Yardbarker: Dave Borkowski

On the Pharm: April 12th Edition

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 09:46:00 -0500

Triple-A Lehigh Valley:The Iron Pigs suffered their third loss of the season because of poor outings from both Andrew Carpenter and Dave Borkowski. Both pitchers allowed 5 earned each in 7 combined innings. Lehigh went on to lose 12-5 against Scranton. Rich Thompson hit a 3-run home run for the Iron Pigs. Jason Donald went 1-5 and his April average sits at .286. John Mayberry, Jr. is having an awful start and after his 0-4 production, his average dropped to .086. Lehigh Valley will try to get...

Game Time: Hamels vs. Marquis

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:56:34 -0500

Coors Field 4:10 PMPhiladelphia Phillies (1-2) vs. Colorado Rockies (2-1)Cole HamelsCareer: 38-23, 543 ip, 518 k, 3.43 era, 1.14 whip.2008: 14-10, 227.1 ip, 196 k, 3.09 era, 1.08 whip.Spring: 0-1, 7.2 ip, 10 k, 9.39 era, 1.17 whip.*Hollywood Hamels experienced some elbow tightness in the middle of spring training and was temporarily shutdown for precaution. His inactivity caused him to be unready for the Opening Day assignment, but he's now set to embark upon his quest for 20 wins.Jason M...

Jason Donald among latest to be voted off the island

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:52:58 -0500

After a long look, the impressive prospect, who has drawn comparisons to Craig Biggio from manager Charlie Manuel, was sent to minor league camp today, along with relievers Jake Woods and Dave Borkowski. Beerleaguer: So with Jason Donald gone, along with several others today, the field of bench contenders narrows to a handful of hopefuls, including an apparent right-handed final four featuring John Mayberry Jr., Marcus Giles, Pablo Ozuna and Miguel Cairo. The Phillies will also need to come up...

Donald, Borkowski, Woods Sent To Minor-League Camp

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:44:17 -0500

Three more additions to minor-league camp, according to Scott Lauber: infielder Jason Donald and pitchers Dave Borkowski and Jake Woods. Donald seemed like a shoo-in to start the season in the minors. (...)

NL East Bullpens

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 04:52:14 -0500

Over the past few weeks we've taken a look at the NL East infields, outfields, and the starting rotations; with the Phillies being the readers' choice of each category (remember the is a Phils site and they're WFC). Today we wrap things up with the bullpens, let the voting commence. Atlanta Braves: Guarantee... ...

New Dudes

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 07:39:10 -0500

Mr. Amaro Jr. has been a busy man stockpiling warm bodies for the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs roster. In the Lil Piggies inaugural season of 2008, they were a dismal 55-89, but that's going to improve. With prospects Jason Donald, Lou Marson, Carlos Carrasco, Antonio Bastardo, and JA Happ likely on ...

Report: Phils sign RHP Gary Majewski to minor deal

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:05:55 -0500

According to the Denver Post, the reliever will earn $650,000. Beerleaguer: Between Majewski, Dave Borkowski and Mike Zagurski, every night can be polka night in the IronPigs' bullpen. The Phils saw a ton of Majewski when he was with the Expos/Nationals and he was a pretty tough workhorse until Frank Robinson blew him out like he did with everyone else. A fastball/slider type, he was shipped to the Reds in a 2006 trade, already experiencing tendenitus in his shoulder. The...

Indicted (Again) and a craaaazzzzy idea

Wed, 14 May 2008 18:06:54 -0500

A law student takes a look at the Barry Bonds indictment and presents an argument and solution for the four man rotation.

Astros get pranked called at hotel

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 08:28:23 -0500

Well I guess they will learn not to register under their real names anymore, not sure why they did in the first place, I would assume it is common practice to register under an alias. "About 10 hours before he was scheduled to start against the Chicago Cubs, Rodriguez received a message from a man claiming to be a representative of the Astros' organization. "You have been sent down. Your ERA is too high," Rodriguez remembers the man saying. "Sorry, Wandy. Sorry, Wa...