Clearly the Brewers are doing something correctly on an organizational level if they can lose a Manager of the Year candidate in Counsell and then get better and better.

21 minutes ago, xzmattzx said:

Clearly the Brewers are doing something correctly on an organizational level if they can lose a Manager of the Year candidate in Counsell and then get better and better.

They draft and develop really well. If the Phillies were above league avg with drafting and developing along with their spending then they’d be far better off

Now Stark reporting it too

7 minutes ago, iladelphxx said:

Now Stark reporting it too

LMAO. Can they please fire Dombrowski now?

This organization really deserves another decade of missing the playoffs for their arrogance and incompetence

In and of itself, I don’t really care if Don Mattingly is the manager next year.

But if he is…wow. Talk about horrendous optics. Just confirms that absolutely no one wants the job or believes in that personnel.

2 hours ago, eagle45 said:

In and of itself, I don’t really care if Don Mattingly is the manager next year.

But if he is…wow. Talk about horrendous optics. Just confirms that absolutely no one wants the job or believes in that personnel.

Well, Cora was getting paid $7 million to not work by the Red Sox. And he’s getting married in a couple months. So that on top of the fact that he probably looked at the Phillies and what happened this year and said I don’t wanna touch that team. The only thing they have going for them is the rotation. a bunch of older guys in that everyday lineup and a bullpen that needs to be completely rebuilt. he was like I’d rather wait for a better job after I get done paid $7 million to do nothing in 2027.

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

Well, Cora was getting paid $7 million to not work by the Red Sox. And he’s getting married in a couple months. So that on top of the fact that he probably looked at the Phillies and what happened this year and said I don’t wanna touch that team. The only thing they have going for them is the rotation. a bunch of older guys in that everyday lineup and a bullpen that needs to be completely rebuilt. he was like I’d rather wait for a better job after I get done paid $7 million to do nothing in 2027.

Yeah who the hell would want to jump on this sinking ship?

I think it would be funny as hell if Cora decided to take another manager job after all. Would love to see egg on both DD's and Middleton's arrogant faces.

12 hours ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

I did not expect to see Francisco Renteria on this list yet. I think he's 17.

Quick, put him on the roster before age limits kick in with the new bargaining agreement.

Joking, but not really joking.

22 hours ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Ramon Marquez is 96. We traded him for Arrez.

Baseball rant: I’ve never understood the "locker room celebrations” for making the playoffs, and then advancing. Each round. Like, seriously??!! EVERY ROUND??!!

It’s so cheesy. Planned, staged, fake, not organic at all. They stand around the room, with their googles on, like, waiting to start dousing each other in beer/champagne when someone tells them it’s time to do it. So ghey. Just so stupid. "We made the playoffs!! Celebrating with champagne! We won 2 out of 3 games!! More champagne to pour over my head and yours!!”.

//end rant….😬😊

3 hours ago, iladelphxx said:

Ramon Marquez is 96. We traded him for Arrez.

Depends on what scouting you use. There’s some others that have him ranked much higher like i posted a couple days or weeks back.

Again, Luis Arraez was never fixing their issues and definitely was a desperate move that’s going to cost you a good prospects and wasn’t changing their fate. But on top of all that he’s not a cleanup hitter. Add on he was another left-handed hitter which frankly didn’t matter in the end cause Turner also sucked vs. LHP so they were getting a LHP in late games. And his style of hitting also does not play to the Phillies park. Everybody was like he will home runs look at the distance that he got in San Francisco and Miami. He isn’t a power hitter. He actually struggled more cause citizens Bank Park has one of the smallest outfields. He is much better in a more spacious outfield for his hitting style

2 hours ago, LacesOut said:

Baseball rant: I’ve never understood the "locker room celebrations” for making the playoffs, and then advancing. Each round. Like, seriously??!! EVERY ROUND??!!

It’s so cheesy. Planned, staged, fake, not organic at all. They stand around the room, with their googles on, like, waiting to start dousing each other in beer/champagne when someone tells them it’s time to do it. So ghey. Just so stupid. "We made the playoffs!! Celebrating with champagne! We won 2 out of 3 games!! More champagne to pour over my head and yours!!”.

//end rant….😬😊

Yep, especially when you back into the playoffs like the Phillies did. They should feel too embarrassed to even think about celebrating. No other sport does that.

3 hours ago, iladelphxx said:

Like the divisional being 7. Hate that it stick your opponent. Just either seed the teams properly and all that winning the division gets is a playoff spot or re-seed after the wild card round

12 hours ago, iladelphxx said:

With Arraez hurt, perhaps we could have used Miller up with the big club in the playoffs.

Great needed worse news this morning.

2-0 Brewers :)

4 hours ago, Diehardfan said:

2-0 Brewers :)

Brewers have Bob Uecker watching over them. Also picked a great year to have their best team and face the dodgers. Ohtani has been awful. I think he’s more hurt then they are saying. Imo wouldn’t be shocked if it started around when he stopped pitching and it got worse.