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

[LegionOfDoom91]

Is Trea Turner the cancer holding this offense back? I’ll hang up & listen.

 

[Cody Webster]

Going to commercial for a pitching change in the bottom of the 7th with 2 outs:

Kruk: "we're just a fly ball from taking the lead, well a base hit....from taking more of a lead"

Kimbrel coming in for a 6 out save? What could go wrong?

Auto merge sucks

 

[Cody Webster]

Kimbrel's longest career save is 1 2/3 innings. Will he break his record tonight?

 

[Chicken N Raffls]

Not today Satan

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

 

[CutOnDime97]

 

[DancingPanther]

Let's gooooo

Honestly this was their only choice. Making the playoffs is their best shot at retaining Shohei, no matter how small the chance. At least this means I'll be able to see him in August!

 

[wankstifier]

They're insane

 

[CutOnDime97]

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

They're insane

Probably. I wonder if they felt the offers were too embarrassing for a player of his caliber? Like they don’t really give up a lot in baseball for pending free agents. It’s off base but I feel like the general media perception out there is that teams should just empty their farm system for Ohtani no questions asked.

 

[Flybynite]

Probably. I wonder if they felt the offers were too embarrassing for a player of his caliber? Like they don’t really give up a lot in baseball for pending free agents. It’s off base but I feel like the general media perception out there is that teams should just empty their farm system for Ohtani no questions asked.

You got a top of the rotation pitcher and a MVP bat.

Then you look at the Dodgers trade for a Cy Young pitcher(Scherzer) and an elite bat playing SS/2B and under control for 1 more year in Trae Turner.

a top 30 prospect who played catcher(gaby ruiz), a bottom 100 pitching prospect(Josiah Gray) and two other longshots.

Phillies have up 3 top 75 prospects(2 top 25) for Halladay because he agreed to an extension.

A lot of the stuff out there for Ohtani was crazy high imo

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

Negligence.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Thatcher Venmo is a big Edmundo fan.

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

Let's gooooo


Honestly this was their only choice. Making the playoffs is their best shot at retaining Shohei, no matter how small the chance. At least this means I'll be able to see him in August!

They have no chance at signing him.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

 

[Cody Webster]

 

[Cody Webster]

This is crazy

 

[DancingPanther]

They have no chance at signing him.

But if they make the playoffs that chance is non zero. I get the reasoning. Why wouldn't they go for it if other teams aren't throwing the farm at Rental Shohei? (Which everyone knows they're not) I don't blame them for going this route. Of course, I wouldn't blame them for trading him either

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Buddy is almost to the halfway point of that bat.

 

[DancingPanther]

Giolito to the Angels. They didn't lie

 

[Halladay]

What are the Angels doing.

 

[DancingPanther]

What are the Angels doing.

Desperately trying to show Ohtani that they're worth it. Can you blame them?

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Probably Trout too.

 

[BrindamoursNose]

Desperately trying to show Ohtani that they're worth it. Can you blame them?

 

[wankstifier]

Desperately trying to show Ohtani that they're worth it. Can you blame them?

Yes, we can and should blame them.