Bucs Narrowly Beat Phillies, 3-2

by Charlie Wilmoth on Jul 1, 2010 10:11 PM EDT

Great game. Daniel McCutchen gets his first win of the season with what was at times some very nice pitching - he actually struck out the side in the second, with some very nice changeups. This isn't something he's going to do often; remember, No Relation has only struck out 29 batters in 60 2/3 innings at Class AAA this year. Pedro Alvarez also had an RBI double that nearly left the yard against Cole Hamels. But the best moment of the night belonged to Evan Meek, who registered an awesome strikeout of Ryan Howard with a filthy 3-2 breaking ball.

A couple notes:

-P- You may have seen that Dana Eveland cleared waivers and will head to Indianapolis. I already wrote about this over at SB Nation Pittsburgh, but the short version is: wow, what a silly series of moves for the Bucs, who gave up a prospect to get a guy they evidently didn't really want and that no other team really wanted either.

-P- Someone asked me in the comments if I might do another Top 30 prospects list before some of the really high-profile draftees start signing. It's time for one, definitely, and I'll get to it in the next few days if I can. Man, though, I've been putting this off, because most of the news coming out of the minors this year has been so dreadful, at least compared to our expectations. There have certainly been some nice surprises, like Bryan Morris and Nate Adcock, but so many of the Pirates' most talented guys have been hurt.

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Not Pirate related, but...

The D’Backs dumped both manager AJ Hinch and GM Josh Byrnes. Hinch was one of the stranger managerial hires, as he was director of player development and had no coaching experience. Byrnes was under contract through 2015 and Hinch through 2012. Should make their trade deadline a bit more interesting as they have a bunch of players to sell off (mainly Haren, but maybe LaRoche, Johnson, Qualls, and/or Stephen Drew) and will likely be without a full time GM.

by ElDuce on Jul 1, 2010 11:21 PM EDT reply actions

thats rough

im always a sucker for those great pitching rotations, and when webb was healthy and dominating having Webb and Haren as your 1-2 was nasty, sucks if they break that up but oh well eh.

Anyone think any of different of DCutch after his last 2 starts since being recalled, im pretty high on him right now

by C Shint on Jul 1, 2010 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions

I think that what we saw last year from him is pretty much what he is…pretty useful though for a team in our situation.

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by itkonlyyou195 on Jul 23, 2010 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions

it's kind of funny... the title of the Yahoo! sports game recap is

Pirates beat beaten-up Phillies 3-2 behind rookie

I know that Chase Utley was out for the Phillies, and he was one of five Phillies to go on the DL in June. But meanwhile, the Pirates have 2/5 of their opening day rotation on the DL, plus Steve Pearce, and they were actually playing a man short with Neil Walker continuing to recover after his concussion. Even if you don’t consider the brutal June the Pirates just completed, it could easily be argued that the Pirates were just as beaten up as the Phillies.

by gonfalon on Jul 2, 2010 1:09 AM EDT reply actions

It's the national media

You should be glad they even remembered to mention us. I thought the headline would be “Banged up Phillies manage to lose game without opposing team.” Then the game recap just goes along to talk about Chase Utley, including random, cherry picked stats that don’t relate at all to the article, showing that Utley is, in fact, better than Babe Ruth. I can see it now. “Last season, Utley had a game where he got a hit in all of his at bats, well, that got us looking back at the history books and Babe Ruth once had a game where he wen hitless. That’s right hitless. Now I’m not trying to say anything here, but I think the conclusion is pretty clear.” Then the rest of the article would discuss how Utley, since he is better than Ruth, is so important, that the team cannot possibly win a game without him, unless they immediately trade their whole farm system for a stopgap like Felipe Lopez.
Or is that just ESPN?

by thecheeseisblue on Jul 2, 2010 1:36 AM EDT up reply actions

yahoo sports is national

i don’t know about media though.

by karreemofwheat on Jul 2, 2010 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions

Got to see Pedro last night, I think that double was hit about 400 feet, and it looked like he was holding back a little. When he starts making contact, it’s scary to think how far he’ll be hitting the ball.

by chodan11 on Jul 2, 2010 9:13 AM EDT reply actions

One of the things that was obvious from his first batting practice is that he really does have light tower power. There are just a few things standing in his way right now while he adjusts to the level.

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by Say Hey Johnny Ray on Jul 2, 2010 12:54 PM EDT reply actions

"There are just a few things standing in his way right now while he adjusts to the level."

1) Making contact on fastballs in games.
2) Making contact on breaking balls in games.
3) Making contact on off-speed stuff in games.
4) Hitting lefties
5) Hitting righties

I’m hopeful but quite a list of adjustments he needs to make.

by patthatt on Jul 2, 2010 3:05 PM EDT reply actions