Phillies fans are clamoring for Montgomery, but Dave Dombrowski is wise to focus on what he has. Which is plenty enough.
Dave Dombrowski watching from behind the batting cage during Phillies spring training in Clearwater, Fla. Of the team's starting pitching, Dombrowski says, "Well, I think we’re really comfortable with where we are right now.”CLEARWATER, Fla. — There was an afternoon earlier this week when the talk of the Phillies clubhouse was a 25-year-old shortstop with a 6-foot-7 inch frame and a penchant for triple-digit exit velocities.
Thomson strikes me as the kind of guy who has a pretty high batting average when he goes on the record. He may not swing often. But when he does, he connects.In fact, I think a team like the Pirates is one of the reasons we’ve heard a strong undertone of urgency in the voices of Thomson and his bosses as they talk about the need to hit the ground running once the regular season begins. The National League is a heck of a lot better this year than it was the previous two seasons.
“Well, I think we’re really comfortable with where we are right now,” Dombrowski said. “The reality is, our starting pitching — if it stays healthy — it’s really good.”Would the Phillies be better with Montgomery? Sure. In fact, if Dombrowski hadn’t signed Taijuan Walker to a four-year, $72 million contract last offseason, Montgomery or Snell might already be in Clearwater. But he did, and they aren’t.
I get it. You can’t have too much pitching. I’m a subscriber. Heck, I’d make that the name of my newsletter, if I wrote a newsletter. These things have way of working themselves out, the baseball men like to say.
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