Here’s What The Philadelphia Phillies’ Plan Should Be For September Call-Ups

• The Philadelphia Phillies season is over.  The Phillies have no shot at making the Playoffs.  Therefore, the Phillies should dedicate the entire month of September towards the future.  Here are my suggestions:
• Play Darin Ruf in left field for the Phillies.  Tell Ruf that the Phillies do not care how he looks defensively and that they are only looking at his hitting at this point.  Also, the Philadelphia Phillies should give Ryan Howard a few extra days off and Darin Ruf can also get some time at first base.
• Make Domonic Brown the Philadelphia Phillies starting center fielder for the rest of the season.  The reports are that Domonic Brown’s best position in the minors was center field.  The Philadelphia Phillies need a starting center fielder after trading Shane Victorino.  John Mayberry Jr. is a decent back-up center fielder but he is not an everyday starter.
• Once healthy and ready, the Philadelphia Phillies should play Nate Schierholtz everyday in right field to take a look at him.  Until he is healthy, the Phillies can play Lance Nix in right field.
• Play Cody Asche at third base.  The Philadelphia Phillies are high on him and they need a starting third basemen.  So let’s take a look.
• Play Kevin Frandsen at second base and shortstop.  Despite his great play, the Philadelphia Phillies have already indicated that they do not think that Kevin Frandsen is the answer for the Phillies as their everyday third basemen.  Instead, the Phillies see Frandsen as a utility player who can play 2nd, 3rd, and shortstop.  So if Kevin Frandsen’s future is as a utility player, then let’s see some of that utility.
• Continue to play Erik Kratz as the Philadelphia Phillies everyday catcher.  What is the purposes of playing Carlos Ruiz for a couple of weeks coming off an injury?
• Do not play Placido Polanco except in case of an emergency.  Polanco is not part of the Phillies future so there is not point in playing him.  Even though he has played well, we really do not need to see Juan Pierre either.
• Shutdown Vance Worley.  Vance Worley needs surgery when the season is over and is not pitching well.  Why not shut down Vance Worley and get him started on his surgery a month earlier which will then give him an extra month to recover and prepare for next season.
• Pitch Tyler Cloyd in Vance Worley’s place.  The Philadelphia Phillies do not appear to be very high on Tyler Cloyd despite his phenomenal minor league season.  And the Phillies may very well be right that Tyler Cloyd is just a AAA pitcher.  However, Tyler Cloyd has pitched well enough where he at least deserves a shot in an otherwise meaningless season.  Tyler Cloyd cannot be any worse than an injured Vance Worley.  And if Tyler Cloyd pitches well in September and the Phillies still do not believe in him, the Phillies can always trade him.
• Bring up a whole bunch of reliever arms.  The Philadelphia Phillies have had terrible relief pitching this year.  There is not a single reliever on the roster who can take over the Ryan Madsen set-up role like a few years ago.  Therefore, the Phillies need to go eighth inning by committee.  Why not “Tony LaRussa” the other team to death and go lefty-righty match-ups on every batter in the eighth in a close game.  If the Philadelphia Phillies are still in fantasy land that they can somehow make the playoffs, this could only help them anyway.