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

[BrindamoursNose]

Rhys finally got signed (I saw it was posted earlier but here's the report)

Congrats man.

 

[dragonoffrost]

Stephenson to Angels be glad he didn't sign in Philly. He is very volatile in production year to year.

 

[wankstifier]

Stephenson to Angels be glad he didn't sign in Philly. He is very volatile in production year to year.

It does look like he figured something out, but we only have a little over 38 innings of proof.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

That's quite the fall after the unknowns were added. He was at 39.4% in the public ballots. He and Sheffield had the biggest drops.

Vizquel was at 11% in public. I believe he had the biggest increase.

Let's just say those opinions track with what I think of non-public voters. Sexual harassment is bad and all, but don't you dare have a peak less than a decade.

Not a great crop added to the ballot next year. I guess Ichiro & Sabathia are the only ones that could go in first ballot if at all of that group.

Pedrioa got more award recognition but Utley has noticeably better analytics of the two.

 

[DancingPanther]

Not a great crop added to the ballot next year. I guess Ichiro & Sabathia are the only ones that could go in first ballot if at all of that group.

Pedrioa got more award recognition but Utley has noticeably better analytics of the two.

Ichiro is a lock. He'll get 90+%

CC and Felix will get votes too. Either way Utley should see quite a significant increase in votes next year

 

[trostol]

Ichiro is the only lock I see in that list

 

[Gregor Samsa]

>Ben Zobrist as a potential HOF’er

 

[ponder719]

Ichiro is a lock. He'll get 90+%

CC and Felix will get votes too. Either way Utley should see quite a significant increase in votes next year

Agreed on all of this. I'd be stunned if Ichiro pulled less than 90%, probably 95%. Sabathia could theoretically get in first-ballot, but I expect he'll make it eventually either way. Beyond that, next year feels like a cleanup year for the near misses from this year.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Not a great crop added to the ballot next year. I guess Ichiro & Sabathia are the only ones that could go in first ballot if at all of that group.

Pedrioa got more award recognition but Utley has noticeably better analytics of the two.

I’m most interested in what they do with Sabathia. I think people have by and large realized that Johan Santana falling off without getting anywhere close means that Hall voters haven’t caught up to what modern starters actually do.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

 

[Svechhammer]

The pics on Reddit aren't much better

 

[DancingPanther]

The pics on Reddit aren't much better

I love the Union

Once again, people are paid for these designs. Coty connect lines have killed jerseys forever

 

[Rebels57]

If those are the actual Phillies City Connects, we must find the team of designers, kidnap them, and let the Phanatic bludgeon them to death.

 

[FLYguy3911]

The obsession over the city flag designs is weird. City connect I get it but a powder blue version would have been pretty popular I’d imagine.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

I am very much looking forward to some games at Camden Yards now that Angelos is gone and the team is worth seeing again.

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Both BA top 100 guys, but nowhere near major gets. This did have the feel of it being cheap.

 

[DrinkFightFlyers]

The pics on Reddit aren't much better

I do not like the lettering or color of the letters. Overall scheme is pretty good

 

[DancingPanther]

I am very much looking forward to some games at Camden Yards now that Angelos is gone and the team is worth seeing again.

*Edit*



Both BA top 100 guys, but nowhere near major gets. This did have the feel of it being cheap.

It always is for MLB impending FAs. They're comically cheap compared to other sports

 

[Rebels57]

I do not like the lettering or color of the letters. Overall scheme is pretty good

Pretty good? Its f***ing atrocious.

 

[Magua]

Pretty good? Its f***ing atrocious.

It’s like a stonewashed version of the Mariners City Connects, with a more putrid yellow.

 

[DrinkFightFlyers]

Pretty good? Its f***ing atrocious.

I dig it

 

[Halladay]

I like the color I dont like the lettering. just have them bring back the powder blue more.

 

[DancingPanther]

They just look like someone tried to draw the Union jerseys from memory

 

[Jack Straw]

I like the color (much better than powder blue) but the chest lettering looks like it’s from a B horror flick.

 

[FLYguy3911]

It always is for MLB impending FAs. They're comically cheap compared to other sports

Because baseball actually hires front office people who are qualified to make high level decisions and not former ex-players who overvalue intangibles.

 

[DancingPanther]

Because baseball actually hires front office people who are qualified to make high level decisions and not former ex-players who overvalue intangibles.

Except for Jeter of course