Posted: Wednesday, September 30, 2009, 4:16 PM | 9 comments |
 

Myers available to pitch tonight
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There is a playoff feel at the Bank tonight, with crisp weather, a thick crowd of reporters and rolled-up plastic lining the walls in the Phillies clubhouse. A Phils win or Braves loss would clinch the NL East tonight, of course, and the team trying to sew it up got a piece of good news: Brett Myers is available to pitch tonight, according to pitching coach Rich Dubee. 

Myers, who strained an upper back muscle and has not pitched since Sept. 12, threw a successful bullpen session Monday. Yesterday, manager Charlie Manuel and Dubee either did not know or would not saw if the righthander would need another bullpen before rejoining the team.  The team had been saying all along that they did not expect Myers to pitch until later in the week.
 
A few minutes ago, Dubee confirmed that Myers would, in fact, be in the pen tonight and ready to see game action.
Posted by Andy Martino @ 4:16 PM  Permalink | 9 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:00 PM, 09/30/2009
    What level of available is he? Is he "Myers available" (5 games in a week), "Romero available" (months between appearances) or "Eyre available" (not really available at all)?
    — celtic_13
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:21 PM, 09/30/2009
    What about Moyer? How about an update on his status. I think he should be the long man/6 inning guy for the playoffs, because of his experience and how he has pitched lately.
    — RichNC
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:29 PM, 09/30/2009
    Moyer isn't going to make the playoff roster.
    — golfblue
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:40 PM, 09/30/2009
    It looked to me like he really blew a gasket last night, and we all know how hard it is to get replacement parts for older model cars. I think he's done for the year, sad to say.
    — bcmojo
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:42 PM, 09/30/2009
    Strained groin for Moyer. Not likely to be back soon I'd say.
    — bobby
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:52 PM, 09/30/2009
    Let's make sure we don't overload the "available" Brett Myers and quickly make him "unavailable." Again.
    — EaglesWest
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:13 PM, 09/30/2009
    i'd rather have moyer on the playoff roster than lidge
    — zwarte piet
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:58 PM, 09/30/2009
    You mean Lidge Williams?
    — andwhysee
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:22 PM, 09/30/2009
    Moyer is done for the year, will have surgery soon. Read Murph's post about it. Kendrick will make the post season roster at this point.
    — Dan in Holmesburg


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