Comments on: Rule 5 Wrapup

By: phillychuck

phillychuck — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 04:31:07 +0000

His arm speed is different when he throws whatever off-speed pitch he’s throwing. Not fair to him, though–that clip looked like an inning where he was really struggling–fly-ball, walk, undetermined ball hit in the air to LCF.

By: phuturephillies

phuturephillies — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:04:17 +0000

I added a video clip of Herndon to the original post. As you can see, he kind of has a little whip in the back, which is what creates the sink and movement on his fastball. Pretty compact and repeatable it would seem.

By: RodeoJones

RodeoJones — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:46:23 +0000

Wow, you guys made it until the 10th post before this thread was derailed. Congratulations.

By: Teddy

Teddy — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:09:07 +0000

“I hear a rumor that Taylor may be traded today or tomorrow…and we all know who that would be for… we’ll see…”

God I hope not.

I personally don’t want to see any of the big 3 prospects traded away for Halladay.

If Blanton can yield a piece to the puzzle, then I would rather give up a guy with higher upside like gose.

By: Alan

Alan — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:47:28 +0000

“If the Dodgers don’t want Monasterios he would be offered back to the Phillies.”

With the caveat that he’d have to clear waivers first. Another team could claim him with the same Rule 5 restrictions.