The Phils released former #1 draft pick Matt Anderson who was attempting a comeback and had been preliminarily assigned to Lehigh Valley. Anderson last pitched in 2008, and although still throwing very hard, had little to no command and was hit around hard in Spring Training. This leaves the current Lehigh Valley staff at:
Starters: Vance Worley, Nate Bump, Drew Naylor, Ryan Feirabend, Eddie Bonine, Brian Bass
Relievers: Scott Mathieson, Mike Stutes, Michael Schwimer, Mike Zagurski, Jason Grilli, Drew Carpenter, Dan Meyer and Juan Perez.
Two pitchers from this group will need to be either let go or placed on the DL with presumably turf toe, an injury that seems to go around the Lehigh Valley locker room when roster space is needed.
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I’d get rid of Bonnie and put on of the lefty releivers in the DL. (Meyer) I like what I saw from Juan Perez and Zagerski during ST.
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Saw Anderson pitch. He gets super amped up, over the top amped. Then throws every other pitch wild. He needs to go down to someone’s high A team and get in a good groove mechanically and then work his way up if he really wants to do this. No other way will work. Higher level guys will wait him out then kill grooved FBs.
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Kyle Drabek and Carlos Carrasco both pitching pretty well today. Carrasco had a rough start but settled down. He is throwing fb in low 90’s and getting breaking ball over.
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To this point a weird line Draebek h r k bb
0 1 2 5 but only 70 pitches.
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sorry 5 k and 2 bb
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Kyle Draebeck had a one hitter for 5 2/3 innings.
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Releasing Anderson really bums me out, since I was really cheering for him to resurrect his career, but I guess it wasn’t to be
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Woulda been a nice story, but oh well.
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