the struggles continue for the powder blue's. in three games, they have given up a paltry 3 runs TOTAL. simply spectacular pitching by Halladay, McGowan and AJ Burnett. i think its pretty clear, that when healthy (big when), we have one of the best rotations in baseball - to go along with one of the best bullpens in baseball. sure scott downs hiccupped a few games ago, but who doesn't. the simple matter is that we gave up 3 runs total and LOST 2 out of 3 games.
eckstein and stewart have been clear disappointments so far. both were brought in for their bats, giving up defence in hopes of getting more guys on base for rios, wells, and thomas/lind to drive in. well...eck is batting .248 and stewart is at 0.203. eck's OBP is at .325 and stewarts at .304. not so good.
to be fair, everyone sucks right now, except scott rolen. but he just got back from injury, so maybe he didn't get the memo about making sure that when we get guys in scoring position, we should strike out or loft a shallow harmless fly ball and leave guys on base.
if we're gonna do anything this year, we need to start hitting in bunches. i applaud gibby for trying some things - switching the lineup, hit and runs etc. during times like this, you have to try to manufacture some runs, and rely on the pitching staff to hold the fort. hopefully, the slump won't last forever.
retro friday's today vs the white sox. go powder blue!
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