Aside from starts against the Mets and Dodgers, Park has been horrible in the rotation all season. His ERA of 7.08 is second highest in the rotation, with only Jamie Moyer's being harder. We all know that Moyer's not leaving the rotation, yet, so Park had to come out. While Happ isn't necessarily a long term answer, his 2.49 ERA and 1.06 WHIP are far, far better than anything Park has done so far this year. He's also walked just nine batters this season, compared to 17 for Park. It should be interesting to see what happens now, since Charlie Manuel can't just go back on this after one poor start by Happ. If Happ begins to struggle, and Moyer can't get his form back, it's going to be rough to try and find two new starting pitchers. Hopefully, this works as well as most Phillies fans think it's going to.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Chan Ho Park out of the rotation, J.A. Happ in
As reported by David Murphy of the Philadelphia Daily News, Chan Ho Park is out of the rotation. Replacing him will be the man he battled for the position in Spring Training, J.A. Happ. I have to say, the writing was on the wall after Park's poor start on Sunday against the Nationals. Park was shelled, and didn't make it out of the second inning. Meanwhile, Happ was more than likely going to join the rotation on Saturday, but the extra inning game on Friday night pushed his start back.
Aside from starts against the Mets and Dodgers, Park has been horrible in the rotation all season. His ERA of 7.08 is second highest in the rotation, with only Jamie Moyer's being harder. We all know that Moyer's not leaving the rotation, yet, so Park had to come out. While Happ isn't necessarily a long term answer, his 2.49 ERA and 1.06 WHIP are far, far better than anything Park has done so far this year. He's also walked just nine batters this season, compared to 17 for Park. It should be interesting to see what happens now, since Charlie Manuel can't just go back on this after one poor start by Happ. If Happ begins to struggle, and Moyer can't get his form back, it's going to be rough to try and find two new starting pitchers. Hopefully, this works as well as most Phillies fans think it's going to.
Aside from starts against the Mets and Dodgers, Park has been horrible in the rotation all season. His ERA of 7.08 is second highest in the rotation, with only Jamie Moyer's being harder. We all know that Moyer's not leaving the rotation, yet, so Park had to come out. While Happ isn't necessarily a long term answer, his 2.49 ERA and 1.06 WHIP are far, far better than anything Park has done so far this year. He's also walked just nine batters this season, compared to 17 for Park. It should be interesting to see what happens now, since Charlie Manuel can't just go back on this after one poor start by Happ. If Happ begins to struggle, and Moyer can't get his form back, it's going to be rough to try and find two new starting pitchers. Hopefully, this works as well as most Phillies fans think it's going to.
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