As predicted, the Phillies made the right choice in sending Gavin Floyd back to the minors. Manuel has realized the error of his decision, and to his credit, reversed his thought process based on the facts. As MLB.com reported..."I want him to go down there and get his stuff back, and he'll be fine," said Manuel. "He's got a future with us. He's going to be with us a long time. I think it's just a matter of him going down there and pitching." It's good to see that Manuel doesn't have an ego about these things; many managers might have stuck with the guy and tried to get him to pitch through his problems, and caused even worse damage.
Though I suppose it couldn't have been much worse. Gavin racked up a 31.91 ERA in his 3 2/3 innings of relief. That's a whopping 13 runs. It's clear he wasn't comfortable in the roll.
Given that AAA was the original plan before the bullpen experiment, hopefully he will get himself back on track and be back up with the big club the next time he is needed. It says here that we will see him again this year. While it would be nice for the starting 5 to avoid injury, the reality is that someone is likely to go down, even if it is for a short stint.
By the way, Padilla looked much better in his second start off of the DL. Hopefully he is getting back to his former self and can give the Phils 20 or so quality starts.
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