What to do about Kyle Kendrick? He's hit a wall or for some other reason lost his confidence and his recent outings have not been pretty. The minor league season is now over so no going down to work out his problems. Does he get his next start, against the Mets in NY on Sunday? If not, is he done for the season? I'm a KK fan but it's a terrible time for a slump.Yes, Kendrick stunk it up in yesterday's 7-4 loss to the rolling Nationals but in the end it was again about the offense. Why can't the Phillies hit Tim Redding? Once again the journeyman righty held the bats in thrall. Combine that with a Nats' team that is suddenly hot and playing loosy-goosy and you had a long frustrating afternoon yesterday down in D.C. Can anyone on this team make adjustments? Except for J-Roll's empty solo homer in the 9th, all other Phillies' runs were handed to them by the Nats. Yes, those Nats, who have now won seven straight. They couldn't knock the Phils out last September but they aim to do it this.
