The Other Fifteen

Steve Phillips enjoys talking to himself, mostly because he 's the only one who thinks he's worth listening to.

ESPN baseball analyst Steve Phillips proved why he doesn’t work for any teams after being fired by the Mets.  Phillips just said on air that he didn’t think the Yankees should start CC Sabathia today because starters on short rest in the playoffs historically have a worse record than when they start on a full 5 day rest.  HOWEVER, the stat that he used to prove this was that these aces on short rest still had a record above .500.  He said that manager Joe Girardi should instead start 5th starter Chad Gaudin, a guy who was cut by TWO different teams earlier this season.

So according to Phillips, it’s better to start a terrible pitcher in a key playoff game than to start a guy on short rest who will still give them a better chance to win than anyone else on their roster, just not as good a chance as he would if he were well-rested.  Way to go Steve.  Way to show us why you’re sitting in a TV studio making idiotic and irrational statements instead of being in a team’s front office turning these horrible ideas into actual baseball decisions.