OT: Philadelphia Phillies: 2019 Offseason #FireSZN

[tucson83]

GM.

is he like klentak? im not familar with him.

i guess the boston gm that got fired wasnt a great idea.

 

[FLYguy3911]

He lost out to Klentak last go around.

 

[trostol]

It feels like both the Phils and Flyers have the same issue...bad management

 

[Halladay]

These NL playoffs are torture. Despise all four franchises. The Dodgers be the least despised for me and I cant stand them.

 

[tucson83]

im not defending klentak but i believe the young pitchers have talent if they just have the right coaching, if gabe would have just fired the pitching coach and stoping using the bullpen so much, this team would probably be better than the dodgers. that's why i want gabe gone, the way he manages the pitchers is not the way to win a world series and relying on vets that do nothing arent going to win games either.


that's why if new management comes in, they need more youth and better coaching/managers for this team to go forward, it's time for bohm and howard to come in.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Arrieta isn’t/wasn’t too happy Santana ruined his Fortnite party last year.

Arrieta might be my most hated Philadelphia athlete in quite a while. It’s one thing to suck which he does but it’s another to seemingly always just come off as an asshole whenever you open your mouth.

 

[Ghosts Beer]

Walker Buehler is like a carbon copy of Roy Oswalt.

 

[DancingPanther]

Joc Pederson just pulled a ball almost impossibly: it went almost out of the stadium, but about 200 feet foul. It hit the very top overhang of Dodger stadium and if you drew a straight line perpendicular to the foul line, it would intersect just above the back of the infield. That's how far, and how far foul, he hit it.

Next pitch he cranks another one way foul, but less....eye openingly foul.

Next pitch cranks one off the foul pole, probably a 430+ footer otherwise.

NL East is gonna be 0-2 today, and that's exactly the way I like it. Hope they end up 0-6

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

We got our fall guy...

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

We got our fall guy...

At least one of the major ones that seriously needed to be gone is gone. f*** that pitching this season...

 

[Flyotes]

It was all Chris Young's fault. /s

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

It was all Chris Young's fault. /s

Burying the news on Friday!!!!

 

[montreal]

With Young out how much of that is on Kapler in the eyes of upper management as the rumors are that it was Kapler that didn't mesh with Kranitz last year as they had issues over bullpen usage. So Kranny was out and Young got his job, now Young is out but may remain in some position. The optics sure aren't looking good but who knows what's the real story. Sounds like things could get interesting next week.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

@Captain Dave Poulin

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

@Captain Dave Poulin

It's like the little baby dip that a 7th grader would use for the first time when he is feeling rebellious.

 

[wankstifier]

@Captain Dave Poulin

“Did aliens invent baseball?”

 

[Halladay]

Watching the Yankees, why cant the Phillies find these undervalued players. They have a bunch of players not on their playoff roster I would take. The Rays too are a good example of this.

 

[wankstifier]

Watching the Yankees, why cant the Phillies find these undervalued players. They have a bunch of players not on their playoff roster I would take. The Rays too are a good example of this.

Not necessarily undervalued, but the Astros seem to only amplify or develop elite players. Very frustrating that the Phillies don’t seem to be as lucky.

I feel like the Cardinals have been annoyingly good at putting together successful teams

 

[Halladay]

Not necessarily undervalued, but the Astros seem to only amplify or develop elite players. Very frustrating that the Phillies don’t seem to be as lucky.

I feel like the Cardinals have been annoyingly good at putting together successful teams

Yes, living in Houston I see it first hand. Verlander and Cole were very good pitchers before but now they are unreal. Also the signing of Brantley has worked out well for them. They have had some misses too though (Carlos Gomez).

The Cardinals always seem to have a good farm system, the A's always find great value, and look at what the Dodgers are doing.

They had a stat that showed Tanaka throwing the least amount of fastballs among qualified pitcher, Kershaw was second, Nola was fifth. According to fangraphs his fastball was cost him 7 runs this year, while last year it gained him nearly 18.

 

[tucson83]

Not necessarily undervalued, but the Astros seem to only amplify or develop elite players. Very frustrating that the Phillies don’t seem to be as lucky.

I feel like the Cardinals have been annoyingly good at putting together successful teams

is that more on coaching than just finding players?

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Looking at this Salisbury story, I can't help but think that they're all coming back and that will kill this fanbase. It's just an unfathomably stupid business decision but here we are.

And make no mistake. It is very much Middleton’s inquisition. He started asking critical questions about his baseball team and its leadership back in July, at Hall of Fame weekend in Cooperstown. In recent weeks, he’s continued to dig in deeply on the matter, inside and outside the organization, from the clubhouse level — where Bryce Harper said he would always be available to chat with the owner if asked — to the executive level. The answers have left him focusing squarely on Kapler, though another season of mediocrity and disappointment like this last one will have him focusing higher up the organizational chain next year.

https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelp...ost-complete-will-he-sack-gabe-kapler-or-will

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Looking at this Salisbury story, I can't help but think that they're all coming back and that will kill this fanbase. It's just an unfathomably stupid business decision but here we are.



https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelp...ost-complete-will-he-sack-gabe-kapler-or-will

If both do come back, yeah, they will get a lot of completely valid hatred and really kill off liking baseball in Philly.

 

[trostol]

Looking at this Salisbury story, I can't help but think that they're all coming back and that will kill this fanbase. It's just an unfathomably stupid business decision but here we are.



https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelp...ost-complete-will-he-sack-gabe-kapler-or-will

if they all come back..it will be a disaster unless they get some better players magically..fanbase should avoid the park to show their displeasure

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

if they all come back..it will be a disaster unless they get some better players magically..fanbase should avoid the park to show their displeasure

They will.

 

[AndHeMissedTheNet]

I can think of one and only one good thing about not firing both Klentak and Kapler.

I remember Middleton saying that their plans last offseason were heavily dictated by what the fanbase wanted. And as we can see, that was a huge mistake. Right now, the fanbase wants the team to clean house, and understandably so. But as we have seen, this team's fanbase doesn't know shit and it might not be a bad idea to do the exact opposite of what they want. Sure, they won't bring in as much money from Harper jerseys and whatnot, but i can totally get the appeal of not letting your direction be dictated by the people who thought prioritizing Harper was more important than upgrading the pitching staff.