The results are in. The Phillies brain trust has voted for Pedro.

The three-time Cy Young Award winner is in the Phillies rotation; Jamie Moyer is out.

Martinez, 37, will start Wednesday night at Wrigley Field against the Cubs. Moyer, 46, goes to the bullpen.

Can you say out with the old? Maybe this is the Phils’ idea of a youth movement.

The ever-changing look of the Phillies pitching staff is getting still one more facelift. J.A. Happ will be on the hill tonight for the opener.
Then Charlie Manuel will give the ball to Martinez. The guy who seems to be the team’s new ace, Cliff Lee, will have his next start pushed back to Thursday, meaning he gets almost seven days between starts.

It’s hard to believe that it was just a few months ago that fans were in an uproar over whether or not the Phils would offer the then age-less Moyer a new deal. Eventually, faced with what looked like a public relations nightmare, the Phils gave in and inked Moyer for two more years.

Now he’s headed to the bullpen, looking every bit like a guy who’s at the end of the road.

Then again, if Martinez finds out getting out major leaguers is a lot tougher than Double A hitters, Moyer will be ready to return.

Then there is this even more troubling nugget from the Phillies world.
The Marlins won again last night. They now trail the Phils by just three and a half games.

Why does that sound so much closer than four games out?