by Tom KrasovicFiled under: Giants, Padres, Phillies, MLB Playoffs, National League Championship Series
Cody Ross, the early MVP of the National League Championship Series, is creating intrigue even among Phillies' hitters.Hitters try to spy clues that help their pitching teammates. After the Giants won Game 3, one of Philly's core hitters reviewed Ross' RBI hit off the shin-high fastball from Cole Hamels. Then he watched it again. And again and again. Another Phillies hitter, Jimmy Rollins, said of Ross: "He's been big for them, but we'll find a way to get him out."
o. If Ross anticipates offspeed pitches next, he could blast the Phillies again.
The Phillies can't keep throwing Ross low inside fastballs, can they? Said Rollins: "That's the ball he's been hitting, down and coming toward his back foot. He's been finding a way to get the head there." Said Dodgers scout Ken Bracey: "Cody Ross is getting too many fastballs, and he's not missing them. Things like that happen."
o. I doubt the Padres would've claimed Ross.
The Giants admit they claimed Ross in August largely because they feared the Padres would claim him as a replacement to injured center fielder Tony Gwynn Jr. Two points: 1.) In July, the Padres decided against pursuing Ross because they viewed him as an insignificant upgrade on Scott Hairston (a call that, frankly, was way off the mark); 2.) the Padres liked Chris Denorfia as a replacement to Gwynn. "He's having a hell of a postseason," Padres GM Jed Hoyer told me Sunday, after declining to say whether he entered a claim on Ross.
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