OT: Philadelphia Phillies (MLB): 1st pick secured!

[Hiesenberg]

No Harper/Strasburg/Trout. 1st & 2nd are essentially interchangeable.

 

[Protest]

We're going to piss away the 1st pick aren't we?

Win meaningless games at the end of the year to ruin your draft position. It's what teams in this city do.

 

[Halladay]

They will have a 1 game lead if this holds.

 

[zarley zelepukin]

No Harper/Strasburg/Trout. 1st & 2nd are essentially interchangeable.

There's a significant difference in bonus pool money though.

 

[Hiesenberg]

Aren't they already in good position with that?

 

[FLYguy3911]

Bonus pool money, 1st pick in the Rule 5 draft.

People say there's no Harper or Trout but if the local boy goes first to another team and turns into the next Kershaw we will never hear the end of it.

 

[Halladay]

Im just glad Eickhoff is pitching well.

 

[FLYguy3911]

That is the silver lining, he's been great lately.

They had no business winning last night. **** the Mets.

 

[Schwarbomb]

Magic number is one vs the Reds and two vs the Braves.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Magic number is one vs the Reds and two vs the Braves.

You sure? Cincy could be one "back" of us after today, with 3 to play. I believe the Phillies hold the tie breaker though so that's good news.

 

[Schwarbomb]

You sure? Cincy could be one "back" of us after today, with 3 to play. I believe the Phillies hold the tie breaker though so that's good news.

My bad, one vs ATL, two vs CIN.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Cincy is on quite a run. About to lose 12 in a row!

 

[Tankadelphia]

Eickhoff is legit, that curve is a hammer. When he is on, he is unhittable

 

[Halladay]

Eickhoff has struggled against lhb, he plans on working on his changeup. He makes that a serviceable pitch you could be looking at a 2/3.

 

[PHILOUDELPHIA]

guys with the season finally coming to an end have we gotten a good glimpse of what are younger talent can do from us.

where would you put everyone and who should be on team next year. one thing I'm happy about is DOM BROWN IS DONE.

eickhoff getting more comforatable each game and yesterday was great

nola, he doing well

morgan, where do you put him he is like our only lefty.

herandez how did he do in aug sept havent seen many games since july

altherr i like him.


who else is doing good.

 

[DrinkFightFlyers]

Eickhoff has struggled against lhb, he plans on working on his changeup. He makes that a serviceable pitch you could be looking at a 2/3.

I only caught a couple innings last night but he looked to have his changeup working pretty well at times, granted he wasn't throwing it every other pitch. Or are you just talking about changeup against lefties?

 

[Hiesenberg]

Wasn't Eickhoff a throw in?

The real pitching gem in that Hamels trade what Thompson, right?

 

[FLYguy3911]

He was pretty much considered the 4th guy with Asher the 5th and Harrison the salary dump.

 

[Rebels57]

Can't believe some people thought the Phils didn't get enough with the Hamels trade because we didn't get their top 2 prospects. That deal looks like a home run.

 

[Hiesenberg]

Matt Winkleman was posting Eickhoff's pitches by start, looks like he became strong when he threw the curve more.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Too early to call it a home run. As good as Eickhoff has been, Asher has been just as bad. The others are promising but have their question marks.

 

[Hiesenberg]

That is interesting, his FB/CB release points towards the end are almost dead on, has to make it hard for a hitter to determine either.

 

[zarley zelepukin]

Eickhoff was saying that it took him a few games in the majors to find his curveball because the seams are different than the balls on the minors, so he was using his slider more. His curveball is his best pitch and since he's found it he's been dominant.

He will need a more consistent changeup, but his performance is encouraging. He's definitely a step or two above a Buchanan/Kendrick type.

 

[montreal]

guys with the season finally coming to an end have we gotten a good glimpse of what are younger talent can do from us.

where would you put everyone and who should be on team next year. one thing I'm happy about is DOM BROWN IS DONE.

eickhoff getting more comforatable each game and yesterday was great

nola, he doing well

morgan, where do you put him he is like our only lefty.

herandez how did he do in aug sept havent seen many games since july

altherr i like him.


who else is doing good.

SP- Nola, Eickhoff, Harrison, Morgan, XXX
Pen- Giles, Garcia, Gomez, De Fratus, Araujo, plus one or two of Hinojosa/Loewen/Neris/Murray/Ogando
C- Rupp, Ruiz
INF- Howard, Ruf, Galvis, Franco, Hernandez, Blanco/Sweany
OF- Altherr, Herrera, Asche, Francoeur, Bogusevic


LV (AAA)- Thompson, Asher, Biddle, MAG, Buchanan, Sev Gonzalez,
Reinier Roibal, Ethan Martin, Seth Rosin, Jimmy Cordero, Ryan O’Sullivan, Gabriel Lino, Andrew Knapp, Nick Williams, Kelly Dugan, Cam Perkins, Tommy Joseph, Angelo Mora, Harold Martinez, Brock Stassi, KC Serna plus a few vets like Tyler Henson, Russ Canzler, Chase d'Arnaud


Reading (AA)- Pinto, Eflin, Lively, Pivetta, Brandon Leibrandt, Mark Leiter, Milner, Ramos, Windle, Jesen Dygestile-Therrien, Colin Kleven, Ulises Joaquin, Yacksel Rios, Cody Forsythe, Alfaro, Moore, Crawford, Art Charles, Walding, Pointer, Quinn, Cozens, Andrew Pullin, Aaron Brown, Willians Astudillo, Jesmuel Valentin


Clearwater (A+)- John Richy, Alexis Rivero, Alberto Tirado, Matt Imhof, Whitehead, Elniery Garcia, Tyler Viza, Ranfi Casimiro, Austin Davis, Miguel Nunez, Victor Arano, Matt Hockenberry, Joey DeNato, Jason Zgardowski, Calvin Rayburn, Manny Martinez, Lino Martinez, Numata, Austin Bossart, Hoskins, Canelo, Scott Kingery, Kyle Martin, Tocci, Sandberg, Herlis Rodriguez, Damek Tomscha, Gustavo Martinez, Drew Stankiewicz


Lakewood (A-)- Franklyn Kilome, Tyler Gilbert, Luke Leftwich, Alejandro Arteaga, Shane Watson, Mitch Gueller, Feliberto Sanchez, Denton Keys, Kenny Koplove, Anthony Sequeira, Skylar Hunter, Robert Tasin, Andrew Godail, Sutter McLoughlin, Will Morris, Ismael Cabrera, Deivi Grullon, Greg Brodzinski, Grenny Cumana, Emmanuel Marrero, Josh Tobias, Brendon Hayden, Jiandido Tromp, Venn Biter, Jose Pujols, Mark Laird, Zachary Coppola

 

[zarley zelepukin]

No reason why Hoskins shouldn't start in Reading. Art Charles is probably elsewhere. I think Eflin is in AAA, MAG is in the bullpen in LHV, Richy is in AA, Leftwich or Gilbert is in Clearwater and, potentially, Bailey Falter is in Lakewood.