Drabek, Flande to pitch in Futures Game
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Drabek, Flande to pitch in Futures Game
David Murphy, Daily News Staff Writer
Kyle Drabek, who may have surpassed Carlos Carrasco as the organization's top pitching prospect, will pitch in the 2009 Futures Game, scheduled for All-Star Week in St. Louis. Drabek is 3-0 with a 2.08 ERA in four starts at Double A Reading and is 7-1 with a 2.36 ERA in 13 starts between Clearwater and Reading.
Drabek is one of two Phillies who will participate in the game, which has featured the likes of Cole Hamels and Ryan Howard in the past.
Yohan Flande, a 22-year-old lefthander currently at Class A Clearwater, will pitch for the World Team. Flande is 7-1 with a 2.52 ERA in 13 starts this season.
Last year, righthander Carlos Carrasco, short stop Jason Donald and catcher Lou Marson all competed in the game.
Comments (22)
Let's see if this works.
Can he come up yesterday? This garbage - starters and bullpen alike at this point - is getting hard to stomach. Preferably, give me someone that has the stones to put batters away with two outs.— EaglesWest- TO TFARNATH arbitration eligibility!!!— DONDEN31
Yo tfarnath, please get a clue. Out here in SF? And they won their last W.S. when? Where are you going to put all the arms if you bring them all up? They need to play often not parttime. Don't forget almost the entire staff was here last year and they won it all. You don't just go out and make total changes. Take a look at the standings we are not in last place. Duh.— PHAZED- Hey PhightinPhan, you misspelled your own name! I'm just saying :)— duuuuude
- PhightinPhan - No apostrophe !?? Really dude, go flogg the dolphin if you're THAT bored. The Phils should bring up Drabek and see how he does unless they actually sign a solid #2 starter.— Will.i.Am
- Thanks for the input, MPatt24. What are you, a blog critic? FIND SOMETHING ELSE TO DO— PhightinPhan
- Hey Phils, please don't let our talent waste their arms in the minors like you're prone to do. Out here in SF they brought up Cain and Lincecum at 21 and 22yrs of age. Something I never see the Phils do! Bring them up as starters or relief, every bit helps!— tfarnath
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- Just getting ready to head to Reading to see Drabek and Taylor where the stars of tomorrow play today. Sure better than watching on TV J-Roll lead off with an air ball out a little after 7 down in St. Pete. Then make an air head play in the field close and late!— Dull
- Do you think Carrasco is recoverable? He's 3-7, 5.20. For the last 2 years he's loomed pretty large among prospects and in trade talks, but he's struggling against AAA hitters. Hope it's just growing pains. If Drabek and Flande are the real deal, and if Savery turns out to be effective, the rotation could look terrific 2 or 3 years down the road. I know it's a lot of if's but....— PhightinPhan
what are you a grammar teacher? who CARES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FIND SOMETHING ELSE TO DO— MPatt24- people who point out typos in a blog really need to get a life.— Gary Varsho
- It's impossible to know for sure but it certainly looks like Drabek has passed Carrasco. He's excelling already at Reading and I'm not sure it would be shocking if he came up for September. Some say he could be better than his dad. Me, I'd take another just like him.— PhillySubsMac
- fladd, he's 7-1 this season between A and AA ball. I'd say he's recovered pretty nicely! I've heard on a few different broadcasts that young guys who have TJ surgery sometimes come out of it stronger than they were before the injury.— PhightinPhan
- I hate to be a nitpicker, but there's no apostrophe in "Futures Game". I know it's not like the old days when you could sit and work on a story until it was just right, but is it too much to ask the online version of the newspaper of record for a major metropolitan area to avoid glaring punctuation errors in its headlines?— PhightinPhan
- Tommy John surgery must have been a success ?— fladd
- Tommy John surgery must have been a success ?— fladd
- his dad was gooood— Dan is #1
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- looks like the kid is being fast-tracked for the bigs. i look forward to seeing him. i hope he's ready, not his arm,.......his head.— scorpio27
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