Phillies Grapefruit League pitching schedule: Week 1
Adam Morgan will lead things off by starting the intrasquad game on Friday. The lefty will be followed by Cole Hamels, Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee, Kyle Kendrick and John Lannan.
Phillies Grapefruit League pitching schedule: Week 1
David Murphy
Pro-tip: Before settling on the spring training games you will attend in between rounds of golf and bottles of beer when you are on vacation here in Clearwater, do your best to check out the pitchers who are scheduled to appear in those games. For example, Monday's home game against Detroit will feature Cliff Lee, Mike Stutes, Phillippe Aumont, Jonathan Papelbon and Raul Valdes, all of whom have at least a decent chance at making the Opening Day roster (except that Papelbon guy -- he might be on the bubble). Tuesday's home game will feature Kyle Kendrick, Aaron Cook, Chad Durbin, Zach Miner and Jeremy Horst. Everything else being equal, I'd pick Monday (no offense to Kendrick and Durbin).
Below is the schedule that pitching coach Rich Dubee has posted for the seven games of the exhibition season.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22 - INTRASQUAD
LHP Adam Morgan
RHP Ethan Martin
LHP Cesar Jimenez
RHP Jonathan Pettibone
LHP Oscar Robles
RHP Kyle Simon
RHP Justin Friend
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23 - VS. HOUSTON
LHP Cole Hamels
RHP B.J. Rosenberg
LHP Zach Miner
LHP Jeremy Horst
RHP Michael Schwimer
RHP Justin De Fratus
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24
RHP Roy Halladay
RHP Rodrigo Lopez
LHP Antonio Bastardo
RHP J.C. Ramirez
LHP Jake Diekman
LHP Joe Savery
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25 - at DETROIT
LHP Cliff Lee
RHP Tyler Cloyd
RHP Mike Stutes
RHP Phillippe Aumont
RHP Jonathan Papelbon
LHP Raul Valdes
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26 - YANKEES
RHP Kyle Kendrick
RHP Aaron Cook
RHP Chad Durbin
LHP Zach Miner
LHP Jeremy Horst
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27 - at TWINS
LHP John Lannan
LHP Adam Morgan
LHP Antonio Bastardo
RHP B.J. Rosenberg
RHP Michael Schwimer
RHP Justin De Fratus
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28 - BRAVES
LHP Cole Hamels
RHP Ethan Martin
RHP Jonathan Pettibone
LHP Jake Diekman
Friday's scrimmage should be fun to watch. Morgan is a guy who has a chance to put himself into position for a call-up should injuries strike the rotation. Same goes for Pettibone. Martin is a guy the organization is high on. He was one of the two pitchers acquired from the Dodgers last year in the Victorino trade. Kyle Simon is another intriguing name. He's a reliever who was acquired from the Orioles in the Thome trade.
Trending today on WIP: "Papelbon... might be on the bubble." - David Murphy— Elysium Baseball- Murphy,
I see you are still the writer that takes a shot at Chad Durbin no matter how well he does for the Phillies. What is with that? Durbin does the job asked of him and more.
— jdurb56 - Not sure I have ever taken a shot at Durbin.— dmurph003
- Murphy,
I guess I was thinking of another writer then, because there are a couple out there that just love to take shots at him. I think they are mistaking him for JD Durbin. JD had a mouth on him.— jdurb56
