What else is there to do with the current roster? Enough with Valdez, Sardinha, and Orr. I give Martinez a pass. He has not had enough of a chance to frustrate and annoy and former IronPig Mayberry still gets 'hometown' backing. Romero and even Ibanez are starting to feel like old family pets, flopping about the house. As for Baez: ugh.
Michael Stutes is now gone, with an injury that changed the course of last night's game. Roy Oswalt only lasted five but seemed on his game. The offense, however, was not. The Phillies tied it in the eighth, then gave up the winning run in a 2-1 loss in the ninth. Don't even ask how it happened.
Up in Moosic, meanwhile, the IronPigs were winning 7-3 over the Yankees and solidifying, at least for now, their hold on first place.