Umm, is Charlie Manuel just trying to get fired now? Moving Brett Myers to the bullpen? Are you kidding? And now Howard may be hurt too. All signs point to them being screwed.
I agree; this move is really stupid. I can sort of see the logic that they have to move one of their six starters to the pen, and that Myers is the most likely to be a dominant reliever. But, it rarely makes sense to move one of your young stars to make room for older mediocre players. This reminds me of when the Mets moved Reyes to 2B. The Phillies have a strong core of young players: Howard, Utley, Rollins, Myers, Hamels. They should be building around these players, who will be stars for years. They shouldn't be jerking them around.
All that said, Pat Gillick deserves a lot of blame, too. He's the one who put together a team that has six starting pitchers and only one plus reliever.
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I agree; this move is really stupid. I can sort of see the logic that they have to move one of their six starters to the pen, and that Myers is the most likely to be a dominant reliever. But, it rarely makes sense to move one of your young stars to make room for older mediocre players. This reminds me of when the Mets moved Reyes to 2B. The Phillies have a strong core of young players: Howard, Utley, Rollins, Myers, Hamels. They should be building around these players, who will be stars for years. They shouldn't be jerking them around.
All that said, Pat Gillick deserves a lot of blame, too. He's the one who put together a team that has six starting pitchers and only one plus reliever.
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