2006 Philles Season Thread

[MDS]

philliesphans.

[SunMo]

Phils' next pick

Andrew Carpenter, rhp
School: Long Beach State. Class: Jr.
Hometown: Vacaville, Calif.
B-T: R-R. Ht.: 6-3. Wt.: 225. Birthdate: 5/18/85.
Scouting Report: Carpenter is on his third school in three seasons. He went 7-2 with four saves at Division II Chico (Calif.) State in 2004, then spent 2005 at Sacramento City College, one of the nation's top junior college programs. He went from there to Long Beach State and became the team's best starter. While teammate Jered Hughes pitches on Fridays and has more pro potential, Carpenter has a knack for pitching and throwing strikes that rivals anyone in the draft. His fastball is fringe-average at 87-89 mph (though he's touched up to 94), but pitching coach Troy Buckley has improved his mechanics, giving him more of a downward angle and more balance in his delivery. He has above-average control of all his pitches, but Carpenter throws too many, using at times a split-finger fastball as well as slider, curveball and changeup, with the splitter his out pitch. He'll need to pick one breaking ball and should settle in as a four-pitch, strike-throwing righty who profiles as a back-of-the-rotation starter.

W L ERA G SV IP H BB SO
7 2 2.69 14 0 104 88 17 85

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

If there's anything the Phillies need, it's back-of-the-rotation starters.

[BigEd76]

http://www.myspace.com/drabek 

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

http://www.myspace.com/drabek 

His theme song:  "Let's Get farged Up", by Whatever.

Awsum.

[MDS]

His favorite list of movies:

Dukes of Hazard, Dude wheres My car, The incredibles, The Rookie, Finding Nemo, The Mummy, The Mummy Returns, Harold and Kumar go to white castle, Girl next door, Without a paddle, Meet the fockers, Grease 1, Lord of the Rings, The Fantastic Four, spiderman, EuroTrip, amercian pie, american pie 2, american wedding, johnson family vacation

bold= the movie sucked
underline= decent movie but should not be on someones "favorite"list
italic= gay
nothing= acceptable

[SunMo]

super duper gay = going through the favorite movies of the Phillies' first round draft pick and categorizing them

[BigEd76]

Lord of the Rings is acceptable?

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Compared to the rest of that list, it's really acceptable.

[MDS]

Lord of the Rings is acceptable?

they were great movies. you collect baseball cards, shut up.

[PhillyPhanInDC]

Wow. Ortiz is farging horrible. Burrel knocks a two run shot to put the Phils up 2-0 in the first. Howard slams one of the wall in right-center for a stand up double. Fasano gets K'd with the bases loaded to end the inning. Ortiz's night is *almost* done.

Bottom of the first, and Hamels is lights out. D'Backs announcers are slobbing his knob. 

[BigEd76]

9 up, 9 down.  Still lights out

[MDS]

Fasano is just awful.

Hamels, though, is pretty much the greatest pitcher ever.

[LBIggle]

well lets see how the greatest pitcher ever handles a bit of a jam.

[PhillyPhanInDC]

Did just fine. Got a little hairy, and if Rowand got that ball out faster, the guy at second was out. Hamels had a great night. Hopefully he stays healthy.....