I know what your thinking. “Defense” and “Kyle Kendrick” only belong in the same sentence if you’re talking about how defenseless he is when pitching, especially to Jason Giambi.In fact, I’m sure most of you still wish that the prank by Charlie Manuel and Ruben Amaro telling Kendrick he’d been traded to Japan for “Kobayashi” was true.Last Sunday, Kendrick pitched 7 innings of one-run ball and got the win. Sure, he walked three and didn’t record a strikeout, but he got the job done. That’s all you can ask for from a spot starter, and that’s all that he is. It doesn’t matter if the success is sustainable, and his peripherals are irrelevant. As long as he gets the job done, we can’t complain.In 2010, he made 31 starts with the Phillies in which the team went 17-14. If you divide those 31 starts into categories of good (0-3 ER with more than 4.0 IP), meh (4-5 ER or 0-3 ER with less than 4.0 IP), and bad ...
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