Phillies try to fix problems that other teams wished they had

Phillies moved any position players they could for the chance to get some more punch in their everyday lineup but first they sent Shane Victorino to the L.A. Dodgers where he has been hated and booed contently for the past four seasons since he took exception to the Dodgers Hiroki Kuroda throwing a fastball over his head and wished he did not throw at his head. So the Dodgers gave up a relief pitcher Josh Lindblom who will hopefully better the Phillies disaster that is their bullpen as he has a 2-2 with a 3.02 ERA in 48 relief appearances for Los Angeles along with minor league starter Ethan Martin who is 8-6 in 20 starts in AA with a 3.58 ERA while getting a future player or cash. The Dodgers for their run to the 2012 postseason as they are tied with the Giants for first in the NL West pickup a player in Victorino that has been under preforming this season with a .261 batting average with 9 homers and 40 RBIs and will be putting him in as a lead off and hope he can improve his 24 steals on the season.

While the Phillies also helped the NL leading Giants as well as they sent Hunter Pence to the 2010 World Series Champs whose batting average is way down after hitting over .300 last seasons but is still on pace to be in the same neighborhood in homers as he has 17 right now in 101 games and is usually in the mid-20's and 59 RBIs and could reach that 90-plus range for the last couple of seasons. The Phillies get Nate Schierholtz who they are hoping with more time in the outfield will better his .257 batting average and getting on base that the Phillies really need and bettering his 5 homers and 17 RBIs in 77 games of spot duty while get better as the Phillies continue to have the horse on the mound in Halladay, Lee, and Hamels who is going to be around for the next 6 seasons. They also get minor league catcher prospect Tommy Joseph and minor league prospect right-handed pitcher Seth Rosin.

With their pitching and a lot of improvement with the everyday players the Phillies will once again be a World Series threat next season

Tom Mehegan