Figuring Out Myers
Brett Myers is in big trouble, and nobody seems to know why. That's a problem.
Figuring Out Myers
Todd Zolecki
Does anybody have any answers?
Brett Myers isn't sure what's wrong. He likes his stuff. He likes the pitches he's throwing. He thinks his location is OK. He said he's healthy. He said his conditioning is fine. He said he has confidence on the mound. But he's getting hit, and hit hard. That's a big problem as the Phillies begin the second quarter of their 162-game season.
Myers lasted just 4 1/3 innings last night in an 8-6 loss to the Braves.
"It's frustrating," Myers said. "I'm disappointed in myself. I'm disappointed in letting my teammates down. I'm disappointed the fans have to watch that. You work so hard to try to win. You push yourself. You're busting your rear end out there and you have nothing to show for it. It's frustrating. I'm going to work my way through this. This isn't going to happen all season because I'm not going to let it happen."
In his previous start in Arizona, Myers said he wasn't sure what went wrong. Chris Coste thought Myers had good stuff that afternoon at Chase Field, and hoped he wouldn't try to reinvent the wheel against Atlanta. Myers didn't try to reinvent the wheel, but he certainly didn't improve. That's a big problem moving forward. The Phillies pretty much know what they have in Kyle Kendrick, Jamie Moyer and Adam Eaton. They know Cole Hamels is their ace. But they need Myers to reassert himself as part of the 1-2 punch atop their rotation. They can survive inconsistencies from Kendrick (3-2, 4.87 ERA), Moyer (2-3, 5.02 ERA) and Eaton (0-1, 5.40 ERA) if their offense gets on track and their bullpen continues to pitch well. But they can't add a fourth pitcher to that mix.
"I don't know exactly what we can do," Charlie Manuel said. "We can keep working with him and sending him out there and see where it goes."
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Guess who loves Chase Utley?
President Bush.
Bush said in an interview at politico.com that he would take Utley first if he had to choose a position player to start a team. Utley shares his reaction in the Phillies Notebook.
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Memo to Chase: Run. Run as far as you can.— tightlines- Myers and Andrew Carpenter for Ben Sheets?— Casey
- Torn labrum. End of story.— Mark1npt
- The kiss of death from the Chimp for Utley. This is not good news.— Malachy
- Frustrating indeed! They need to let him pitch once or twice and then go from there. Nice to see the real Ryan Howard emerging. Even though his only hit was a HR, he did get some wood on the ball a couple of times. Utley continues to amaze and Rollins showing his usual chutzpah.— KarenA
- Frustrating indeed! They need to let him pitch once or twice and then go from there. Nice to see the real Ryan Howard emerging. Even though his only hit was a HR, he did get some wood on the ball a couple of times. Utley continues to amaze and Rollins showing his usual chutzpah.— KarenA
- Chances are Myers and Bonderman have the same type of injury..... Shut him down til Mid August....— Truth
- I have a REALLY hard time believing Brett has "confidence on the mound". How could he?— Norma
- I have a hard time believing people didn't see this debauchery coming. It was obvious to the most untrained eye. Myers Sucks— Truth
- Why would Ryan Braun sign that bogus contract? 8 for $45m??? That is a GM's dream come true!— Casey
- Why would Ryan Braun sign that bogus contract? 8 for $45m??? That is a GM's dream come true!— Casey
- Casey he signed it b/c he is injured...DUH— Truth
Comment removed.- Who's gonna want Myers right now?— Norma
- Sucks Myers turned out to be a stiff. I was hoping he would be what Stevie Pippen was to Michael Jordan. Hamels being the Jordan of course.— Leron
