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Kyle Kendrick optioned to minor league camp
Breaking news: Kyle Kendrick's bid to win the fifth starter's spot is over.
Kendrick, who won 21 games in the last two seasons for the Phillies, has been optioned to minor league camp. The Phillies announced the news before Monday's game with the Yankees at Bright House Field.
Additionally, the Phillies sent catching prospect Lou Marson and infielder Brad Harman to minor league camp, too. Although not entirely not surprising, Kendrick is the bombshell of the transaction.
Kendrick was a fixture of the Phillies rotation for the greater part of the last two seasons. He was called up in June of 2007, when the team was swamped with pitching injuries, and thrived in Philadelphia.
His second season didn't go quite as well. From July 11 to September 9, Kendrick went 3-6 with a 7.39 ERA in 11 starts.
His downward turn cost him a spot in the rotation, and later, a spot on the postseason roster, too.
Kendrick struggled for the most part this spring (1-3, 9.20 ERA). Although his most recent start was his best (allowing two earned runs in five innings), Kendrick has been behind J.A. Happ (0-0, 3.60 ERA this spring) and Chan Ho Park (1-0, 1.54 ERA) in the race for the vacant fifth spot in the rotation this spring.
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Not a good day for the No.38.
Former Phillies pitcher Curt Schilling announced his retirement today... from his blog.
Kendrick, who won 21 games in the last two seasons for the Phillies, has been optioned to minor league camp. The Phillies announced the news before Monday's game with the Yankees at Bright House Field.
Additionally, the Phillies sent catching prospect Lou Marson and infielder Brad Harman to minor league camp, too. Although not entirely not surprising, Kendrick is the bombshell of the transaction.
Kendrick was a fixture of the Phillies rotation for the greater part of the last two seasons. He was called up in June of 2007, when the team was swamped with pitching injuries, and thrived in Philadelphia.
His second season didn't go quite as well. From July 11 to September 9, Kendrick went 3-6 with a 7.39 ERA in 11 starts.
His downward turn cost him a spot in the rotation, and later, a spot on the postseason roster, too.
Kendrick struggled for the most part this spring (1-3, 9.20 ERA). Although his most recent start was his best (allowing two earned runs in five innings), Kendrick has been behind J.A. Happ (0-0, 3.60 ERA this spring) and Chan Ho Park (1-0, 1.54 ERA) in the race for the vacant fifth spot in the rotation this spring.
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Not a good day for the No.38.
Former Phillies pitcher Curt Schilling announced his retirement today... from his blog.
posted by Ryan at
12:00 PM
1 Comments:
Well, color me "not surprised." Kendrick's last start was very respectable, and if he had pitched like that all spring he'd still be in the running, but this was just too little too late.
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