7 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

wtf is Turner doing? Why steal 3rd base with schwarber and Harper coming up. No reason too

Yup, felt like a waste of a double with nobody out

4 minutes ago, John Blutarski said:

Yup, felt like a waste of a double with nobody out

I understand trying to steal with 2 outs so if you get thrown out schwarber and Harper up next inning. No outs with those two makes no sense and he’s fast enough to get home on a single. So no need to steal 3rd

Bader shouldn't be platooning

Kepler FN sucks

Just now, John Blutarski said:

Kepler FN sucks

Good thing we have Crawford wasting away in triple A right now so that we can have the crap platoon of Kepler and Castellanos

Kepler ground into double play when all he needed was a basic sac fly. Tired of this Fn turd. Unfortunately he's untouchable just like Fn Romano because DD is a stubborn idiot

Well depending on how long cavalli stays in the game that 2 runs is huge. need to get to the nationals bullpen cause they stink and we actually have a shot against them

Another good start by Walker. Unfortunately no run support from this lousy offense.

Oh goodie Romano is coming in

It's hard to listen to Amaro talking up Romano like he's actually been decent. He's terrible.

Lmao this offense is about to get shutout by the worst if not the worst pitching staff one of the worst in baseball…

After the Phillies season is over Kevin Long better be fired

2 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Lmao this offense is about to get shutout by the worst if not the worst pitching staff one of the worst in baseball…

I wouldn't be surprised if they lose the series.

And that, my friends, is the playoff preview we all know is coming...

18 minutes ago, John Blutarski said:

I wouldn't be surprised if they lose the series.

If they lose tomorrow they are 35-35 in their last 70 games. This is an exact repeat of last year where started off good then were .500 rest of the year.

Just now, iladelphxx said:

The fact they didn’t find this sooner and he was complaining about a shoulder issue is problematic. Add on crazy timing that Nola is coming back tomorrow and then this comes out

Goes without saying that the most important thing is Wheeler ends up ok, blood clots are serious and I know people personally who've dealt with them for years.

From a baseball perspective the hardest way this impacts the Phillies isn't necessarily on the field. Losing Wheeler is huge. Where it hurts them most is when the Phillies go one and done(which they would have done with Wheeler anyway, this team isn't winning a playoff series) it will give Dave Dombrowski the excuse he needs to have another season to run this organization into the ground. He's set this team up so poorly for the future and unless Middleton is willing to not only spend the money it takes to re-sign Schwarber, but also go out and add a Kyle Tucker on top of it, then this team is beyond F'd. I don't see any realistic way they can improve for next season without overspending because their airhead GM has jacked up the pay roll with terrible contracts and gave them no diamonds in the rough who can fill in.

Look at the upcoming free agent class. There are very few outfield bats on that list worth much. The Phillies don't have a ton to trade after giving up some top guys for Duran. And no one in their farm system is ready except the overrated Crawford who is a slap hitter with no power. A guy they think so little of, they won't bring up to the majors with the worst outfield in baseball.

Dave Dombrowski is nightmare, and the longer he's here, the worse he will get. And now he will have a ready made excuse if they get bounced early again. Remember that press conference last year where he sat there with a straight face and made excuse after excuse for the offense, basically telling us everything is fine and they are actually better than their stats showed? This year's will make that one look sane by comparison. "I don't want to sound like I'm making excuses, but when you're a club built around pitching and you lose maybe the best starter in baseball, then..." after they lose an elimination game 3-0 because they can't hit... and Middleton will be sitting there J'ing his D to it, because he believes Dombrowski can do no wrong.

Had to rant about this, been holding it in for a while. It's been years since this city has had a GM that I've hated as much as Dombrowski.

The fact Crawford is still in triple A raking for months while this team’s offense is super inconsistent is amazing

So the most important thing about blood clots is where they are. Deep vein thrombosis is a fairly big deal. That means it’s in a large vein with an easy return course to the heart. That also means you need to go on blood thinners for a period of time. And that’s not really something compatible with professional sports.

That’s one extreme. The other extreme is a thrombophlebitis where a tiny little peripheral blood vessel collapses or clots off. It can cause some discomfort or even some substantial pain, but it’s structurally irrelevant.

What Wheeler has is most likely much closer to the 2nd option, especially if they are saying it could have been worse and it’s 15 day IL. He’d have no reason to have a deep vein thrombosis.

32 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

So the most important thing about blood clots is where they are. Deep vein thrombosis is a fairly big deal. That means it’s in a large vein with an easy return course to the heart. That also means you need to go on blood thinners for a period of time. And that’s not really something compatible with professional sports.

That’s one extreme. The other extreme is a thrombophlebitis where a tiny little peripheral blood vessel collapses or clots off. It can cause some discomfort or even some substantial pain, but it’s structurally irrelevant.

What Wheeler has is most likely much closer to the 2nd option, especially if they are saying it could have been worse and it’s 15 day IL. He’d have no reason to have a deep vein thrombosis.

They actually said they need more tests to make a determination. I’m not optimistic based off watching Dombrowski talk about it and saying need more tests to determine what direction they want to go. Feels like if it were lesser they’d have come out more optimistic.

FYI..... This was from before the game on Saturday.

People were shitting on Thomson for pitching Duran