Phillies Will Give Halladay Time To Work Out Issues
The Philadelphia Phillies are going to be patient with Roy Halladay, despite his 14.73 ERA through two starts.
"As much as he needs. He's Roy Halladay. He'll figure it out," general manager Ruben Amaro said when asked how much time the club can afford to give the right-hander.
Halladay has had to throw 194 pitches just to record 22 outs. His average fastball velocity has dipped below 90 mph for the first time in his career.
"I don't think it's about rope," Amaro said of being patient with Halladay. "I think it's more about him just going back to the basics. He just needs to throw more strikes and be more aggressive in the strike zone. Maybe because his velocity, and the stuff that he has, has backed up on him a little bit, he thinks he needs to do something different.
"But for me, it's about throwing more strikes. And I think he realizes that."