What do all of those names have in common? The Phillies have supposedly expressed interest in each them at one point or another…via Jayson Stark on ESPN.com:
“Is there a prominent starting pitcher in the July shoppers’ catalogue that the Phillies haven’t looked into? Clubs all over baseball report that the Phillies are, as one exec put it, “looking everywhere for starters.” And for once, he said, “they’ve got pieces to give” to get one.
The list of pitchers they’ve called on, from what we’ve heard, includes every conceivable usual suspect: Oswalt, Peavy, Brandon Webb, Roy Halladay, Doug Davis, Erik Bedard, Cliff Lee, Aaron Harang, Brad Penny, Chris Young and Jason Marquis.”
Stark goes on to mention some names of Phillies prospects that other clubs are looking at, and says Antonio Bastardo may have surpassed Carlos Carrasco as the Phils #1 pitching prospect. He also spends quite a bit of time discussing Charlie Manuel’s tough decision regarding what to do with the struggling Jamie Moyer. A must-read for any Phillies fan.
