The Phillies are "kicking the tires a bit" on Tim Redding, tweets Troy Renck of the Denver Post. Renck says that Philadelphia was interested in Redding over the winter, before the right-hander signed a minor league deal with the Rockies.
We heard this week that Redding, who was assigned to Colorado's Triple A affiliate, has an opt-out clause in his contract that he can exercise if he finds a spot on another club's 25-man roster.
Following an oblique injury to Joe Blanton, the Phils seem to be looking a little more aggressively at potential starting pitching options around the majors. Still, Renck suggests that the Phillies' interest in Redding isn't overly strong at the moment, and that for now the team plans to replace Blanton in their rotation with Kyle Kendrick. Given the lack of positive reports delivered by Mariners' scouts who watched Redding pitch, Philadelphia could be better off sticking with Kendrick.
I’ll take Kendrick over Redding any day of the week.
Seriously…why are they so down on Kendrick? He’s shown potential and he had a pretty good spring. At least Kendrick has upside…Redding is almost assuredly terrible.
Agreed, I’ve always thought that he got a bad rap. He isn’t too bad of a pitcher, and as you said Kendrick had a nice spring and has upside. Redding is old, injury-prone, and terrible. No thanks.
We saw how Doc turned around A.J. Burnett’s career. I think he has done the same to Kyle Kendrick.
I’d take a lot of people over Redding…
Dear Mr. Amaro, Jr.,
C’mon man. Hook the brother up.
Sincerely,
-Atlanta, GA
I’ll never forget that April fools prank that was pulled on Kyle Kendrick.
You mean the one where he was told “the Phillies are ‘kicking the tires a bit’ on Tim Redding”?
The one about him being sold to a team in Japan.
Lmao. Can’t tell which was more ridiculous.
Redding would be a nice pick to supplement the rotation. What about Odalis Perez?