April 18Apr 18 1 minute ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:Just saying Reyes looks a lot like mikael FrancoDreamy
April 18Apr 18 Just now, Bwestbrook36 said:DreamyHe might be better than Franco. Hit a bomb in his first ever at bat
April 18Apr 18 Just now, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:He might be better than Franco. Hit a bomb in his first ever at batMy phone is ahead of my TV . Phone showed Phillies 1-0 and I'm like where did the score come from Reyes wasn't even up to bat yet 🤣
April 19Apr 19 This is why this team won’t do anything - they can’t even handle the fundamentals like fielding a simple ground ball that then results in a 3 run inning.
April 19Apr 19 12 minutes ago, mikemack8 said:This is why this team won’t do anything - they can’t even handle the fundamentals like fielding a simple ground ball that then results in a 3 run inning.Can thank Sosa for not catching a ball thrown to him.
April 19Apr 19 Time to fire Topper. I don’t even think he’s the problem. But they have one lever to pull and it’s time to pull it. Just get it over with.
April 19Apr 19 6 minutes ago, eagle45 said:Time to fire Topper. I don’t even think he’s the problem. But they have one lever to pull and it’s time to pull it. Just get it over with.They aren't doing anything till they see what happens after they get Wheeler back.
April 19Apr 19 1 hour ago, Bwestbrook36 said:They aren't doing anything till they see what happens after they get Wheeler back.Yeah i think Thomson gets through April. If they get through that Rockies series in the beginning of May playing like this then theres a good chance heads are rolling
April 19Apr 19 9 hours ago, Bwestbrook36 said:They aren't doing anything till they see what happens after they get Wheeler back.Wheeler isn’t going to be the Wheeler everyone expects….
April 19Apr 19 Going into this season I thought they'd at least be a playoff team (wildcard) but now I have zero confidence in that. They might not even be a.500 team for the year. Normally I'd still watch anyway because it's my routine every spring and summer. But I'm so pissed at DD and Topper and the vets just going through the motions with zero urgency and seem not to give two craps makes me not even want to watch. F this team.
April 19Apr 19 19 hours ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:Didn’t hate the Luzardo deal. Tbh that deal i still think finishes off better than Nola. We still got 4 years of Nola after this year.That’s the problem. I wasn’t including the Nola deal. Also the worst deal ever. Dombrowski just gets away with spending other people’s money based on his resume. Everything he does is absolute trash.
April 19Apr 19 3 hours ago, hputenis said:That’s the problem. I wasn’t including the Nola deal. Also the worst deal ever. Dombrowski just gets away with spending other people’s money based on his resume. Everything he does is absolute trash.Oh, I said this before they have way too many bad contracts or where they gave up too much money/overpaid. The fact that Aaron Nola got seven years was ridiculous. Fact JT got a 3 year $45 mil deal shows how irresponsible he was with giving out contracts and planning the roster
April 20Apr 20 A large part of this is me venting from all the negative momentum they have right now…and from the horrible track record they have bringing along hyped prospects. I said over the last 2 years they might as well trade some of these prospects for help to get over the top…because their prospects aren’t that good anyway and they might as well maximize their chances while they can.I realize it’s early, but I’m not seeing anything that screams top of the rotation ace from Painter. Mick Abel has performed comparably (even better early, arguably) in his MLB debut and we traded him off. Aidan Miller has been way down and way up and isn’t even playing.They don’t have a good farm system. They don’t know how to identify and develop talent. The list of players they have internationally scouted or domestically drafted and converted through to the majors is absolutely abysmal.They need to unload every expensive contract on the roster (will obviously take years) and buy a new foundation of young players. It’s the only way they know how to win.
April 20Apr 20 1 hour ago, eagle45 said:A large part of this is me venting from all the negative momentum they have right now…and from the horrible track record they have bringing along hyped prospects. I said over the last 2 years they might as well trade some of these prospects for help to get over the top…because their prospects aren’t that good anyway and they might as well maximize their chances while they can.I realize it’s early, but I’m not seeing anything that screams top of the rotation ace from Painter. Mick Abel has performed comparably (even better early, arguably) in his MLB debut and we traded him off. Aidan Miller has been way down and way up and isn’t even playing.They don’t have a good farm system. They don’t know how to identify and develop talent. The list of players they have internationally scouted or domestically drafted and converted through to the majors is absolutely abysmal.They need to unload every expensive contract on the roster (will obviously take years) and buy a new foundation of young players. It’s the only way they know how to win.Expecting painter to be skenes in his first year in in majors isn’t realistic. Or realistic at all. He still has upside. The fact is Abel had a 5+ era with the Phillies and then an 8+ with the twins last year. He’s been good his last two starts but still has a 3.98 with 10 walks in 20 IP. Unless you are a kid like skenes the odds you come out looking like an ace in year one is relatively low. In 2021 Sanchez had a 4.97 era and in 2022 he had a 5.63 ERA. Imo need to give painter at least a year and a half to see if he makes improvements and see what he is. I think more realistic he is a 2-3 which is fine with Sanchez and if you get luzardo back on track.Miller has a back issue currently. Hard to know what his development is until he actually plays. He was actually peaking late in the season and trending the right direction. His last two months his slashes were .356/.457/1.100. Those are ridiculous numbers once he figured things out and got fully healthy. Imo i think there’s also some being cautious but also avoiding losing a year of arbitration with all this.They aren’t great at scouting however most prospects aren’t just great off the bat in the majors. Usually a learning curve. Or if they are great they then tend to struggle for a picks as teams adjust. Paul skenes and guys like that are like the rare 5-10%.That said issue is have Dave making trades with guys if they unload. The current FO who we are claiming stinks at identifying talent, overrates prospects and is subpar at developing them are making deals for those guys. So if you are unhappy with what they’ve done to date in that department then probably don’t want them picking prospects in these trades
April 20Apr 20 Looking at the roster with guys I think they’d trade or get calls on MarshStott— i think a team will look at his defense and believe they can get more out of his bat than Kevin long has Garcia— see a team wanting a bench bat and defensive replacement in late games SosaDuranKeller Banks Kerkering — believe someone would give up a middle tier prospect thinking they could make him better Wheeler— depends on how he looks when he comes back and if he’d want to be dealtPotentially Alvarado if he can figure crap out which doesn’t seem likely. I’d also say nola if he’s decent but he has a No trade due to his service time and they’d have to eat significant money on his contract
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