Rauuuuul vs. Pat the Bat

Some early morning food for thought in cost-per-item form:

Enjoy your Saturday.

Ibanez Lands on the 15-Day DL

Disappointing news for all Phillies fans to wake up to this morning: your new left fielder and leading vote-getter for outfielders in the All-Star Game this year just hit the DL with a groin strain that has been hampering him since mid-April.

The team will undoubtedly notice a glaring hole where Ibanez’s 1.027 OPS once was, and callup John Mayberry is unlikely to fill that void in the short-term.

But on a more positive note, hopefully Mayberry’s promotion back to the major leagues will put the wheels in motion for outfield prospect Michael Taylor to make the jump to AAA-Lehigh Valley. Taylor has been stellar in AA-Reading this season, posting a line of .333/.400/.562/.962 and is in the top five in just about every offensive category in the Eastern League.