Hard to imagine; or, who signs him next?

Orioles released RHP Adam Eaton.
Eaton has been terrible by any standard, with an 8.56 ERA. With few natural options to replace him and a staff in dire need of pitching, Eaton's release speaks volumes about how much he can help a big-league team at this point. No word yet on who will get his next start. Matt Albers will take his roster spot, but he's been relieving for Triple-A Norfolk.
~

"Grab some bench...

...I've known squirrels with better arms than you."


Philadelphia
IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA
A. Eaton 2.2 10 8 6 1 1 0 5.20

Here's the reason: You SUCK.

The Phillies have decided to go with Jamie Moyer, Kyle Lohse and Kyle Kendrick on normal, 4 days of rest, rather start Adam Eaton on Saturday. "I don't know what the reason is," said Eaton. "I'm not going to worry about it."

Spoke too soon!

Let the SUCKfest commence...

Top 2nd: NY Mets - C. Delgado homered to deep right, M. Alou scored

take dat, HATERS (myself)

Adam Eaton manged to get through his 1st inning back WITHOUT giving up dozens and dozens of runs...

NY Mets Inning Summary
- J. Reyes popped out to second
- L. Castillo popped out to shallow left
- D. Wright walked
- D. Wright stole second
- C. Beltran struck out looking
- End of Inning (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)

take dat, HATERS (myself)

Adam Eaton (sucking, big-time) is expected to be activated from the disabled list and start Tuesday's game against the Mets (shudder). Eaton has been out since Aug. 20 due to extended, awful "pitching". He has been terrible this season and isn't worth using in even the deepest fantasy leagues, except HACKING MASS.

S#i+ Blowing Up

Adam Eaton (shoulder) will throw around 40 pitches in a rehab start for Double-A Reading on Friday. Eaton expects to be activated from the disabled list and start Tuesday's game against the Mets.

these DL reports are getting very specific

Phillies placed RH"P" Adam Eaton on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to Aug. 12, for extended, unmitigated, uninterrupted SUCKing, leading to really bad pitching, intense hammerings and a league worst 6.36 ERA, and a HYOOOGE albatross of a 3-year contract.

People I Hate

Adam Eaton and his league worst 6.09 ERA...HATE.

Bottom 1st: Milwaukee
- C. Hart singled to center
- J.J. Hardy flied out to deep left, C. Hart to second
- R. Braun popped out to first
- P. Fielder walked
- K. Mench doubled to right, C. Hart scored, P. Fielder to third
- G. Jenkins doubled to deep left center, K. Mench and P. Fielder scored
- D. Miller ground rule double to deep right, G. Jenkins scored
- C. Counsell intentionally walked
- J. Suppan grounded into fielder's choice, D. Miller out at third, C. Counsell to second

4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors
Philadelphia 0, Milwaukee 4

well, he is a better hitter than pitcher...

A. Eaton hit for K. Lohse

How Not to Win

1) Start Adam "Awful" Eaton.

2) Don't totally hammer Jason "Bombs Away" Marquis.

3) Walk the bases loaded and give a hit up to Jason "Can No Longer Play" Kendall.

--Smiff, POed and mumbling to myself (aka status quo)

Phils win 7-3: take dat, HATERS (drunk Padres fans, Decker)

Adam Eaton held the Padres to two runs in 5 2/3 innings to record his 9th win on Friday.
Eaton gave up seven hits and three walks, but he pitched out of several jams (wily veteran!) in part because of a few key strikeouts. Even today's solid outing wasn't credited with a quality start, something Eaton has done just once in his last six opportunities. Whateverz...he kept them in the ballgame...got the win...that's the only thing that matters. Not only dat, Alfonsucko got the save.

Battle of the Idiot-Titan Managers

Chi White Sox 0
Philadelphia 3
Final

Round One goes to Chollie "I heart squirrels" Manuel. The much-maligned Adam Awful Eaton gets his 7th win. Take dat, HATERS (Decker). The ChiSox offense was truly offensive once again. Over/Under on when Ozzie will fire himself?

Yes, Adam Eaton is awful.

Man, did "Sarge" ever call dat one. Though Adam Eaton getting hammered isn't exactly going out on a limb. And without Brett Myers coming in today in the 8th and striking out 2 batters with 2 men on, dat could of have been anudder Phillies' bullpen disaster. Still, this is a terrible use of resources. Obviously, with the signing of Eaton, GM Pat Gillick thought he could trade Jon Lieber (who has been a MUCH better pitcher than Eaton throughout their careers) for a set-up man, but that never happened. And now you shouldn't want to trade Lieber with Eaton sucking so much. Eaton is pretty much untradeable himself (even for equal-badness guy with a terrible contract) since he's signed for *another* two years and is always a HYOOOGE injury risk.

Which makes one wonder whatdaphokk Gillick was thinking when he signed him to 3 years. Last year with the Rangers, working with one year remaining on his contract, he pitched a grand total of 65 innings (with a 5.12 ERA). (Also, bright move by Texas in trading Chris Young for him.) Also, Eaton has never posted an ERA below 4 or pitched 200 innings in a season. And he missed significant parts of 4 seasons. All of this nets him a 3-year deal? At best, he should have been a 1-year-with-maybe-an-option signing. Granted, this signing was before Freddy Garcia was acquired, but the Phillies would have been much better off signing or trading for a couple relievers (the Braves did it) and hoping Lieber could stay healthy.

Will Eaton get better? Sporting a 7.71 ERA he pretty much has to. But the Phillies would probably be better off with him getting injured again, moving Myers back in the rotation, and forcing Gillick to find a set-up man somewhere (how hard can this be?).

Well, today went much better with the ageless Jamie Moyer twirling a gem, and the offense getting a couple big hits (Greg Dobbs, anyone?). After an AWFUL start, da Fightin' Phils move to 2 games under. Take dat, Philly haters.

By the way, when did adecker31 become Sarge and when can we get adecker31 back?