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2008 The Phillies really did run the gamut of pitching last year, from Alfredo Alfonseca to Michael Zagurski. Built like a fire hydrant, Zags is the exemplar of how bad things got in the Phillies' pen last year. After climbing all the way from High-A to the majors, he did a fine job of holding down lefties (.216/.286/.216), but was blown away by righties, who turned into Rogers Hornsby against him (.340/.431/.620 in 58 PA). He then injured his right hamstring in August, prompting season-ending surgery. Zagurski doesn't throw hard and gets some groundballs, but he's going to need more, because even LOOGYs end up facing more righties than lefties in their quixotic role. Still, he could get another shot as the team's second lefty after Romero.
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