IBC

Congrats to Andrew again this year - look out next year:

Lineup:
1. Ryan Theriot - ss - .298/.375/.351
2. Martin Prado - 2b - .327/.384/.480
3. Chipper Jones - 3b - .362/.467/.567
4. Milton Bradley - lf - .314/.431/.559
5. Adam Dunn - dh - .238/.386/.511
6. JD Drew - rf - .280/.408/.522
7. Jorge Cantu - 1b - .279/.327/.488
8. Lou Marson - c - .314/.433/.416 AA, Mike Rivera - c- .306/.377/.435
9. Skip Schumaker - cf - .304/.363/.412

Lineup Options:
Ryan Sweeney - .292/.354/.391
Matt Brown - .320/.373/.580 AAA
Shane Costa - .295/.354/.469 AAA
David Eckstein - .264/.342/.435
Travis Ishikawa - .299/.377/.578 AA/AAA, .284/.356/.457 mlb
Mitch Maier - .316/.366/.470 AAA, .289/.316/.303 mlb
Michael McKenry - .258/.360/.468 HA
Luis Exposito - .293/.330/.508 LA/HA
Ivan Ochoa - .318/.399/.445 AAA, .214/.261/.286 mlb
Jared Goedert - .255/.336/.373 HA
Collin DeLome - .256/.317/.477 LA/HA
Jim Negrych - .359/.438/.482 HA/AA
Eric Fryer - .335/.407/.506 LA

Rotation:
1. Edinson Volquez - 16-6, 3.29 era, 1.34 whip
2. Joe Saunders - 16-7, 3.52 era, 1.24 whip
3. Jair Jurrjens - 13-10, 3.72 era, 1.39 whip
4. Oliver Perez - 10-7, 4.10 era, 1.38 whip
5. Jesse Litsch - 12-8, .3.72 era, 1.28 whip

Rotation Options:
Charlie Zink - 14-6, 2.84 era, 1.11 whip
Doug Davis - 6-8, 4.24 era, 1.50 whip
Kevin Pucetas - 10-2, 3.02 era, 1.13 whip HA
George Kontos - 6-11, 3.68 era, 1.26 whip AA
Brandon Hynick - 10-7, 4.44 era, 1.24 whip AA
Jeremy Hefner - 10-5, 3.34 era, 1.09 whip LA/HA
Marco Carrillo - 7-6, 2.88 era, 0.99 whip HA
Tim Bascom - 6-5, 5.78 era, 1.70 whip HA
Brandon Hamilton - 5-6, 3.30 era, 1.44 whip R/LA

Bullpen:
Cl- Mike Gonzalez - 0-3, 4.11 era, 1.21 whip
RH Su - Cory Wade - 2-1, 2.28 era, 0.93 whip
Taylor Buchholz - 6-6, 2.17 era, 0.95 whip
LH Su - Jesse Carlson - 7-1, 1.74 era, 1.00 whip
Craig Breslow - 0-2, 2.01 era, 1.19 whip
Mr - Ramon Ramirez - 3-2, 2.75 era, 1.25 whip
Jon Rauch - 4-8, 3.95 era, 1.15 whip

Relief Options:
Doug Waechter - 4-2, 3.71 era, 1.32 whip
Brian Wolfe - 0-2, 2.45 era, 1.09 whip
Shawn Camp - 3-1, 4.12 era, 1.30 whip
David Aardsma - 3-2, 4.57 era, 1.63 whip
Casey Weathers - 2-1, 3.05 era, 1.40 whip AA
Lance Broadway - 1-0, 7.43 era, 1.80 whip

That looks mighty dangerous, but what about the Zalaski Curse of Injuries?

No longer exists...

Since being recalled from AAA, Jesse Litsch, 23 years old, has gone 5-2 with a 1.91 era and a 1.05 whip. He finished the year 13-9 with a 3.58 era, and a 1.23 whip.

Pitching with discomfort for the month of August, Joe Saunders finally passed a kidney stone in mid/late September. He finished the month 2-0 with a 2.60 era - and finished the year 17-7 with a 3.41 era and 1.21 whip.

Edinson Volquez finished the 2008 season 17-6 with a 3.21 era, and 206 k's for a team that finished 14 games under .500.

Though he struggled to the finish, Jair Jurrjens took the ball for his last start and shut down the Phillies across 7 ip's, allowing only 5 h's and 2 er's. Though he won't win, Jair put together a solid Rookie of the Year campaign, finishing 13-10 with a 3.68 era across 188 ip's.

OPS Leaders by Position:
1. Ryan Theriot - ss - 10th in OPS, 2nd in OBP for ss's
2. Martin Prado - 2b - if qualified, 5th in OPS, 3rd in OBP
3. Chipper Jones - 3b - 1st in OPS, 1st in OBP
4. Milton Bradley - lf - @ DH, 1st in OPS, 1st in OBP
5. Adam Dunn - dh - @ OF, 6th in OPS, 4th in OBP
6. JD Drew - rf - if qualified, 5th in OPS, 3rd in OBP
7. Jorge Cantu - 1b - @ 3B, 8th in OPS, 13th in OBP
8. Lou Marson - whatever
9. Skip Schumaker - cf - 40th in OPS, 26th OBP