Philadelphia Phillies: 10 Ways Ruben Amaro Jr. Can Fix the Phillies for 2013
August 30, 2012 by PHIL KEIDEL
Filed under Fan News
True to form, your 2012 Philadelphia Phillies followed up its spirited sweep of the division-leading Washington Nationals by promptly dropping another series to the New York Mets.
Vance Worley is finished for the season. The better question is why Worley was not shut down long before now. In his last five starts, Worley got out of the sixth inning just once. He went 0-3 in those turns. Something clearly was not right; Now, he’s finally going to have the surgery he should have had a month ago.
With the 2012 season rotting slowly like tomato left out in the August sun, a fan’s attention turns to 2013. If you were Ruben Amaro Jr., how would you fix this team?
Let us count the ways.