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

[LegionOfDoom91]

Four walks already & they do nothing with it again. They had 6, 9, 6 on the weekend against the Pirates too. So they’re getting a good bit of walks, they’re just not really making the opposing teams pay for it right now.

 

[trostol]

JT is garbage these months

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

This team is good.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

This pitcher is doing everything in his power to give them runs & they just won’t do it.

 

[Chicken N Raffls]

They can't hit for shit with runners on. Been that way all year. I'd imagine they have to be near the top of the league in leaving guys stranded

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Jake Cave is good.

 

[trostol]

if the Marlins were serious about winning...they'd remove this pitcher lol

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Guy didn’t even make it four innings with 6 walks/2 hits & left with zero runs.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Rojas being clutch. Someone has to be, why not the new guy.

 

[DancingPanther]

I expect an easy half inning here to get the bats right back up there again

 

[DancingPanther]

Holy shit! It happened

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Holy shit! It happened

 

[Chicken N Raffls]

Turner got all of that one

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

No matter how many opportunities you give this team they just cannot put a dent in a game right now.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

10 walks & you have 4 runs to show for it while being in another close score game in the 9th inning.

 

[Chicken N Raffls]

One for the win column. Should have been a blowout.

 

[DancingPanther]

Ayyy limping to another concerning win

 

[Adam Warlock]

The fan base recognizes that for the most part what happened last year was a fluke. They’re comfortably in the wild card race because it’s designed for more teams to be involved in that race. Although, I’ll give you that they sweep a series they can be the 1WC so it’s not 100% the formats doing quite yet.

Confidence is earned, not given out freely.

No one here is mad that they “played like shit for a weekend,” it’s been much longer than that. From my vantage point it looks more like “team played good for a few weeks in October last year so they can do no wrong.”

If you want to put your head in the sand and act like we’re all saying this team sucks and is the worst team in the league, go right ahead, but pointing out that this team is majorly flawed and has been for some time isn’t unjustified.

Right.. theyre a flawed team but one thats good enough to get in the post season and capable of getting hot for a stretch. In other words, have a shot. No, theyre not the super braves...but what have the braves won recently?

They've won 2 series since the all star break. Since when is going 7-9 over 2 weeks a bad weekend?

The narrative among countless fans has inexplicably assumed them in the playoffs. It's madness. The stars aligned last year when we saw a few guys in a thin bullpen turn lights out, 3 starters turn in 2 good starts each, Harper hit .450, and the rest of the offense click at once and hit like 15 homers.

The stars don't align every year. No one should feel comfortable with this team

Right only one team wins every year. Theyre in a window where they might get hot at the right time again.

And theyre 9-8 since theAll star break. Not bad considering theyre not playing great.

 

[Halladay]

I still really f***ing hate this team.

 

[Magua]

No, theyre not the super braves...but what have the braves won recently?

Ummm the World Series in 2021?

I’d be surprised if it’s their last this decade. The fact that the Phillies beat them (on a down year) on the way to a WS berth is probably as good as it gets.

 

[CutOnDime97]

 

[trostol]

Trea and JT look lost at the plate

not what they need

 

[FLYguy3911]

They do need a RH OF but they are really cornering the market on hitters with poor approaches.

 

[Bigtimefeed]

Good job by Walker being the first pitcher to reach 12 wins. Team is still flawed, it is what it is for now.

 

[DancingPanther]

Theyre in a window where they might get hot at the right time again.

But you understand that this is a loser mentality right?