208 SOs in 32 games
2 LHP Cole Hamels 1.80 in 2008 playoffs, 7.58 ERA in 2009 playoffs
3 RHP Joe Blanton 4.05 ERA 88 ER 1.32 WHIP 195.1 IP
4 LHP J. A. Happ 2.93 for NL top rookie
5 LHP Jamie Moyer 94 SO 5.22 K/9 43 BB 162 IP
Prediction: Polanco will replace Feliz at third. Lidge's preformance doesn't add confindince to 2010. Greg Dobbs is the left handed bat of the bench. Charlie Manual is not a conventional thinking manger, but does know his players, and get them to play well down the streach. Still they need a better mid starter, but will take the NL East because nobody improved. 103-59 record. NL East Champs.
Next: Nationals
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