Monday, March 22, 2010

2010 Phillies Opening Day bullpen pitchers are set

With the demotion of Mike Zagurski, the Phillies bullpen is set for Opening Day. Well, sort of; all of the pitchers are in place they just haven't all been given their roles as of yet. There's still that little matter of deciding who the 5th starter is and Brad Lidge and J.C. Romero have to be officially added to the disabled list.

Here are the 12 pitchers the Phillies will carry on Opening Day:

Starting Pitchers: Roy Halladay, Cole Hamels, Joe Blanton, J.A. Happ, Jamie Moyer/Kyle Kendrick

Bullpen: Ryan Madson, Danys Baez, Chad Durbin, Jose Contreras, Antonio Bastardo, David Herndon, Moyer/Kendrick

To be placed on DL: Brad Lidge, J.C. Romero

Breaking down the bullpen further, these are probably the initial roles:

Long relief:
Contreras
Moyer/Kendrick

Lefty:
Bastardo

6th inning:
Herndon
Contreras?

7th inning:
Durbin

Setup man:
Baez

Closer:
Madson

I wouldn't call that an ideal bullpen but it will get the job done for a few weeks before Lidge and Romero get healthy.

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