After a long look, the impressive prospect, who has drawn comparisons to Craig Biggio from manager Charlie Manuel, was sent
to minor league camp today, along with relievers Jake Woods and Dave
Borkowski.
Beerleaguer: So with
Jason Donald gone, along with several others today, the field of bench contenders
narrows to a handful of hopefuls, including an apparent right-handed
final four featuring John Mayberry Jr., Marcus Giles,
Pablo Ozuna and Miguel Cairo. The Phillies will also need to come up
with a plan for outfielder Matt Stairs. At catcher, it's a head-to-head
battle between Chris Coste and Ronny Paulino. In the rotation, it
appears to be a two-horse race between J.A. Happ and Chan Ho Park for
the fifth starter, with Carlos Carrasco still in camp. Park will pitch tomorrow. In
addition, relievers Gary Majewski, Mike Koplove and Rule 5 pick Bobby
Mosebach, along with minor league outfielder Jason Ellison, remain with
the club, but appear to be on the outside looking in for a spot on the
roster.
The Phils have some tough choices to make, but it's certainly not a bad problem to have.
JW, tough choices. That's what I hoped for at the start of camp.
Posted by: AWH | Monday, March 23, 2009 at 11:00 PM
clout, on the previous thread did you mean Kurt Suzuki and not Mac Suzuki when you were making a Marson projection?
Posted by: AWH | Monday, March 23, 2009 at 11:06 PM
Hey everybody, been a while. Can somebody provide me with a link for ST stats? Curious to see how Paulino and Coste compare.
Posted by: rjm09 | Monday, March 23, 2009 at 11:07 PM
rjm09: Take into account that Coste was hampered by injury, these are their stats:
Paulino: 5 for 27, .185 AVG 2b, 1 HR, 2 rbi & 11 K; OBP: .267; SLG: .333
Coste: 1 for 14, 1 rbi, 5 K; OBP: .235; SLG: .071
Posted by: EDGE | Monday, March 23, 2009 at 11:14 PM
I am a big fan going back to the fifties,but have not seen many games in person. The last,from 4 rows behind the 3B dugout at the Vet. Shill threw a 1-hitter,a homer by Bobby Bonilla. Can anyone tell me the year?
Posted by: Goody | Monday, March 23, 2009 at 11:32 PM
Exciting game so far between Korea and Japan. Pulling for Korea because of Chan Ho.
Posted by: J. Weitzel | Monday, March 23, 2009 at 11:35 PM
Coste probably gets the nod because of his offensive production and the fact that Paulino has looked woeful at the plate/behind it.
Posted by: MG | Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at 12:06 AM
Last point - Coste gets the likely nod because he was injured/offensive production the past 2 seasons. Paulino has arguably been one of the biggest disappointments in camp so far. Ruiz is going to be the everyday starter out of camp anyways.
WBC - It is really enjoyable to watch Korea/Japan play very fundamentally sound baseball and be able to execute the small things well including bunting and hitting to advance runners. Pitching hasn't been too shabby either.
The beating of the plastic sticks though is incredibly annoying.
Posted by: MG | Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at 12:10 AM
this game is intense
Posted by: redbeard | Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at 01:06 AM
Geebus, you can't stop Ichiro.
Posted by: doubleh | Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at 01:23 AM
WBC game tonight was as just about as good any you would see in the playoffs in Oct. Crowd was certainly much more boisterous and lively too than you would expect from the usually fickle Dodgers fans.
Posted by: MG | Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at 02:42 AM
Yo, new thread
Posted by: EastFallowfield | Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at 07:00 AM
The timing of this move makes sense. It will be good to see Donald work more on third base in the minors. Jimmy Rollins time with the USA team and the recovery period for Pedro Feliz allowed Donald to get a lot of at bats and time on the field this spring. While I missed seeing Rollins and Shane Victorino in the early spring training games, it was good for the Phillies that they were able to get a better sense of the immediate benefits of John Mayberry Jr. and Donald.
Posted by: Furnstein | Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at 09:43 AM