I was perplexed when the Yankees wanted him, but who am I to argue.
How they managed to pick up Burnett and pass on Cliff Lee is the biggest mystery of all time.
It enabled the Phillies to assemble one of the greatest pitching staffs of all time. Not quite as good as the ‘95 braves, who had a 4 man rotation with all four over 120 ERA+ and Maddux, but that’s only because Oswalt had an off-season and got hurt.
Rookie Vance Worley picked up a lot of the slack left by Roy Oswalt’s injury-plagued year. Looks like Charlie Manuel is going to use Oswalt as the 4th starter in the playoffs. His velocity is coming around. Worley earned the spot, but Oswalt has a record as a money pitcher in the playoffs. Tough call, but Charlie knows pitching.