Monday, March 23, 2009

back to the future for kendrick

The Phillies today sent struggling starter Kyle Kendrick and prospects Jason Donald and Lou Marson to Triple A. Though Kendrick had maybe his best outing of spring training on Saturday, he still needs to develop a pitch (or two) to go along with his sinker. I'll be happy to see him with the IronPigs but hope that he gets himself going and makes an effective return to the bigs. Carlos Carrasco is still in the big league camp but it's unlikely he ends up anywhere but in Allentown. That means the race for #5 is down to J.A. Happ and Chan Ho Park. I'm now rooting for Park.

Speaking of which, here's to a good game between Korea and Japan tonight. Alas, it starts at 9:00 pm here, which means I'll see only a couple of hours. More about the WBC another time.