This will be Kingery's first big league action since 2021 for the Phillies. Wow. Give the guy credit, he keeps chugging along.

2 hours ago, vsptroops said:

This will be Kingery's first big league action since 2021 for the Phillies. Wow. Give the guy credit, he keeps chugging along.

I’m curious to see if he’s at least better than Rodolfo Castro.

I keep beating this dead horse, but I’m dying to know everyone’s opinion on this.

The Phillies sit atop the MLB standings thanks largely to the extreme depth of their rotation. That depth won’t be as advantageous in October.

It’s entirely possible that Ranger, Abel, Painter, and Walker won’t be all that useful to us in October.

Do you trade them for bats? Do you trade starting pitching for bullpen help? Feels wrong. Do you put them in the bullpen? That’s the same thing and it may really be messing with them. Quality starters don’t instantly convert into single inning high leverage relievers.

And as stacked as this rotation may be, it doesn’t exactly have staying power. Wheeler is old, Luzardo and Ranger aren’t under contract, and they aren’t going to rely on anything from Nola and Walker moving forward. So sending off starters to other teams and the bullpen comes at significant risk for 2026 and beyond, when this depth thins out fast.

41 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

I keep beating this dead horse, but I’m dying to know everyone’s opinion on this.

The Phillies sit atop the MLB standings thanks largely to the extreme depth of their rotation. That depth won’t be as advantageous in October.

It’s entirely possible that Ranger, Abel, Painter, and Walker won’t be all that useful to us in October.

Do you trade them for bats? Do you trade starting pitching for bullpen help? Feels wrong. Do you put them in the bullpen? That’s the same thing and it may really be messing with them. Quality starters don’t instantly convert into single inning high leverage relievers.

And as stacked as this rotation may be, it doesn’t exactly have staying power. Wheeler is old, Luzardo and Ranger aren’t under contract, and they aren’t going to rely on anything from Nola and Walker moving forward. So sending off starters to other teams and the bullpen comes at significant risk for 2026 and beyond, when this depth thins out fast.

Tend to think Ranger and painter are going to be BP arms in the postseason. Ranger has shown he can be an effective BP arm in 2022. With painter, i think they probably hope he can be their David price like what the rays did. I still think Abel is getting dealt for a BP or a OF. Tbh if they could move Nola to get off his contract so they can allocate money to ranger and Luzardo it’d be smart. Luzardo has another year but Ranger is a FA at year’s end. Frankly think he’s gone. Probably made their decision to retain Sanchez over him.

Marchan with a dinger, raising his average to .156.

4 minutes ago, TV Guy said:

Marchan with a dinger, raising his average to .156.

Only .052 away from passing chief officer vibes .207 from last year

They are gonna trade for Mullins and have 3 LH hitting OF all whom are going to hit .220-.230s

Im tired of Strahm.

7 minutes ago, vsptroops said:

Im tired of Strahm.

Strahm since opening his mouth on Twitter has been a disaster.

Why is Strahm afraid to throw the high fastball anymore. Seemed that was his go to pitch to put guys away before.

Strahm ERA now almost 4. Kerkering is a half a point lower.

6 minutes ago, mikemack8 said:

Strahm ERA now almost 4. Kerkering is a half a point lower.

This bullpen is just bad. Poorly constructed. Relying on Alvarado who was not great last year and now suspended. Romano coming off a bad year and injury. Strahm was due for a regression. And Kerkering is still just not great. Ross is fine in his role but you got Walker making 18 mil as a long reliever and two absolutely useless guys in the pen

Thank the Braves for hitting us for the 4th time in two days

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

Thank the Braves for hitting us for the 4th time in two days

Just hold on for one inning and ensure you win the series

1 minute ago, DrPhilly said:

Just hold on for one inning and ensure you win the series

I will just never understand bullcrap pen pitchers, going all the way back to Mitchypoo. Throw some effing strikes, don't nibble. JFC.

whew

Thank the home plate umpire for that win. Wow.

3 minutes ago, TV Guy said:

I will just never understand bullcrap pen pitchers, going all the way back to Mitchypoo. Throw some effing strikes, don't nibble. JFC.

Mitch nearly gave me anxiety

Braves now 10.5 back and guaranteed to lose ground in the series. Long way to go but they are in some real trouble now.

This is not good

JT in the 5 hole tonight. We're screwed.

1 hour ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

This is not good

It wasn’t a blown save but the point stands