Things couldn’t get better for the Philadelphia Phillies.
They just landed the best pitcher on the trade deadline market in Roy Oswalt. And now they have a nice saying for their farm system: Two Roy’s are better than one!
Ruben Amaro Jr. continues to make some solid trades and finally made another great one.
It all started when he traded for Cliff Lee in last year’s trade deadline. Lee performed well and helped the Phillies land a spot in the World Series against the New York Yankees. Sadly, the Yanks won to get their 27th World Series title.
Then the offseason came, and Roy Halladay was available. He traded Lee to the Seattle Mariners for the best pitcher in baseball. So far, the Phils have not been let down or unsatisfied.
Halladay has pitched well, including that perfect game he had earlier in the season.
The Phils are also coming off a great win against the St. Louis Cardinals, winning their eighth straight game along with their eleventh straight at home.
And what could make things better as they face a bad team where their star pitcher can perform well in? I think Oswalt can get a no-hitter in his debut with Philly.
Okay, yeah, you’re right.
I’m taking it too far right there.
But, if you haven’t noticed, things couldn’t get better for Roy Oswalt either.
He was the best pitcher and player on the trade deadline market, and many teams wanted to go after him.
And now he went from joining a bad team like the Houston Astros to the hottest team in the league with the Philadelphia Phillies.
The Phillies can now easily pass the Atlanta Braves in the National League East division if they can keep their consistency going.
Oswalt can also fix his ERA along with that 6-12 record during the rest of the 60 games of the season. Then, once the playoffs hit, we might see Oswalt getting real hot.
But let’s start it off slow with the Washington Nationals. I say the Phils win today’s game as well as this series. What do you think?
The only thing that could make this better is if Stephen Strasburg were starting tonight.
Enjoy tonight’s game!
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