August 30, 20224 yr Im out on this team. 99% sure they won’t make the playoffs. September collapse is like clockwork with these losers.
August 30, 20224 yr 22 minutes ago, GoEagles5921 said: Im out on this team. 99% sure they won’t make the playoffs. September collapse is like clockwork with these losers. You've been out for months my man. It's ok.
August 30, 20224 yr 10 minutes ago, BirdsFanBill said: You've been out for months my man. It's ok. I’m not panicking yet. I thought this road trip was gonna be much harder than what it looked like on paper. The Diamondbacks outside of Madison Bumgarner have actually played pretty well since the All-Star break. They are 20-15 which for a team of pretty much young kids is pretty good. Plus the Phillies every time they come out to Arizona since like 2017 have not played well here. They’ve lost 11 of their last 14 in Phoenix. They’ve lost the last six games they played in Phoenix. They haven’t won a game in Phoenix since August 5, 2019 (granted didn’t play here in 2020). like they have played well in LA, San Diego and even San Francisco at times over that same period of time. For whatever the reason, they come to Arizona they just play poorly. that said there are some legitimate concerns right now with this team. The bullpen since knebel and Dominguez went on the IL has been an adventure every game. They’ve been shaky even when they have succeeded since about the second Mets series this month. Doesn’t help that Wheeler is dealing with a forearm issue and is on the IL. So now you’re relying on falter and Sanchez who are both not very good. Suarez is at a career high in innings pitched and we haven’t gotten to September. I think some of his issues is he’s hitting a wall and it really shows when he gets to the middle innings with his control. now Castellanos is dealing with some sort of turf toe injury. It’s like every time this team gets one major player back they lose one or two major players.
August 30, 20224 yr 2 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said: I’m not panicking yet. I thought this road trip was gonna be much harder than what it looked like on paper. The Diamondbacks outside of Madison Bumgarner have actually played pretty well since the All-Star break. They are 20-15 which for a team of pretty much young kids is pretty good. Plus the Phillies every time they come out to Arizona since like 2017 have not played well here. They’ve lost 11 of their last 14 in Phoenix. They’ve lost the last six games they played in Phoenix. They haven’t won a game in Phoenix since August 5, 2019 (granted didn’t play here in 2020). like they have played well in LA, San Diego and even San Francisco at times over that same period of time. For whatever the reason, they come to Arizona they just play poorly. that said there are some legitimate concerns right now with this team. The bullpen since knebel and Dominguez went on the IL has been an adventure every game. They’ve been shaky even when they have succeeded since about the second Mets series this month. Doesn’t help that Wheeler is dealing with a forearm issue and is on the IL. So now you’re relying on falter and Sanchez who are both not very good. Suarez is at a career high in innings pitched and we haven’t gotten to September. I think some of his issues is he’s hitting a wall and it really shows when he gets to the middle innings with his control. now Castellanos is dealing with some sort of turf toe injury. It’s like every time this team gets one major player back they lose one or two major players. I'm certainly not panicking. We are still a 2nd or 3rd wildcard team. Nothing is really changing in my mind. All they have done all year is prove that they are team worthy of the playoffs but unlikely to do much damage. Which is fine. I will happily watch our first playoff baseball series in 10+ years.
August 30, 20224 yr 10 minutes ago, BirdsFanBill said: I'm certainly not panicking. We are still a 2nd or 3rd wildcard team. Nothing is really changing in my mind. All they have done all year is prove that they are team worthy of the playoffs but unlikely to do much damage. Which is fine. I will happily watch our first playoff baseball series in 10+ years. I think the issue catching up to them right now is the war of attrition. Even when Bryce Harper was out they really didn’t have this many significant injuries other than harper and segura. Suarez and eflin were the biggest and Suarez only missed like a week and a half. Right now they’re missing their closer, they’re missing their best starter, they’re missing their 7/8th inning guy in knebel and they’re missing castellano‘s who’s dealing with a turf toe when he finally started hitting. The effect of not having Zach Wheeler really hurts the bullpen. Because if you get 7 innings out of Wheeler now we don’t have to use the bullpen as much and they get needed rest. With falter, Suarez looking like he’s tiring out and Syndergaard in his last start the bullpen is beginning to be taxed. even if the Phillies go 1-5 on this road trip, they have 9 games against the Nats and the Marlins coming up. If they dominate those 9 games they’re going to be fine. The issue becomes if they come back from this road trip and they stumble through those 9 games. Then i think they’re in trouble. Because their next 9 games after that are 3 at Braves, 2 vs Toronto and 4 vs braves
August 30, 20224 yr They will make the playoffs no doubt, thanks to Brewers not being very good and having a 3rd wildcard, otherwise it would be just like every other year, they will get wiped out in the first round though
August 30, 20224 yr I don’t get the people that think they are a shoe in for the wild card. They are only 3 games up, and the Brewers have a pretty easy schedule too and are currently playing the Pirates. It’s very possible the Brewers jump them during this road trip. I don’t see the Phillies winning more than 2 games on this trip. Seems like they are worse with Harper back which is really something.
August 31, 20224 yr Pretty sure the highlight of the night is me yelling at Vierling about coming 10 straight games in Az and the Phillies losing every single one, him shrugging his shoulders and saying sorry
August 31, 20224 yr The only way this team is going far in the playoffs is if they have to travel to San Diego
August 31, 20224 yr Right on time, the late summer collapse… Need to salvage a win today or this could really start getting out of hand, panic setting in, etc.
August 31, 20224 yr Absolutely no way they win today. Not with Falter pitching and the way the Dbacks are hitting. This team is done
August 31, 20224 yr 2 hours ago, GoEagles5921 said: Absolutely no way they win today. Not with Falter pitching and the way the Dbacks are hitting. This team is done Yeah, I can't see them winning another game the rest of the year.
August 31, 20224 yr 2 hours ago, FranklinFldEBUpper said: Yeah, I can't see them winning another game the rest of the year. Wouldn’t be surprised
September 1, 20224 yr Of course the game I don’t go to with falter pitching they manage to play like they are. Lol
September 1, 20224 yr 18 minutes ago, Blazehound said: Leave some runs for the weekend! I really believe the key to victory tonight was me shouting at marsh and vierling about me being there losing 10 straight times. Yet i wasn’t there tonight. I wish i could post the video but i don’t know how to convert it to allow for it on here
September 1, 20224 yr 2 hours ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said: It is obvious this was just the baseball equivalent of load management, but they had to make up some excuse to put him on the IL so they could add a player
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