Good morning, for the last time in 2007, from Clearwater!
Hard to believe, but today marks the final day of the Florida portion of spring training. The Phillies will travel about an hour to Bradenton to face the Pirates, then fly home tonight to prepare for two exhibition games against the Red Sox at Citizens Bank Park. Me? I'm heading home after today's game, too. Hopefully it's not too cold back home. It's easy to get used to 85 degrees and sunshine!
Needless to say, the Phillies roster won't be settled until over the weekend, when the team receives more definitive reports on injured pitchers Freddy Garcia (right biceps tendinitis) and Jon Lieber (strained muscle in right side) and catcher/infielder Chris Coste (strained right hamstring). If they all start on the disabled list, the Phillies have only 24 players with solid roster spots, and that includes rookie OF Michael Bourn, utility man Greg Dobbs and rookie RHP Zack Segovia. Of course, the final player may be someone we don't know about yet, someone the Phillies will acquire in the hours prior to Sunday's 3 p.m. deadline to file their opening-day roster.
LHP J.A. Happ goes for the Phillies today against the Pirates. For those going to CBP over the weekend, LHP Cole Hamels will face the Red Sox tomorrow night, followed by RHP Adam Eaton on Saturday.
More later from Bradenton.
1 comment:
Thanks, Cell-Y. Not sure where you can get those sunglasses, but I'll look into it. I do know this: Charlie Manuel was wearing a pair of rosy goggles after yesterday's game in Bradenton when he was talking about Pat Burrell's home run in the third inning.
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