OT: 2018 Phillies

[Halladay]

Team cant hit.

 

[Lotusflower]

Team cant hit.

We need Machado. Bad. It'll be a ******** crime if the goddamn Yankees who are already contenders swipe him while the Phils play it safe.

 

[Jtown]

My dream this next two weeks. Mize falls to 3, we are only team willing to meet his salary demands ( Though i see no reason why detroit would not meet his demands as well) and we trade for machado.

 

[FatTugboatFlahr]

There’s no reason why would shouldn’t be grabbing the best bat available.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

I was watching MLB Network yesterday. They had a mock from Jonathan Mayo & he had us taking Madrigal.

 

[Jtown]

I was watching MLB Network yesterday. They had a mock from Jonathan Mayo & he had us taking Madrigal.

I want mize, Bohm or stewart.

 

[FLYguy3911]

And Keith Law had the Phillies taking Joey Bart.

The guys at Fangraphs are pretty confident it’ll be Bohm if Mize doesn’t make it to 3 and they said Bart is definitely going 1 or 2. They threw out a theory that the Phillies should try and float Mize to their pick promising an over slot deal and that he’d be in the rotation by next season and in line with Phillies window. Since the Phillies don’t have 2nd or 3rd round picks, it would essentially be a 1 player draft because they would have to draft a handful of college seniors in rounds 4-10 to meet Mize’s number. If you think he’s that good, you do it, but I’m not as convinced as most people are. You don’t draft for need in baseball but this team needs to draft an impact bat and this will be their best chance for a while.

If they draft Bohm they could probably save a few bucks on his bonus as he could possibly fall to ~7 if the Phillies don’t take him. I’m still undecided between Bohm and Madrigal. The old upside/floor dilemma.

 

[montreal]

If Mize falls and it's not due to medicals, that's who I hope they take but if not I assume it will be Bohm but Madrigal sounds like a good choice. Was looking at his numbers vs Kingery's and Madrigal is ahead of him but in half the AB's for their Junior year.

 

[Halladay]

If they are above 500 after this brutal stretch in june, have to make a move for a bat. This is terrible.

 

[Sombastate]

Not sure why the Cubs let Arietta go. Guy can pitch

 

[FLYguy3911]

I’m more interested in his offense at the moment.

 

[Cody Webster]

Well, that escalated quickly

 

[Sombastate]

I take it back.

 

[montreal]

With Herrera going cold they are f***ed with such a tough schedule in June unless at least one or two bats heat up.

 

[Cody Webster]

Leave Neris in California

 

[SnS]

Bats gonna bat.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Leave Neris in California

See if he can hit first.

 

[Cody Webster]

Arrieta with an interesting post game interview....
.

 

[SnS]

Arrieta with an interesting post game interview....
.

Link or ...?

 

[gertbfrobe16]

they're 2 years away......... oh wait what thread am i in? lololol

 

[Cody Webster]

Link or ...?

Said Kingery should have thrown that ball to second when he double looked, threw it first and the guy was safe. Also threw basically Kapler under the bus for saying he sucks at playing the shift.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Said Kingery should have thrown that ball to second when he double looked, threw it first and the guy was safe. Also threw basically Kapler under the bus for saying he sucks at playing the shift.

I mean they do suck with the shift.

Read today that some fandangled stat has the Phillies a -11 with runs saved with the shift. The only other negative team is the Dodgers at -1.

 

[SnS]

Said Kingery should have thrown that ball to second when he double looked, threw it first and the guy was safe. Also threw basically Kapler under the bus for saying he sucks at playing the shift.

Not entirely shocking about the shift part.

I’d rather him go to a rookie like kingrey and tell him personally rather than blast it in The media.

 

[Hiesenberg]

So is there a rule that if you are a beat writer, you need to be the biggest f***ing baby in the world?

Gelb & Salisbury are attacking John Stolnis for a quote he used in his Podcast.

1) John's got a nice following and does really good work
2) These guys just look like f***ing assholes attacking a guy who's PROMOTING their sites for the most part.

Sometimes I wish all of these guys just lost their jobs.

 

[Les Averman]

I think I'm leaning towards Bohm. I think Madrigal will be a great player and is likely more of a sure thing, but I really don't want to add to this log jam in the middle infield, especially with a guy who is likely pretty MLB ready.