The Phillies did what they do best yesterday. They added a scrap-heap, spare-part and will now hope that Scott Eyre preforms "to the way we (the Phillies) think he can." Yesterday on the Mike Gill Show, I spoke to Phillies assistant GM Mike Arbuckle. He mentioned the word "risk" and I was almost surprised someone in the Phillies organization knew how to even pronounce that word.
While the trade deadline may not have been active, there were risk-taking moves by other NL contenders that helped their fan base at least have a feeling that those teams are going for it. Milwaukee got the ball rolling by adding stud southpaw CC Sabathia. Sabathia has dominated NL hitters, going 5-0 with an ERA of 1.88 and a sparkling WHIP of 0.958. The the leagues best team, the Chicago Cubs, went out and acquired Rich Harden from the Oakland A's. Harden has had injury problems in the past and Arbuckle even admitted to me that was an issue. His numbers since joining the Cubs and facing Senior Circuit hitters; 1-1 with an ERA of 2.10 and a 1.033 WHIP in five games.
The Dodgers took a different approach to the work risk, but adding a major bat to the middle of their line-up; Manny Ramirez. You might think the Phillies have place to play him or that they don't need another bat - wrong. As I watched the Phillies bat go as silent as 20,000 on-lookers for a Tiger Woods put on the 18th green yesterday, it made me realize even more that Manny could have been Manny here. In LA, Manny his hitting .565 with four home runs and nine RBI in less then a week with the Dodgers. His on-base percentage is a staggering .615, don't you think that is something the Phillies could use after watching Chris Volstad dominate them yesterday afternoon.
As for Eyre, yeah he is a shot in the dark, but his 2-0, 7.11 ERA are a piece of duct-tape to a team that has glaring needs elsewhere. An extra lefty is a luxury that is nice to have, a bat like Manny or arms like Sabathia or Harden are risks that the the Phils just weren't willing to take.
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