Clash of the Titans - Phillies vs Yankees Part 2

Sabathia hasn't wowed critics the way some National League pitchers are this season


    In this corner, weighing in at officially on his player profile page at a generous 290 lbs. in the Blue corner, it's C.C. Sabathia which is short for Carston Charles Sabathia. C.C. has not quite turned the corner on the season yet, and he is 6-3 with a 4.01 ERA on the year. His salary for this year is $24,285,714.00 or with simple arithmetic he is been paid just a shade over $4 million dollars per win so far on the season. Not that great a return off of an investment.

   C.C. hasn't wowed the pitching critics either. There hasn't been a positive buzz around him as have been associated with some of the National League pitchers with the names of Lincecum, and recently, Strasburg. Did the Yankees get their money's worth?
 
    The plot thickens when you find out that four of C.C.'s total of 6 wins have come against the division rival, Baltimore Orioles. Outside of that, Sabathia hasn't really done all that much this year yet, and with the Phillies needing to win it just may be the time that they will get to him and be able to defeat the Yankees in Game 1.

Halladay has been all that you can ask for so far for the Phillies this season

   Halladay has been short of awesome with a 1.96 ERA and an 8-5 record for the Phillies so far. He is approaching each game with his usual work ethic of hard work. He has recorded the 20th Perfect Game in Major League Baseball so far this year, and has been very humble along the way. You rarely see him clamor for the spotlight and boast about too much.

   The Phillies vs Yankees rivalry hasn't reached the status of what it is with the Mets yet, but for the rematch in last year's World Series, this series will be equally valuable for both teams to go out there to do their best to win. If the Phillies are going to get into the playoffs this year, they need to start winning more consistently and where better to start by winning in New York.

   It's the Clash of the Titans at 7:05 PM in the new Yankee Stadium tonight. Roy Halladay vs C.C. Sabathia and it doesn't get much better than this.


  Phillies Offense so far:

Rk	Pos		Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BA
1	C	Carlos Ruiz	31	48	143	14	39	6	0	2	13	0	.273
2	1B	Ryan Howard*	30	61	245	36	70	11	1	10	43	0	.286
3	2B	Chase Utley*	31	59	215	40	55	12	1	10	26	2	.256
4	SS	Juan Castro	38	37	105	7	24	5	0	0	12	0	.229
5	3B	Placido Polanco	34	52	216	30	69	13	0	5	23	3	.319
6	LF	Raul Ibanez*	38	60	198	23	49	11	3	4	27	0	.247
7	CF	Shane Victorino#	29	60	247	36	63	9	6	10	36	14	.255
8	RF	Jayson Werth	31	59	207	35	58	24	0	10	38	4	.280
Rk	Pos		Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BA
9	SS	Wilson Valdez	32	33	99	8	24	7	1	0	9	1	.242
10	UT	Greg Dobbs*	31	39	63	3	9	3	0	1	5	1	.143
11	UT	Ben Francisco	28	32	54	5	14	4	0	0	5	1	.259
12	SS	Jimmy Rollins#	31	12	41	11	14	4	1	2	7	2	.341
13	UT	Ross Gload*	34	36	47	4	10	1	0	2	7	0	.213
14	C	Brian Schneider*	33	12	33	4	10	2	0	0	2	0	.303
15	C	Paul Hoover	34	6	18	6	5	2	0	0	2	0	.278
Rk	Pos		Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BA
16	P	Roy Halladay	33	13	41	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	.122
17	P	Jamie Moyer*	47	11	21	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	.095
18	P	Cole Hamels*	26	12	24	2	4	2	0	0	2	0	.167
19	P	Kyle Kendrick	25	12	20	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.050
20	P	Joe Blanton	29	7	13	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	.308
21	P	J.A. Happ*	27	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
22	P	Nelson Figueroa#	36	9	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	.500
23	P	Chad Durbin	32	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
24	P	Ryan Madson*	29	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
25	P	David Herndon	24	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
26	P	Danys Baez	32	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	P	Antonio Bastardo	24	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	P	Brad Lidge	33	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	P	Jose Contreras	38	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	J.C. Romero#	34	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	32.2	61	2061	272	531	117	13	56	259	28	.258
		Rank in 16 NL teams			16	11	14	8	7	9		15	10
Rk	Pos		Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BA

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Generated 6/14/2010.

Phillies Pitching so far:

Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP
1	SP	Roy Halladay	33	8	4	.667	1.96	13	5	3	0	101.0
2	SP	Cole Hamels*	26	6	5	.545	3.74	13	0	0	0	79.1
3	SP	Jamie Moyer*	47	6	6	.500	5.03	12	2	1	0	73.1
4	SP	Kyle Kendrick	25	3	2	.600	4.80	12	0	0	0	69.1
5	SP	Joe Blanton	29	1	5	.167	7.28	8	0	0	0	47.0
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP
6	CL	Ryan Madson	29	1	0	1.000	7.00	0	0	0	4	9.0
7	RP	Chad Durbin	32	0	1	.000	3.16	0	0	0	0	31.1
8	RP	Danys Baez	32	2	2	.500	4.50	0	0	0	0	26.0
9	RP	David Herndon	24	0	1	.000	4.37	0	0	0	0	22.2
10	RP	Jose Contreras	38	3	2	.600	1.31	0	0	0	3	20.2
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP
11		Nelson Figueroa	36	1	1	.500	4.82	1	0	0	1	18.2
12		Antonio Bastardo*	24	0	0		3.86	0	0	0	0	11.2
13		J.C. Romero*	34	0	0		3.38	0	0	0	2	10.2
14		J.A. Happ*	27	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	0	0	0	10.1
15		Brad Lidge	33	0	0		1.13	0	0	0	4	8.0
		Team Totals	32.0	32	29	.525	3.94	61	7	4	14	539.0
		Rank in 16 NL teams		9	9		7		1	4	9	16
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 6/14/2010.