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Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Antonio Bastardo won his major league debut against the Padres on Tuesday with six innings of one-run ball.
The Phillies won the game handily 10-5. Bastardo’s job was made easier with a 4-0 lead before even throwing a pitch, but he showed great poise, holding the Padres to just four hits against one walk and five strikeouts. The only run scored on an Adrian Gonzalez solo home run in the sixth inning.
Tripon
Posted: June 03, 2009 at 03:14 AM | 20 comment(s)
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Is there a Dan LeBetard article on Bastardo?
AB has not been as highly touted as a number of Phillies pitchers. He's kicked butt in AA and AAA so far this year. I'm supposing that the odds of this being a hot streak vs. he's suddenly turned into a stud are pretty long. The one thing that the last two years have taught me is to enjoy the ride so that's what I'll do.
Interestingly, he was touted as throwing a changeup (the Philly broadcast crew called it his best pitch), but according to Gameday he didn't throw one all game.
I'm hopeful he pitches well enough to convince the Phillies they don't need to make a trade for a starter. I don't want another Blanton-level pitcher, and the top-tier guys all cost too much (either in terms of salary, or in terms of prospects for the ones with affordable contracts).
I didn't expect him to walk everyone, but I probably should have.
#11 prospect isn't really a legit MLB level pitcher typically. Especially if the guy is 23 already. What I can't figure out is that something clicked in place late last year and this year or this is just your average fluke.
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