Comments on: News: Phillies Acquire Blanton

By: mets hater

mets hater — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:28:26 +0000

no difference
almost the exact same

By: mets hater

mets hater — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:27:27 +0000

look at the park dimensions of both parks
we got an inning eater and he will shut the mets DOWN!!!
mets r on a roll but
with every hill there is a valley the bigger the hill the bigger the valley

By: mets hater

mets hater — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:23:35 +0000

wow a mets fan that makes sence

By: mikepelfreyismyguy

mikepelfreyismyguy — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:54:18 +0000

ou812jay8, not to sound rude, but…HOW IN THE WORLD DO YOU TAKE A THREE TIME CY YOUNG AWARD WINNER OVER A 4 STARTER, ha ha lol, anyway, joe blanton is somewhat of a serviceable starter, he went 14-10 in 230 innings, allowed 240 hits, and had an era of 3.97 i think, the year before 16-10 in about 200 innings, and a 4.89 ERA, and he is a sinkerball pitcher, it seems like the perfect commodity for the phils for the plain fact that citizens bank ballpark is a small park, thus you need a groundball pitcher, who or is it whom joe blanton is, and to win he needs run support, and the philleis are a good offensive team, so yeah, it is a good pickup, i am just that AJ burnett is not back in the rotation, because if he is healthy, he can blow you away with his stuff (like against the yankees), anyway, i think pedro will turn heads in the second half, i mean he is the one that got this era of great winning baseball started when they signed him in december of 04, and i still think he can be that pitcher, i mean he didnt throw hard in 05 either, he just had his cutter working, something that he has not yet grasped, but i really thought that before he got injured, pedro was really turning the corner, as the 4 shutout innings, so yeah, if you ask for a prediction, is say that he will 9-5 with a 2.97 era and strike out say 103 in ther est of the second half.

By: flynnpsu

flynnpsu — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:10:48 +0000

Joe Blantons ground ball percentage: .461

Jamie Moyer’s GB %: .466

Kendrick’s: .459

Hamels: .384

Myers: .441

By: The King of Queens

The King of Queens — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:52:53 +0000

the bullpen has 40% of thier wins might be a good thing to keep them out of the game.

By: 2NYCE

2NYCE — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:41:44 +0000

Blanton over Pedro??

Never!

You will see…Martinez is going to surprise alot of folks in the 2nd half

By: ou812jay8

ou812jay8 — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:22:40 +0000

I would take Blanton over Pedro. I hate to say it, but at least you know Blanton is going to go out there every fifth day and give you some innings. Unfortunately, that is more than what Pedro has given us in the last two years.

By: Hit The Weights Zeile

Hit The Weights Zeile — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:06:30 +0000

anyone who is worried take a deep breathe, compare the dimensions of CBP vs Oakland Collisium, then keep in mind that Blanton is a fly ball pitcher.

By: GravediggerHebner

GravediggerHebner — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:02:44 +0000

25 minutes later, “we” are in first place.