Former closer Troy Percival who has 324 career saves is considering a comeback attempt. Percival is currently a pitching instructor in Angel’s minor league system and has asked the team for a release from his contract. Percival was a dominant closer but injuries limited him to pitching only 26 games in 2005 and prevented him from pitching in a single game last season for the Detroit Tigers. Percival is no spring chicken at 38 but if healthy could help out the Phillies pitching in a middle relief role.Pat Gillick who was watching Ryan Howard make a rehab start told Dei Lynam that brining Percival to Philadelphia was a possibility. Gillick prefaced his comments by saying that Troy is a west coast guy. He also commented nothing was final until the Angels released Percival.
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Picture of Troy Percival from beck.mlblogs.com
Percival to leave coaching and try comeback from AP
The Phils 'pen is so bad, we shouldn't rule anyone out, including the ghost of Tug McGraw. Our bullpen sucks!
ReplyDeleteIs Tug McGraw's ghost available? I would love to see him on the team.
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