August 11, 20242 yr 1 minute ago, Joe Shades 73 said: Thomson is their puppet, he is coming back Then they aren't winning anything next year either.
August 11, 20242 yr 1 minute ago, vsptroops said: Then they aren't winning anything next year either. The window is pretty much closed
August 11, 20242 yr 2 hours ago, vsptroops said: I agree with you. They top out at the NLDS. That will be the second consecutive year of regression (lose the World Series, lose the NLCS, lose the NLDS). IF this happens, how much heat does DD get? This is the team he put together and he is the one who chose to bring back the same team after the NLCS choke job last year. Can they bring back Thomson? Thomson deserves heat. However Dombrowski deserves way more heat than what he has gotten. Like their failures last year was cause they needed a right handed power bat in the middle of that lineup from the time Hoskins went down. They got to the deadline and they acquired Castro who was god awful. Went into the playoffs lost because of Kimbrel, but really they couldn’t hit with runners in scoring position to save their life the last five games of the NLCS. If they had Hoskins, maybe he’s enough to get you over in games 3 or 4 like he did against Atlanta. Then came the off-season, you literally didn’t do anything except bring everybody back and add with Merrifield who should’ve just been a bench guy. That would’ve been fine to bring on as a bench guy. But you still didn’t fix the problem that you had. Brandon marsh we knew was a platoon player then. We knew Rojas was probably not gonna be ready to be in every day hitting centerfielder. The only thing you can say you didn’t expect was that Stott would regress the way that he did. But you knew you still had a hole in the middle of the lineup and it couldn’t just be filled by the guys you had on the team. then you got to the deadline this year. Again, you had a chance to solve the problem. They went out and got Austin Hays. Nice platoon player not the difference maker in the middle of the lineup. If they had upgraded over marsh and Rojas, he’s probably fine as a starting LF. But they don’t. So we’re right back to where we were as soon as Rhys Hoskins got hurt. You have a hole in the middle of your lineup because you don’t have a right handed power hitter that can hit with runners scoring position. this all comes down to Dave continuously ignoring the problem because either he is too stubborn or naïve to think that that is the problem. Add on his trades like marsh look worse now
August 11, 20242 yr 25 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said: What inning do we blow this 2 run lead? No one picked second inning. But maybe should’ve… nope still clinging to a 1 run lead
August 11, 20242 yr 15 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said: No one picked second inning. But maybe should’ve… nope still clinging to a 1 run lead Sanchez giving up a lot of hits today.
August 11, 20242 yr 3 minutes ago, John Blutarski said: Sanchez giving up a lot of hits today. Yeah they are gonna lose. Hes not been nearly as good on the road outside of that dodgers start.
August 11, 20242 yr Just now, John Blutarski said: Ugh I at least started emotionally hedging my bets against the Phillies. If i have to watch them play like crap for the better part of two months then I’m going to at least win money off of it.
August 11, 20242 yr 8 minutes ago, John Blutarski said: This is getting ugly quick Don’t worry. I’m sure the bats won’t do anything the rest of the game either
August 11, 20242 yr Honest question what does Kevin long get paid to do? Literally marsh looks atrocious. Stott looks atrocious. Realmuto looks atrocious. Rojas still has his elongated swing. Like i can coach Bryce, Turner, schwarber and Bohm at this point and have the same success.
August 11, 20242 yr Kerkering is a mental midget. He’s also overrated could be worse department, Braves were up 8-2 in the 8th. Now down 9-8 in the 9th
August 11, 20242 yr 6 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said: Kerkering is a mental midget. He’s also overrated could be worse department, Braves were up 8-2 in the 8th. Now down 9-8 in the 9th Coaching staff has to go. Way too much talent and horrible development of the players on the team. Bohm has played better but everyone else is where they were or regressed.
August 11, 20242 yr 6 minutes ago, Diehardfan said: Coaching staff has to go. Way too much talent and horrible development of the players on the team. Bohm has played better but everyone else is where they were or regressed. Long definitely needs to go. His last two stops he was only there 3 years. There’s a reason. Guys might like him but he sucks at developing talent. Bohm is the only one who’s gotten better Stott has regress. Marsh is the same player the angles traded. Rojas still tries swinging for the fences and has an elongated swing since ST. At some point your hitting coach needs to actually make a difference in the guys we are developing. We know what schwarber, Harper, Turner, and Castellanos can do.
August 11, 20242 yr 1 minute ago, John Blutarski said: Well, Alvarado still sucks too Yup. They used him up the last two years. His stuff just isn’t as good. And he has no control.
August 11, 20242 yr 41 minutes ago, John Blutarski said: 24-30 in their last 54 games Shouldn’t panic though cause it’s just a slump. Lol Dude they’ve been 6 under for 54 games. That’s more games then they were playing 37-14 ball at. I would argue their inconsistent play started when they went out to Colorado. That to me is when the season started changing. Since that Colorado Rockies series in Denver they are 32-35. Again 41% of your season you’ve been this. At some point in time there is a reason to believe the Phillies may have peaked in April and May. Maybe they get hot in the postseason and they go on a run and they win a World Series. I’ve seen crazier crap happen. But Teams who sucked in April’s and May like padres, dbacks are better teams now. Dodgers will get betts, muncy and Yamamoto back and frankly when healthy might have been better to begin with. i’ll say this watching this team from the end of May until now they feel very much like a Joe Girardi managed team. What they look like right now is how they played under Joe Girardi. They are going through the motions and one aspect is letting down another they can’t figure their way out if the tail spin. They’ll give you hope for a game or two then revert. Exactly what happened with Girardi
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