On the Clock? (Phillies March 5, 2010)

March 5, 2010   ·   philliesmania   ·   Jump to comments

     So let the Halladay’s begin.

 

24 pitches, 21 strikes that is the most important stat for me. In the big picture it tells us nothing except that Halladay came here to succeed. This guy pounds the strike zone and works the plate with the best of them. Better than a hungry fat man at a buffet!

 

In yesterday’s pre season match up against the New York Yankees no one was surprised with the Roy-al pitching of Halladay. Especially the Yankees. C C Sabbathia even commented that Halladay may out do himself in the National League. Pointing out that the lack of a DH and the 7 and 8 spots are usually not that worrisome to NL pitchers.

 

At this point, which is the beginning, the Phillies had the scrub game with Florida State and now this game against the Yankees. In the mix of pitchers over those 2 games were the expected, the new, and the youngsters.

 

Naturally there really isn’t anything to take away from it though. Although Philipe Amount did not look well at all. A bit wild you might say. I don’t care how early it is, it can never be good to give up 5 earned in 2/3 of an inning against a NCAA Division 1 team. However, we can say the jury is still out.

 

At this point everyone is a reliever as you watch the bullpen door become a revolving door. But man isn’t cool to see baseball!

 

A couple good things to note:

• Kyle Kendrick’s development remains to be seen but clearly the mental aspect of his game is noticeably improved. He does not want to go back down to the minors and he actually appears to have the “I belong here” look.

• Placido Polanco said he is getting comfortable at 3rd. He had an errant throw in which he explained that he rushed his throw. Normally a good middle infielder can adjust to fielding the ball at third fairly quickly. Throwing the ball is usually the trouble. 1 if he can make the throw and 2 if he can make an accurate throw. He said he needs to learn to slow down a little bit and focus on the accuracy as compared to getting it at second and getting the closer throw off immediately. Pedro Feliz was a master at throwing from 3rd.