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I may be a fool but I’m not giving up just yet. Even though just yesterday I was discussing the horrible out look for the Phillies down the road, I’m still convinced that the Phillies still aren’t that far off from making the playoffs with their current roster but something creative has to be done, something I’m not sure is possible. The Phillies need to find starting pitching and fast and their just isn’t really any available. The Phillies starting pitching is right there with the worst in all of Baseball, but we knew this and Pat Gillick has said so much since spring training that he feels the Phils don’t have the pitching to really contend. The question is can anything be done to save this season or are we going to have to wait as fans for Gillick to start making big changes?

The Philles can’t go for a rent a player type since that would further hamper the future of the team, so young but major league worthy pitchers are needed. Not really something that’s easy to find mid season and teams often don’t want to give up that kind of cheap pitching and possibly great pitching. Also there is the problem that the most movable pieces are the corner outfielders which both make a lot of money that a team giving up a young pitcher most likely would not want to take on. The fact is if the Phillies are going to make the moves necessary they probably would have to take some big chances on high risk players like Mark Prior who maybe able to be had for a Pat Burrell or Bobby Abrue, but may turn out to be completely wasted on the DL or never live up to his potential and turn out to be anything better than what the team already has.

The one player that maybe able to be moved to bring in some serious value in return is Jimmy Rollins. J-Roll is going to be making decent market value for is position and is locked up while. He’s still young enough that his contract is fair and his defense is amongst the best in the league at short stop, but again the problem is that you need to find a dance partner and there aren’t that many if any teams that need a short stop this year that would have a pitcher the Phillies would want.

Still there is hope, even after how bad the last week has been the Phillies managed to gain a ½ game back in the Wildcard and are only 3 back. I know on the 19th of June one doesn’t want to think of the Wildcard but to catch the Mets right now the Phillies would pretty much need The Mets to fall completely apart, so it’s the giver of false hope the Wildcard that we’ll have to dream of. Maybe Randy Wolf can come back, maybe when Liber comes back he can catch some of his old form. This week may tell us a lot about if the Phillies may try to be buyers or sellers at the dead line, but probably not. That’s the one thing the Wildcard has really screwed up. Too many teams still have hope.