Progresso Soup? (Phillies March 8)

March 8, 2010   ·   philliesmania   ·   Jump to comments

 

 Is it soup yet?

 

Afraid not. The baseball soup is still cooking but our Phillies got all the ingredients of big time soup!

 

By the way I endorse Progresso even though they are not a paid advertiser ………….. lol ……… it is good.

 

 

Anyhow just a few notes at this point:

 

• J C Romero will probably not be ready by Opening Day. He does expect to be at Citizen’s Bank Park for the home Opener however. This opens a slot for a guy like Bastardo who has been getting plenty of “love” from the brass and teammates. There are still the other possibilities of course. Lefties Sergio Escalona and Matt Zagurski or righties Dave Herndon or returning Scott Mathieson. Having either Jamie Moyer or Kyle Kendrick available may make some slots change also. Overall not having Romero for a short time will likely have little or no impact. Honestly though I see the Romero problem turning into a chronic ongoing concern.

• The Aumont learning curve. Apparently they are working on having him fine tune his mechanics back to the technique he used in his prior stints. According to Rich Dubbee it can be summed up like this:  ”changing his arm slot from an over-the-top angle to a three-quarter angle, which has him throwing his power sinker again” Being in the rotation during the spring clearly helps him to get the work in.

• Ross Gload is okay on the pine: Is it even pine anymore? Nevertheless he seems comfortable He was very successful doing it in Florida last season.

• Blanton trying to build off of last season: Being solidly in the rotation, Joe the pitcher is putting some work in also. He changed his grip on his sinker from his earlier stints. The ball was breaking away instead of down. And since Blanton is your classic downhill pitcher, that is important for a sinker.

• Ryan Howard preparing for another season of a steady breaking ball diet. Until he proves he can stay away from bad pitches and off speed junk, he will continue to lead the league in breaking ball sitings. Milt Thompson and the big man are trying to find a disciplined approach to counter the approach of the pitchers he faces.  

• Danys Baez has been looking solid.