Cut/Released: Joe Girardi fired by Phillies

[BKIslandersFan]

Joe Girardi fired.

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[John Price]

Girardi isn't the problem.

 

[Elvis P]

I was mad when the Cubs hired David Ross and not Girardi.

 

[GKJ]

Girardi isn't the problem.

He is a problem that wasn’t going to be part of the solution

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Rob Thompson is named interim manager. Unless he can go back in time and not have DD sign a bunch of DH's, what does this change?

 

[GKJ]

it’s weird to fire Girardi and promote the guy who has been his guy for 12 years

 

[Unholy Diver]

Rob Thompson is named interim manager. Unless he can go back in time and not have DD sign a bunch of DH's, what does this change?

Yeah there have been a lot of under performers there this year, but the Mgr is almost always the fall guy, I guess he can go back to TV

 

[SoupNazi]

Girardi wasn't the problem - DD's roster construction is.

 

[MMC]

Maddon next please

 

[EpochLink]

Girardi was not the problem, Dave Dombroski’s roster building is ass

 

[Blitzkrug]

Yes, blame the manager.

Phillies bullpen has been awful for the past couple years, they were pretty poor defensively as well. Dave Dombrowski, in his infinite wisdom decided to fix the brutal bullpen and defense by signing...Kyle Schwarber and Nick Castellanos. Both of who are absolutely useless defensively (Schwarber especially) to the point they're worth a combined like .1 WAR together.

The Phillies haven't had a farm since like the mid 2000s and continue to think they can just buy their problems away.

 

[GKJ]

They also can’t find a centerfielder and haven’t been able to since they had Victorino. Not even defensively adequate, but literally any in general. Complete joke that they ran it back with Herrera, and then had to bring back Roman Quinn after non-tendering him and being on a brief minor league deal with the god damn marlins. All to bridge the gap to give Mickey Moniak a chance

 

[Voight]

Yes, blame the manager.

Phillies bullpen has been awful for the past couple years, they were pretty poor defensively as well. Dave Dombrowski, in his infinite wisdom decided to fix the brutal bullpen and defense by signing...Kyle Schwarber and Nick Castellanos. Both of who are absolutely useless defensively (Schwarber especially) to the point they're worth a combined like .1 WAR together.

The Phillies haven't had a farm since like the mid 2000s and continue to think they can just buy their problems away.

Dombrowski special. Spend like crazy in free agency on big names and then trade whatever good prospects you have for more big names. Second part hasn't happened yet but I'm sure it will at some point.

 

[Blitzkrug]

Dombrowski special. Spend like crazy in free agency on big names and then trade whatever good prospects you have for more big names. Second part hasn't happened yet but I'm sure it will at some point.

Does Philly even have any prospects they can trade outside of Stott? I feel like that's also part of the problem because Dombrowski's spending has kept them from being truly awful enough to acquire blue chippers.

 

[Voight]

Does Philly even have any prospects they can trade outside of Stott? I feel like that's also part of the problem because Dombrowski's spending has kept them from being truly awful enough to acquire blue chippers.

Not that I'm aware of - when he took over Boston they had a decent collection of prospects so hence why he was able to make big moves like the Sale trade.

But in Philly, it looks like hes trying to spend his way to the playoffs. Not working.

 

[LightningStorm]

Yes, blame the manager.

Phillies bullpen has been awful for the past couple years, they were pretty poor defensively as well. Dave Dombrowski, in his infinite wisdom decided to fix the brutal bullpen and defense by signing...Kyle Schwarber and Nick Castellanos. Both of who are absolutely useless defensively (Schwarber especially) to the point they're worth a combined like .1 WAR together.

The Phillies haven't had a farm since like the mid 2000s and continue to think they can just buy their problems away.

Seen their awful bullpen and defense on full display vs the Mets this season. Our comeback from down 7-1 in the 9th, as well as the general idea of simply putting the ball in play against their subpar D being a good and simple approach.