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?
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Nice post Smiff.
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