Other Sports: Philadelphia Phillies: The Road To .500 (2023 Edition)

[Hollywood Cannon]

@JojoTheWhale

The Phillies are doing it now.

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[Kermit the Prog]

would daughter-wives be frowned upon by the league?

 

[Sombastate]

Happy to admit I never played Baseball, so I'm likely talking out of my ass. But I'm surprised catchers don't have a better batting average

 

[Taijuan Fedotov]

Happy to admit I never played Baseball, so I'm likely talking out of my ass. But I'm surprised catchers don't have a better batting average

Also talking out of my ass but I think it's because for that position they don't prioritize the hitting. I remember a prospect like Schwarber coming up nobody really believed he would be able to stick at catcher. Defense and managing the pitching staff seems to be more important. If you have both then you're a Joe Mauer type of catchgod.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Rojas being clutch.

 

[swami24]

Bryce Harper started as a catching prospect, but was guided to move to the OF. Catching takes a toll on the body. You spend half the game squating. Now come to the plate and try to have an explosive swing. Kills the knees, not to mention beatings from foul tips.

Looking at Otani, why aren't more pitchers good hitters? Focus and energy expended at their craft.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

 

[CutOnDime97]

Have to make that play

 

[Chicken N Raffls]

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Schwarber isn’t a good enough hitter to keep him in the field at this point.

 

[Chicken N Raffls]

Wow JT. What a stretch

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Love this team.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Holy f*** what a f***ing failure that was. Great play at the plate that led to a hit batsman. f*** you.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

I hate this f***ing team.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Is two runs in three games good? Is it fun?

 

[Halladay]

They should have pulled Seranthony after the 2nd out, we have a clueless manager. Seranthony was nowhere near the plate.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Is two runs in three games good? Is it fun?

I very much enjoy an offense that we pay like a billion dollars for that hits like a AAA team every few weeks.

 

[Bigtimefeed]

Well 0-13 with 7ks by the 1-4 batters should never win you a ball game.

 

[Chicken N Raffls]

Bunch of bums

 

[Halladay]

Good job team, great start by Wheeler though.

 

[Rebels57]

Back in Famine Mode this week

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Yep, it's totally Schwarber and Seranthony's fault that the offense has scored two runs in three games.

 

[DancingPanther]

Remember that 13 run game?

 

[Rebels57]

Can someone explain to me why they DFA'd Andrew Vasquez earlier this month and kept Covey? I never understood that. He had phenomenal numbers.

 

[DancingPanther]

Can someone explain to me why they DFA'd Andrew Vasquez earlier this month and kept Covey? I never understood that. He had phenomenal numbers.

I'm not standing up for Covey here because he stinks, but Vasquez had unsustainably high strand rates, a below average K rate, and a high walk rate. FIP was 4.14 on the Phillies.

He was a ticking time bomb