http://www.blogging-baseball.com/2007/01/23/pat-burrell-and-striking-out/ All-time baseball highlights and real-time commentary. Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:01:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 http://www.blogging-baseball.com/2007/01/23/pat-burrell-and-striking-out/#comment-879 Thu, 25 Jan 2007 16:53:12 +0000 http://www.blogging-baseball.com/2007/01/23/pat-burrell-and-striking-out/#comment-879 [...] Offensively, the Mets and Phillies have a degree of parity in terms of their sluggers; the Phils heavy hitters Ryan Howard, Chase Utley who had career years and Pat Burrell compare favorably with Carlos Beltran, David Wright and Carlos Delgado.  Burrell however, as previously posted, must cut down his strikeouts – at least 80 to 100 and Howard should reduce his to at least Burrell’s 2006 level of 130 while building on his monster 58 HR, 149 RBI, .313 season. [...] […] Offensively, the Mets and Phillies have a degree of parity in terms of their sluggers; the Phils heavy hitters Ryan Howard, Chase Utley who had career years and Pat Burrell compare favorably with Carlos Beltran, David Wright and Carlos Delgado.  Burrell however, as previously posted, must cut down his strikeouts – at least 80 to 100 and Howard should reduce his to at least Burrell’s 2006 level of 130 while building on his monster 58 HR, 149 RBI, .313 season. […]

]]> http://www.blogging-baseball.com/2007/01/23/pat-burrell-and-striking-out/#comment-863 Wed, 24 Jan 2007 15:56:22 +0000 http://www.blogging-baseball.com/2007/01/23/pat-burrell-and-striking-out/#comment-863 [...] And about Burrell, the discussion of whether or not Gillick needed to go into the free agency or trade markets to find alternatives to Burrell as the #5 hitter behind Howard are covered in these must-read posts; Pro or Con: The Phillies Search for Protection for Ryan Howard in #5 Slot and Pat Burrell and the #5 Spot Behind Ryan Howard.  Another must-read deals with Pat Burrell’s strike outs problem. [...] […] And about Burrell, the discussion of whether or not Gillick needed to go into the free agency or trade markets to find alternatives to Burrell as the #5 hitter behind Howard are covered in these must-read posts; Pro or Con: The Phillies Search for Protection for Ryan Howard in #5 Slot and Pat Burrell and the #5 Spot Behind Ryan Howard.  Another must-read deals with Pat Burrell’s strike outs problem. […]

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