2007-08-04 06:04:53 · 10 answers · asked by alex l 2 in Sports ➔ Baseball
the braves are done. they made a great 14 year stand winning each year but they are over. they dont have amazing pitching anynmore without glavine and maddux. a. jones bat has been slumping this year and chipper is plagued with injuries.themets are good but i still think (unbiasedly) that the phillies will take it this year. the mets have good young players in their lineup. but delgado is getting old and he is a key player to their success. reyes will bge good for a long time and so will wright. those 2 are their franchise players. beltran is good but hes not a superstar. his time has passed and hes not gonna pull out anyting spectacular in the future. the mets pitching will be solid for a while but el duque and pedro are getting old and so is glavine. that leaves them with john maine. now onto the phillies. we'll start with their outfield:
Aaron Rowand- a .320 hitter with enough power to crank out 20-25 homers in a year. he always hustles and makes circuis catches. he has a strong arm and good speed and smarts on the bases.
Shane Victorino- Amazing speed. good for 50 stolen bases in a year. a good .280 average and also good for 20 homers in a season. a great fielder and an absolute cannon arm.
Pat burrel- hes struggling this year but will still hit 20-25 homers.
Michael Bourn- good fielder. .280-.300 average and stupendous speed.
infield:
Ryan Howard- underrated fielder. smart player. capable of 40-45 homers this year and we all know he could hit 60. very able to hit .300 if he doesnt strikeout as much.
Chase Utley- .330 hitter. gonna have at least 30 homers and 140 rbi. great hustler and makes plays at second. can steal a bag too.
Jimmy Rollins- great power numbers this year. gonna hit around 30 long balls. great ss with a cannon arm. good average around .275 and great speed on the bases.
Abraham nunez- not the best power hitter like the rest of the club but has gone something lke 30 at bats without striking out. he puts the ball in play and can field anything.
Carlos Ruiz- Good for contact and a little power and has been clocked at 98 mph throwing down to second.
Pitching:
Cole Hamels- leads league in wins is second in srtikeouts and only needs 3 more to be in first. good hitter and goes deep into games.
Jamie Moyer- Keeps hitters off balance and will be a 15 game winner. veteran pitcher who knows what hes doing. also a good hitter.
the rest of the pitching speaks for itself and thats the only downside of the phillies. thats why the nl east division title is going to philly.
2007-08-04 06:48:22 · answer #1 · answered by KenKel1122 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-13 23:03:44 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say no right now.
The injuries to key players is the main reason. Both their 2 & 3 hitters are on the DL (Victorino & Utley). As well as Tadahito Iguchi has played, he is not Chase Utley. Ryan Howard has been trying to do too much.
Their most effective relief pitcher, Ryan Madson, is on the DL as well, with a right arm injury. Tom Gordon can only pitch 1 out of every 3 days at this point. They have to be cautious with Brett Myers as well.
On the other hand, Utley & Victorino should be back sometime mid-August. Madson may be back for the stretch run. They may even have Freddy Garcia back for September.
And they are only 1.5 out of the Wild Card.
2007-08-04 10:00:54 · answer #3 · answered by ihateeverybodyexceptyou 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have to get past the Braves and the Mets first, so just a word of advice, don't get your hopes up! The Braves and Mets have some pretty tough lineups to get past for the Phillies, much less any team!
2007-08-04 06:13:11 · answer #4 · answered by Mets Lover 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes they will. If they can keep up until they get utley, bourn, and shane back, they will atch up to the mets. 7 of the phillies last ten ganes are against the nationals, so if we can take most of them and we should, we'll pass the mets, or take the wildcard.
2007-08-04 06:12:42 · answer #5 · answered by Bobblehead 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, they wont because the braves and the mets have strong line ups this year. and theres too many injuries on the phhillies. and they have no experience getting to the post-season.
go braves!
2007-08-04 06:15:57 · answer #6 · answered by snuggler 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hope so Cole Hamels for cy young!
2007-08-04 10:27:08 · answer #7 · answered by ♥ Angels fan ♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends how well they can hold out chase utley and ryan howard. if them two can be supportive and win they'l make it
2007-08-04 06:10:50 · answer #8 · answered by nkratz2002 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
possible ................ mets first and see what happens.
love to see a Phl and Mets series.
2007-08-04 07:04:15 · answer #9 · answered by Michael M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't see it happening.
2007-08-04 10:11:33 · answer #10 · answered by Scooter_loves_his_dad 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋