I know spring training is meaningless in the long run, but Brett Myers really looked like he was ready to bust out into a legitimate, top of the rotation starter.

He was sending down major league hitters in quick fashion with every turn. His stuff was on point - the fastball, the curve, the cutter.

I actually told some folks he was a dark horse Cy Young Award candidate.

Well Cy Young candidates normally don't have ERAs that hover around 6.00 in mid-May. And that's where Myers sits.

After allowing nine hits and eight runs (six earned) in 4 1/3 innings, Myers ERA climbed to 5.91.

He's allowed eight or more hits in four of his last five starts. He hasn't done that since August of 2003.

And guess what? He can't be a closer this year. They already have a pretty good one.

So how the heck can the Phillies get Myers back on track?

"You know what I think about that all the time - right now I don’t know what we can do," Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said. "We can keep working with him, send him out there and see where it goes."