tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4225973709205976903.post4596782217580331830..comments2024-01-09T04:37:08.681-05:00Comments on Studious Metsimus: Phoreshadowing The Phillies' PhutureEd Leyro (and Joey Beartran)http://www.blogger.com/profile/18392639274179350916noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4225973709205976903.post-30364918047444767932011-10-08T17:05:54.433-04:002011-10-08T17:05:54.433-04:00Thanks, guys. After seeing their performance in t...Thanks, guys. After seeing their performance in the NLDS, I'm wondering how the Phillies won 102 regular season games. Sure they had three great starting pitchers, but so does Milwaukee in Gallardo, Greinke and Marcum. Those three starters went 46-23 between them. I'm more scared of the Brewers' offense than the Phillies' offense and Milwaukee "only" won 96 games.Ed Leyro (and Joey Beartran)https://www.blogger.com/profile/18392639274179350916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4225973709205976903.post-24341145766501061852011-10-08T12:35:30.457-04:002011-10-08T12:35:30.457-04:00Wow! Fantastic article. I'm a sucker for a pos...Wow! Fantastic article. I'm a sucker for a post filled with stats that is packaged around amusing tidbits. Enough of the ego boost Ed. You know yo're talented. <br /><br />As far as the content, you are spot on. The Phillies are not getting younger. Also, I have told all my Philly friends this too, they have sold their farm for the present. What do they have in the minors to replace these injuries? Nothing. <br /><br />The Mets had Nick Evans to replace Ike. They had Tejada for Murphy. They were able to plug the holes. If they hadn't had the amount of injuries they had, the outcome would have been very different in Queens. <br /><br />I don't see the Phillies having the talent in their minors to regroup from this many injuries and aging players. No dynasty lasts forever. They are the latest version of the 90's Braves. Great insight Ed.Frank Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12259994707312355138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4225973709205976903.post-33861146285088985912011-10-08T12:21:29.821-04:002011-10-08T12:21:29.821-04:00Great work, Ed. Fact is, no team (other than the N...Great work, Ed. Fact is, no team (other than the NYY and the Braves of the 90s and early 2000s) can maintain the type of run the Phils have had. Age, injury, and the progress of other teams will catch up eventually. Add in the Braves collapse, and the warts that began to show in their vaunted bullpen, and maybe the NL East is coming back to the Mets a little bit.Rich Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11207080705015943713noreply@blogger.com