Tom Gordon

When you Phillies fans out there watched the opening day game (as i hope you did), did any of you notice why the Phillies lost. Well it was "The Flash." Also, did any of you see when he gave up a hit and two walks followed by a Dan Uggla grand slam in the bottom of the ninth to give away the June 11th game against the Marlins (he also only had one out in that appearance). And yet another example, when Gordon gave away the Cardinals game on June 15th. Most people say Chase Utley was responsible for the first base errors but on the first play, Gordon was led to the bag and stopped, and on the second one he let the ball go inches above his glove. The Cardinals won on the second error. Gordon's ballooning ERA of 5.06 is horrible compared to the Tom Gordon that we saw last year and this months ERA of 7.50 is terrible compared to even earlier this year. His velocity has been dropping and hitters facing him have gotten more hits than innings he has pitched (28 hits in 26.2 innings). Gordon is hampered by age and is not physically able to get into as many games as the Phillies need. The Phillies should try to pick up either one of the iron-man bullpen members in Washington ( Luis Ayala, Jon Rauch, Saul Rivera) or Heath Bell. All these people are on losing teams that will not make the playoffs this year. Tom Gordon is all "flashed" out and would probably be better not giving away games on a playoff contender team.
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Tom Gordon is not that problem with the Phillies Brett Myers is. The phils need to find a way to get C.C. so they have a solid rotation of starters. Let Myers take Gordons spot in the bullpen. Starting the game down 4 every 5 days is getting old.

sabathia is not pitching that well either with a 5-8 record and an ERA over 4.0

i think that they should get a different starter than sabathia but still move Myers to the bullpen

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