Other Sports: Philadelphia Phillies: The Road To .500 (2024 Edition)

[blackjackmulligan]

when does walker return?

 

[SnS]

when does walker return?

Who cares. He blows.

 

[Halladay]

The White Sox might be historically bad.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

The White Sox might be historically bad.

They were needed for us to get a relaxing series.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Oh look, McCarthy doing what he does best.

 

[Flybynite]

If Wheeler doesn't get his 1st win on the season, I'm walking home.

 

[PALE PWNR]

Castellanos is 3 for 3, hell has frozen over

 

[FLYguy3911]

I would like a word with the NBC guy who thought the no-hitter banner was a good idea.

and it's over as i type that.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Oh now McCarthy is fine with “letting this play out and not saying a word.”

 

[PALE PWNR]

I would like a word with the NBC guy who thought the no-hitter banner was a good idea.

and it's over as i type that.

lmao first batter its up for

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

lmao first batter its up for

Second day in a row.

 

[Flybynite]

Would have taken Wheeler out after the 7th TBH. He wasn't finishing the game with his pitch count and it would have just led to an even more awkward 'pull' if he got through 8 and was still no-hitting them, but his pitch count was like 110+

 

[Henry Miller]

Woah, what happened?

ETA: going by the box score I see Pinto just didn’t have it and was left in the trenches taking grenades

 

[Rebels57]

9-0 lead in the 9th and Thomsons dumb ass just allowed Pinto to allow 5 runs and then load the bases in under 10 minutes before finally yanking him. Now its 1 swing away from a tie game because hes too slow to yank a guy. Almost cost them a 7-1 lead last week. We'll see how this goes.

And a great play by Harper bails out Topper.

 

[wankstifier]

I guess that ends the Pinto experiment

 

[Ironmanrulez]

I'm not sure why I'm constantly being called out for wanting them to add a bullpen arm. Is that really outlandish? I've even said I think this bullpen is good. Sure enough, they've been just that. I just worry about their mileage. So I want another arm. That being said, the way Turnbull has pitched so far, he might be that guy. That would be a welcome surprise to me, I definitely was not expecting that

I've said their best avenue to a championship is re-signing Nola, I've said I expect Sanchez to be a beast this year, and I've also said Wheeler-Nola-Ranger is the best postseason rotation in baseball.

I've also even said I can see 95 wins this year! But I'm the guy that needs to eat the crow around here I guess. I think we need to start tagging @Rebels57 instead of me lol

Iam with you. I dont trust Soto and Dominguez. Kerkering is young and inexperienced but i like him alot. Hoffman is a very good pitcher for us but iam not trusting him in really big moments.

So for the closer role we only have Alverado. Not enough in my eyes. Sure if Kerkering will reach his potential already this season we should be fine but that is a lot to ask.

Strahm can pitch in high leverage situations as well. But especcially in the play offs we used ranger as the closer. And i cant imagine they will do this another year with his grown role!

 

[blackjackmulligan]

Who cares. He blows.

appreciate the value you added to the conversation. he is a solid mlb pitcher. doesn't blow at all

 

[Flybynite]

Phillies starting pitchers:
2.25 ERA (#1 NL, #2 MLB)
3.11 FIP (#1 NL, #2 MLB)

Phillies relievers:
5.86 ERA (#15 NL, #30 MLB)
3.77 FIP (#5 NL, #10 MLB)

Surprised there's no difference between ERA/FIP for the starters, but a pretty big difference between the relievers.

 

[SnS]

appreciate the value you added to the conversation. he is a solid mlb pitcher. doesn't blow at all

I disagree with you. He is not a solid mlb pitcher for his contract, 18M per for a number 5 maybe. Is horrible. He isn’t better than any of the 5 we have currently. So I’m not really sure how he should be a solid mlb pitcher for us. He can take money and sit at home for all I care.

If I remember correctly he didn’t even pitch in the playoffs last year. That’s not a solid mlb pitcher.

 

[Rebels57]

I disagree with you. He is not a solid mlb pitcher for his contract, 18M per for a number 5 maybe. Is horrible. He isn’t better than any of the 5 we have currently. So I’m not really sure how he should be a solid mlb pitcher for us. He can take money and sit at home for all I care.

If I remember correctly he didn’t even pitch in the playoffs last year. That’s not a solid mlb pitcher.

Yeah Walker is garbage. Im sure theyll use him at some point because Turnbull hasnt thrown more than like 50 innings in 3 years...but doesnt make it any more of any awful signing by Dombrowski.

 

[blackjackmulligan]

I disagree with you. He is not a solid mlb pitcher for his contract, 18M per for a number 5 maybe. Is horrible. He isn’t better than any of the 5 we have currently. So I’m not really sure how he should be a solid mlb pitcher for us. He can take money and sit at home for all I care.

If I remember correctly he didn’t even pitch in the playoffs last year. That’s not a solid mlb pitcher.

his stats say otherwise. so for arguments sake because he isn't better than any of the 5 he isn't a solid pitcher? once he is healthy he should be easily tradeable. many teams need pitching. a

he is overpaid I do not disagree. to say he stinks is just off base to me.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

 

[SnS]

his stats say otherwise. so for arguments sake because he isn't better than any of the 5 he isn't a solid pitcher? once he is healthy he should be easily tradeable. many teams need pitching. a

he is overpaid I do not disagree. to say he stinks is just off base to me.

Hes overpaid.
Hes not very good. He didn’t pitch in the playoffs. Not even a relief role. That’s pretty telling.

If he garners anything more than a long shot or future considerations. I’ll be EXTREMELY shocked.

 

[SnS]

Yeah Walker is garbage. Im sure theyll use him at some point because Turnbull hasnt thrown more than like 50 innings in 3 years...but doesnt make it any more of any awful signing by Dombrowski.

And I think it’s going to be awful when he is used. People will see what the real Walker is about.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Don't talk about the Phillies Wins leader last year like that.