Philadelphia Phillies storyline: Bullets aplenty

Cole Hamels picked an excellent time to crank up a complete-game, shutout 5-hitter for the Philadelphia Phillies. The relief corps got last night off but they’ll see 3-4 innings tonight, no doubt.

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CAP-SIZE HINDSIGHT: 3-0 Triumph

TYPE	PLAYER	REASON
The Crystal Champagne Toast	Kyle Kendrick	Four-Star Performance
The Penthouse	Darin Ruf Kyle Kendrick John Mayberry Jr. Jeremy Horst	Smoked A 2-RBI Triple To Open A 2-0 Lead In The 2nd During His 1 For 2 Night With An IBB Nursing A 2-Run Advantage, Punched Out Werth With A Runner At 3rd To End The 5th, & Escaped A Harper-At-3rd One-Out Jam In The 6th Fired 7 Scoreless, 4-Hit Innings Made A Superb Catch Of A Blooper In A Critical Spot During The 8th Ended The 8th-Inning Threat With A Called K On The 4-Hole Stick
House Call	Jimmy Rollins	Has A Calf Issue

King Cole Dominates The Braves To End The Losing Streak

NITECAP INSIGHT

The Green Machine:

Rube Amaro will have $13.5M to spend after commitments, achieved incentives, a buyout, and dollars for the 2013 trade deadline, which is listed in my recent article marked below. In between his biggest need for a third basemen and his current outfield holdovers, there are the young guns before the closer. Third base is an outside-the-organization player, while the trio in front of the warning track is a no-choice gamble. The section with in-house solutions that will fill some of its openings is the bullpen.

There Was A Rynosaur Sighting At The Vault Last Night

There are 6 seats after Jonathan Papelbon with 2 being filled by the present 8th-frame options: Antonio Bastardo and Josh Lindblom. The 2 best of the rest should leave 2 open spots for free-agent acquisitions. Going with 4 youngsters is not a comforting feeling, and even 3 is only slightly less foreboding. This group consists of Michael Stutes, David Herndon, Michael Schwimer, Jeremy Horst, Jake Diekman, B.J. Rosenberg, Justin De Fratus, Joe Savery and Phillippe Aumont.

There is a lot of additional firepower in this arsenal. Working from the bottom up, Aumont has a 3.82 ERA with 13 saves at Triple-A Lehigh Valley, but has a 2.53 ERA for his last 10 appearances. He will probably be a September call-up with Savery, De Fratus and Diekman. Savery was decent half the time, the effective Diekman was limited to 1 or 2 batters, and De Fratus spent most of the year on the DL after his fine final month (MLB) in 2011. Stutes and Herndon won’t return until spring training.

Dom & Ryno Complete The 1st Inning Rally

The first of 3 to watch is Rosenberg, who had 2 solid performances against 2 contenders. He may have fixed a few things at Lehigh Valley before his reactivation. Horst was the reliever Amaro dealt Wilson Valdez for in the off-season, and he has earned Cholley Manuel’s trust. Schwimer’s numbers below are after he received a major overhaul from pitching coach Rich Dubee, He, also, has earned their faith in him.

The GM does not need a $13.5M third sacker–Polly Polanco made $6M. $7.5M should be able to pay 1 set-up man for the 8th and 1 or 2 other pieces. You want to know where Rube will spend money? Watch the young studs in the ‘pen and judge how confident they make you feel.

HURLER	ERA & GMS	INN & H	R & ER	BB & IBB & SO
RHP Michael Schwimer	1.54 For 22	23.1 - 14	6 - 4	9 - 2 - 27
LHP Jeremy Horst	1.29 For 14	14.0 - 10	3 - 2	3 - 0 - 03
RHP B.J. Rosenberg	0.00 For 02	03.1 - 01	0 - 0	0 - 0 - 04
RHP Justin De Fratus (AAA)	1.93 For 09	09.1 - 07	2 - 2	1 - 0 - 07

Kyle Kendrick Delivers A Pitch At The Bank On August 3 Against The Diamondbacks

PRECAP PITCH

Kyle Kendrick:

After the swap of Joe Blanton, this is his final switch back to the rotation, which would have occurred next April anyway. He will be limited to 75-85 peas or 5-6 innings tonight. He has lasted 6.1 frames plus in 5 of 14 efforts with 3 debacles. In early July at the Bank against the Braves, his line was: 7 complete, 4 hits, 0 runs, 1 walk and 5 whiffs on 89 tosses.

	STARTER	RECORD	TM	STARTER	RECORD	DAY & TIME
3	LHP Cliff Lee	06-08, 3.12 ERA	@ Nats	RHP Edwin Jackson	09-11, 4.13 ERA	Wednesday, Day

Tim Hudson Loads Up At The Ted On August 3 Against The Astros

Tim Hudson:

He is 5-1 with a 2.22 away ERA, which is 2.11 lower than at home. He has worked 6.2 innings or more in 10 of 18 showings with 5 clunkers. In both parks his ledger against the Phils reads: 2-0, 1.42 ERA, 12.2 frames, 11 hits, 2 both-earned runs, 2 free passes and 5 strikeouts.

DELIVERY = PITCHER’S 2012	DEFINITION OF SEASON
Over The Top	Excellent
3-Quarter Sidearm	Good
Sidearm	Above Average
Short Arm	Approximately Average
Submarine	Below Average

Quality number of the pitcher: 1 – 5

Slot on his club: 1 – 5

Ranking is 1 to 5 & 15 for the less adventurous.

*** = Approximately equal to after plus-and-minus computation

HURLER	Kyle Kendrick	John Lannan
NUMBER	A Five	A Five
CLUB SLOT	Four	Five
FOR 2012	Sidearm	Short Arm
'12 RANKING	3rd of 5 Categories	4th of 5 Categories
LAST START	Eephus Pitch	Slurve ***
LAST HIGH OR LOW	13th of 15 Categories	9th of 15 Categories

DISPLAY NOTE: Non-listed results can go up or down by

* 1 notch & ** 2 clicks (This note will only appear when it’s relevant.)

* 1 Tick UP

	PITCH	INN	ER - R- H		PITCH	INN	ER
1	Gyroball	9 (CG)	0 - 0 - 3	10	Screwball	6	4
2	Fastball	9 (CG)	0 - 0	11	Knuckleball	5	3
3	Cutter	9 (CG)	3	12	Forkball	0 - 4.2	Monstrosity
4	Split Finger	7	2	13	Eephus Pitch	0 - 2.2	Disaster
5	Curveball	7	3	14	*Palm Ball	Ejected
6	Sinker	6.1	3	15	*Spit Ball	**Ejected+
7	Slider	6	2		*Breaking Ball	Injured
8	Changeup	6	3		*Fosh	Rain Interrupted
9	Slurve	5	2		*Knuckle Curve	Pitch Count
	** = Suspended				* = A 2nd Pitch Also

STATS APOCALYPTIC HORSEMEN COLE HAMELS
COLE'S LINE: 7 INN, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 8 K & 99 DARTS

ACE	W - L	ERA	INN+	CONV	CG - SO	BAD	INN	ER	BB - IBB	SO
Total	34 - 23	3.48	6.1	59 of 86	2 - 2	12	582.2	225	114 -2	557
Hamels	17 - 06	3.05	6.2	21 of 31	2 - 2	03	215.1	073	050 - 2	218
Lee	06 - 09	3.16	6.1	23 of 30	0 - 0	02	211.0	074	028 - 0	207
Halladay	11 - 08	4.49	7.0	15 of 25	0 - 0	07	156.1	078	036- 0	132

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