OT: 2018 Phillies: Part trey

[SolidSnakeUS]

Don't worry, Kapler and the broadcast crew will still think they're in it.

 

[Jray42]

Forgot they had a double header today so I was watching the LLWS instead

Lucky me lol


Edit: are they actually only in the 5th?!?!? Holy shit

 

[Halladay]

What an embarassment. Eagles start in three weeks though.

 

[Lotusflower]

in hindsight, paying Santana 3 yrs (!!!) and whiffing on Machado really stings.

Acuna and Albies inividually are better than anyone the Phillies have not named Nola.

 

[Magua]

I don't know what the weirdest part of that play was: Nick Williams totally brain farting on the bases, Cesar taking an eternity to steal home only to touch it with his fingernail, or Cesar just holding onto Kapler's chiseled pec for 5 Mississippi seconds.

 

[FLYguy3911]

I don't know what the weirdest part of that play was: Nick Williams totally brain farting on the bases, Cesar taking an eternity to steal home only to touch it with his fingernail, or Cesar just holding onto Kapler's chiseled pec for 5 seconds.

That was a designed play. It’s a Little League play.

 

[Magua]

That was a designed play. It’s a Little League play.

I know it can be, but I didn't think they'd purposefully do that with Rhys at the plate. Nick barely didn't get tagged and Cesar barely got home. /shrug

 

[FLYguy3911]

I know it can be, but I didn't think they'd purposefully do that with Rhys at the plate. Nick barely didn't get tagged and Cesar barely got home. /shrug

Yeah no idea why they did it with Rhys up.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Ridiculous we have to use Seranthony in this game.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Bullpen sucks.

 

[Halladay]

Never easy.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

The Phils gave up 30 runs today.

 

[Hiesenberg]

The Phils gave up 30 runs today.

And gained 1/2 game in the standings lol

 

[deadhead]

Mama said there'd be days like this.

Suarez was cannon fodder, the kid wasn't ML ready, but Eickhoff is still rehabbing and Lively is on the DL, those are the two pitchers with ML experience who would be your 6th and 7th starters, so De Los Santos, Anderson and Suarez are your current options. I think they haven't put Irvin on the 40 man yet so they didn't want to bring him up.

Suarez has ML stuff but his inexperience showed, he was intimidated and nibbled too much and got behind in the count.
Leiter has gotten a few shots but his command is too meh to make it with his marginal stuff.

 

[montreal]

what a turnaround for Clearwater, at the end of May they were 21-29 and since then they have gone 46-25 and that's without Sixto for most of that time.

Lakewood has been sick this year, they broke the team record with their 23rd SO but have lost several arms to Clearwater lately.

Bullpen sucks.

as of a couple days ago, they were ranked #1 in all of baseball from July 1st to today. But the starters struggling has taxed the pen.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Bring him the f*** in. It's gonna be good. If the hitting continues, I do hope we keep Ramos.

 

[deadhead]

what a turnaround for Clearwater, at the end of May they were 21-29 and since then they have gone 46-25 and that's without Sixto for most of that time.

Lakewood has been sick this year, they broke the team record with their 23rd SO but have lost several arms to Clearwater lately.

as of a couple days ago, they were ranked #1 in all of baseball from July 1st to today. But the starters struggling has taxed the pen.

They had a donut in the organization with all the trades for AA and AAA level players, it's taken two years to fill in the talent at the A ball level, but with 2 DSL and 2 GCL teams, and a higher level of effort to find international players (not just a few high bonus LA guys, but they're now covering the globe) I think they'll keep the talent pipeline humming.

 

[deadhead]

Bring him the **** in. It's gonna be good. If the hitting continues, I do hope we keep Ramos.

I'd rather sign Ramos for 2-3 years to caddy for Alfaro and help mentor him.
I'm not willing to overpay for Harper, between his inconsistency and some injury issues I don't see him as a good bet on a long-term (>5 years) deal.
And I'm not paying top dollar for him, he's not a great defender and outside of one big year, has been a good but not special player.

 

[montreal]

They badly need to re-sign Ramos, Alfaro can learn a lot from him especially on how to hit and just manage his AB's better.

 

[Jray42]

I might get crucified for this, but I think Harper is overrated. I wouldn't want to pay him what some people are saying he's going to get in free agency, I just don't envision him being worth it.

Having said that, this team definitely needs to improve their offense, and he would certainly help. But I just don't have a good feeling about Harper long term.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

I might get crucified for this, but I think Harper is overrated. I wouldn't want to pay him what some people are saying he's going to get in free agency, I just don't envision him being worth it.

Having said that, this team definitely needs to improve their offense, and he would certainly help. But I just don't have a good feeling about Harper long term.

He is overrated.

 

[Halladay]

He is still a HOF type talent.

 

[Sombastate]

Good start.

it would be nice if that shellacking became a wake up call

 

[trostol]

signing Harper wouldn't be awful...think he'd easily hit 40+ here ..but i am concerned with that BA and the high strikeout total..but add him and a pitcher..which we could use...