Dual Allegiance: How Pitching for Phillies and Yankees Could Outsmart Every Hitter
The Phillies are one of the more interesting franchises over the past decade. They’ve both lost and gained players from divisional opponents – Jayson Werth leaving years ago, and the Phillies taking Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber from the Nationals. They have been counted out in the playoffs before getting hot and finding a way into the mix. That has propelled them to National League Championship Series as well as the World Series. They have a good offense with a great mix of hitting for power and average. They have a good pitching staff, able to mix power pitchers with a bit of finesse. The team is very talented, and will keep looking to improve this next week via the trade market. They don’t really need a new starter, but their bullpen could use a bit of help. Today they send out Ranger Suarez to the mound with a 7-6 record, 2.66 ERA, and a 1.15 WHIP. Suarez is a guy that tends to fly under the radar probably because of the team he is on. He’s had a lot of success with Philadelphia though. He has been fantastic on the road this season, sporting a 1.47 ERA. He is coming off of an ugly start where he allowed six earned runs to the Angels in just 4.1 innings. Yankees hitters have done well against him, batting .293 in 41 at-bats.
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