Other Sports: Philadelphia Phillies: The Road To .500 Continues Into Red October (2024 Edition)

[Halladay]

Stubbs batting .120.

 

[DancingPanther]

Stubbs batting .120.

But he's a great bunter and a great locker room guy

 

[wankstifier]

These bats are too slick

 

[Halladay]

Think Rob should have used Turnbull right after Wheeler. Shouldnt have brought in Orion in. Wheeler clearly didnt have it, was the perfect place to use Turnbull for a couple innings at least. He only threw 1.

 

[DancingPanther]

Not sure I love how the bullpen plan is shaping up here. Soto is going to be the next one probably and he's either going to have to save the game or extend the game so long as Hoffman gets it done here

 

[DancingPanther]

@Magua there goes that man again

 

[DancingPanther]

Castellanos against this slider is going to be hilarious

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Welp that probably does it, gonna have to outlast Soto.

 

[Halladay]

Bohm striking out killed them, going to be a walk off loss now.

 

[DancingPanther]

Well that's not good. Hopefully we get beginning of the season Soto

 

[trostol]

lol what a way to lose a game

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Soto is terrible.

 

[DancingPanther]

MLB the show'd

Huge props to Rob for blessing us with a Stubbs day. Always a pleasure

 

[Halladay]

Uses the long reliever only 1 inning, excellent work.

 

[wankstifier]

MLB the show'd

Huge props to Rob for blessing us with a Stubbs day. Always a pleasure

Realmuto has a minor knee issue

 

[DancingPanther]

Realmuto has a minor knee issue

Fantastic. I missed the first few innings today, figured it was a day off. Just like Schwarber's minor back issue I assume

 

[wankstifier]

Fantastic. I missed the first few innings today, figured it was a day off. Just like Schwarber's minor back issue I assume

He didn't finish out the game yesterday. IIRC, McCarthy said he might've been available off the bench today.

 

[Taijuan Fedotov]

Knew it would be Soto.

 

[DancingPanther]

Guardians city connects are here. Has Nike laid off everyone with any creativity? It's like they sit around and brainstorm about how to make the jerseys blue

 

[wankstifier]

Plot for 2024

Statcast - 2024 Bat Tracking Leaderboard

 

[DancingPanther]

Mason Miller broke the FIP algorithm. He has a -0.17 lol

 

[Rebels57]

I'll take a series win down in Miami with no complaints whatsoever. That place has been a house of horrors for us.

We still need to add one more bullpen arm for the Playoffs so we don't have to rely on BOTH Soto and Seranthony. They are showing no signs of being able to pitch a tough spots. Very little command.

 

[FatTugboatFlahr]

@FLYguy3911

If they can get Klassen to throw strikes are we in for a treat? Or should I not even worry about it until it happens?

 

[FLYguy3911]

@FLYguy3911

If they can get Klassen to throw strikes are we in for a treat? Or should I not even worry about it until it happens?

Sure. The stuff is amazing. I’m just skeptical until he does it consistently as he moves up. The baseline control was close to a 20. Can only expect so much improvement. McGarry was a similar prospect with similar results and kinda stalled and got moved to the pen. Klassen has a serious head whack too which almost no starter has either.

The recent trend across the league is drafting control/command pitchers and training them to throw harder. The Phillies tried that in the past and failed and seem to be taking the guys with stuff and poor control/command this time around and hoping to harness it.

 

[DancingPanther]

The Phillies tried that in the past and failed and seem to be taking the guys with stuff and poor control/command this time around and hoping to harness it.

I know you know this, but they told Chris Sanchez to take a few ticks off to harness his stuff. They definitely seem like they'll try anything to reign these guys in if they need to