Antonio Bastardo leads all Major League pitchers at the All-Star Break with an .82 ERA and only trails the Padres’ Mike Adams and the Orioles’ Koji Uehara for the Major League lead in WHIP. With Tuesday’s trade of Fransisco Rodriguez to the Milwaukee Brewers, there was one less, at the very least, once-dominant closer…
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Exploring Bastardo’s All-Star Chances
It was June 2, 2009. The Black Eyed Peas were in the beginnings of a 26-week stranglehold of the number one American Billboard spot. Up was number one at the box office with the Hangover debuting the coming Friday. The Phillies entered the day a half game behind the Marlins, winners of four-in-a-row, and were…
J.C. Romero = .400 oOBA, DFA’ed
Phillies beat writer Todd Zolecki Tweeted shortly after the completion of today’s game that J.C. Romero was designated for assignment to make room for Vance Worley, who will be starting Saturday’s game against the Seattle Mariners. Romero’s designation comes as little surprise to many Phillies’ fans who saw Romero struggle with control and was unable…
How Fast Is Too Fast for a Shirsey?
Antonio Bastardo has started just five games for the Phillies and was recently demoted to the Iron Pigs. That still hasn’t stopped the Philadelphia Phillies from apparently mass-producing his shirsey and shipping it out to Modell’s in North Wales, PA.
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