Boom again dare i say… season saved

1 hour ago, eagle45 said:

My thoughts on the Castellanos situation:

1. In general, I do not like sub-ing out an every day player for a marginal fielding upgrade in the 8th or 9th inning of a game. It's one thing if you have a Pat Burrell or Schwarber in left and you are covering a major weakness for the last inning, but Castellanos is OK. Baseball is a highly mental, confidence based sport. I don't like the message it sends to your every day player....and the guy coming in off the bench cold, even if they are a plus fielder, is far more likely to make a mental error in that situation. (And Rojas, as talented as he is in the outfield, is not immune to those). I think you should just stick with your every day guy.

2. Even if a player disagrees with a decision, they have to respect it. Yell at the manager in his office, but in any work or team-based profession, you need to respect the chain of command when you are in a live fire situation. Castellanos didn't do that.

3. Thomson called him out on it. He probably didn't want to do that. Thomson isn't really the most narcissistic or thin skinned guy. He had to. The way he addressed it was brief, without posturing...he dismissed it and said it was over they move forward.

4. Castellanos screwed up twice. When asked about it, he could have even said he disagreed with the substitution, but apologized for how he handled it and expressed the same desire to move on. That would have ended the whole thing. Instead, he gave it legs with how he responded.

Just saying the analytics on Castellanos fielding are awful. He’s in the 1% which means he is one of the worst defensive players in baseball. They were right to put Rojas into the game as the marlins have one of the largest outfields to cover.

Why, after all these years, does Rob pick this time to pull Nick out of a game for defensive purposes? We all know he isn't good, yet he wasn't pulled in any playoff games for defensive purposes which ya know, have a lot more meaning than a regular season game against the Marlins. That's the biggest beef I have with the whole situation.

1 minute ago, vsptroops said:

Why, after all these years, does Rob pick this time to pull Nick out of a game for defensive purposes? We all know he isn't good, yet he wasn't pulled in any playoff games for defensive purposes which ya know, have a lot more meaning than a regular season game against the Marlins. That's the biggest beef I have with the whole situation.

I really don’t have a problem with Thomson doing it. Castellanos is bad defensively. he’s gotten to the point that he is the worst he has been in his time with the Phillies. Currently cause our other outfield spots hitting is not good, his hitting overshadows and we over look how awful his defense truly is. I’m guessing it also played into a close game and marlins outfield is bigger compared to a lot of parks

The issue to me is Rob needs to not pick and choose things like this. Like if you’re gonna be a hard ass, then you better be a hard ass when we have guys doing stupid things on the base paths and bench guys. I’m tired of seeing a guys get thrown out because doing something stupid. That crap has been going on since kapler

1 hour ago, vsptroops said:

Why, after all these years, does Rob pick this time to pull Nick out of a game for defensive purposes? We all know he isn't good, yet he wasn't pulled in any playoff games for defensive purposes which ya know, have a lot more meaning than a regular season game against the Marlins. That's the biggest beef I have with the whole situation.

Better late than never. Casty is a giant, prima donna V.

Just now, Blazehound said:

Better late than never. Casty is a giant, prima donna V.

Yup. From the athletic article

There were times he deserved to hit 7th or lower. Frankly he’s not a cleanup hitter and really he’s probably best if he’s your 6th hole hitter. After this year he has 1 year left at $20 mil. I wouldn’t be shocked if he’s dealt as for 1 year and $20 mil he is likely worth it for a team for one season.

lol this team makes the dumbest base running mistakes

Only the Phillies could manage baserunners at second and third with no outs and get no runs. Embarrassing.

1 minute ago, Blazehound said:

Only the Phillies could manage baserunners at second and third with no outs and get no runs. Embarrassing.

Makes it worse is this crap has been going on since Kapler was the manager

That foul ball that Castellanos just missed is the reason why he gets taken out for a defensive replacement. A better more rangy outfielder gets that ball

Man Kerkering has been awesome for about a month now

14 minutes ago, mikemack8 said:

Man Kerkering has been awesome for about a month now

Point out strahm has had a 4.50 ERA since April 15th.

Yeah was just gonna say the same - Strahm has been junk most of the year

Watching this bullpen night in and night out is going to give me a stroke soon

9 minutes ago, mikemack8 said:

Yeah was just gonna say the same - Strahm has been junk most of the year

After tonight:

since April 15th he has a 4.70 ERA, 1.39 WHIP (26 HIts and 6 BB) in 23 IP with 23 Ks (3.75 FIP heading into tonight). Gonna need him to be better

I wonder if DD dangled Castellanos out there for a trade, does a team bite on it? Even if they only get a minor league player back, it may just be best to move on if possible.

22 minutes ago, vsptroops said:

I wonder if DD dangled Castellanos out there for a trade, does a team bite on it? Even if they only get a minor league player back, it may just be best to move on if possible.

They should trade multiple players and build for the future, they are going no where, anyone that believes otherwise is a fool

11 hours ago, iladelphxx said:

SMH

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

I still don’t know why David Robertson hasn’t been signed.

58 minutes ago, Blazehound said:

I still don’t know why David Robertson hasn’t been signed.

Don’t ask me. I’d have done that cause at worse he’s your 4th best relief pitcher. And if you get a RP at the deadline it gives you 5 guys if you believe strahm can be better and Romano isn’t useless

Remember when people said Nola contract was going to age well cause he isn’t over reliant on power stuff and was a workhorse? Why you don’t give out a 7 year contract to a guy entering his 30s who’s got that amount of innings on his arm