The Phillies had a short run of consecutive NL East titles that ended last season. Can the aging team get back to the playoffs, or will they be stuck watching others in the post-season?
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Season Preview: Philadelphia Phillies
Tag Archives: Jonathan Papelbon
2012 Goose Gossage Award Nominees
The next stop on the Baseball Bloggers Alliance Award tour is the Goose Gossage Award for best relief pitcher. Again, we nominate 5 players from each league. The nominees are mixed with the nominees from the rest of the BBA, with the player with the most nominations winning the award.
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MLB Preview – Philadelphia Phillies
2011 Review:
Coming into 2011, the Phillies were the team to beat. They had an offense led by Ryan Howard, Shane Victorino, Chase Utley and Jimmy Rollins. The rotation was loaded with Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee, Roy Oswalt, and Cole Hamels. Everything was golden.
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Bullpen Banter: Fantasy Baseball Drafts
This week, Russ and Eugene discuss various fantasy baseball issues…the #1 pick, positional rankings, and decline in pitchers.
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Bullpen Banter: Recent Transactions
This week, Eugene and Russ look at the top 5 Transactions of the off-season so far. The first one was easy; could they agree on the rest?
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Phillies Sign Jonathan Papelbon
The Philadelphia Phillies continue to make a splash this off season, this time locking up Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon. Papelbon will replace Ryan Madson and Brad Lidge in the Phillies bullpen.
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BBA Goose Gossage Award Nominees
Russ: After looking at the statistics and trying to break down the numbers, I have four candidates for the reliever of the year. The four (in alphabetical order) are Brandon League (Mariners), Jonathon Papelbon (Red Sox), Mariano Rivera (Yankees) and Jose Valverde (Tigers). Continue reading
My Facebook Friends React To Baseball on a Wild Wednesday
So in what may be considered one of the most exciting nights in recent Major League Baseball history, I was glued to the television like many of you (when I was not eating holiday dinner with my family). As many of them were still having dessert, I was the person sitting by the television reporting the loss by the Braves knocking them out of the playoffs. As always, many friends were commenting on Facebook as the games were going on. Continue reading
Overrated? Let’s Discuss That. Pt. 1/3
All 3 are overrated according to a recent list on bleacher-report
Writers have to write. Even unpaid, unobligated folks like myself often feel the need to just write something and put it out. The burden for paid sportswriters in this digital age is far more present. This leads to a lot of news when there is no news. It also leads to terrible lists. Lists can be fun. I generally don’t grade them too hard. But sometimes one jumps out at you and it’s just so obvious that all the writer was doing was putting something… anything… out on deadline. A piece of work like that I have to address.
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GM Scores: Theo Epstein
Next up, after a little delay, is Theo Epstein, the GM that brought an end to the Curse of the Bambino.
Epstein has brought the Red Sox 162 wins over his 8 years over the Red Sox; that averages to a WAR of 20.3 per season. He’s -41.4 in trades, 158.3 in signings, and 45.1 in the draft.
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