The Tyler Cloyd era is ... go! Jim Salisbury reports:
The Phillies will bring up Tyler Cloyd to start in Roy Halladay’s place Friday night in Phoenix. Cloyd, who turns 26 a week from Thursday, is 1-3 with a 5.40 ERA in six starts at Triple A Lehigh Valley this season.
Salisbury reports that Ruben Amaro chose Cloyd because he has “the hot hand.”
Shhh! Don’t tell Ruben about this.
To be fair, Cloyd did pitch well last time. He struck out 10 in eight innings and allowed a single run in his outing against Indianapolis. And black came up the last three times at the roulette wheel, so I’m totally betting on red.
