Watching this Guardians/Tigers game. Cleveland had runners on 1st and 3rd up 4-3 and they utilize a safety squeeze to tack on an extra run. Why can't the Phillies do this? Because in the words of Thomson, they are built to slug. Efen a holes.

Just from a pure hypothetical that maybe yhe phillies look into. If they go out and sign Alex Bregman, then Alec Bohm becomes on the market as bregman is here. You also could push him with Brandon marsh. Marsh has value to an organization that can have him as a platoon OF and he’s cheap for a couple more years at 26. Someone might think they can still fix his LHP hitting problem. Those two together have decent value to a team that wants cheaper and somewhat younger players but also wanting to win now.

The team I look to would actually be the Houston Astros who would have lost bregman. You could package Bohm, marsh and a prospect like Caba to the Astros for Kyle Tucker (coming off an injury plagued season and a FA at the end of 2025). as the two guys in marsh and bohm will still help them win now and they get a top 50ish prospect for a guy in Kyle Tucker. Essentially you’d have two hitters now in your lineup that are professional type hitters and give quality at bats. Frankly it’s an upgrade at both positions. 

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

Just from a pure hypothetical that maybe yhe phillies look into. If they go out and sign Alex Bregman, then Alec Bohm becomes on the market as bregman is here. You also could push him with Brandon marsh. Marsh has value to an organization that can have him as a platoon OF and he’s cheap for a couple more years at 26. Someone might think they can still fix his LHP hitting problem. Those two together have decent value to a team that wants cheaper and somewhat younger players but also wanting to win now.

The team I look to would actually be the Houston Astros who would have lost bregman. You could package Bohm, marsh and a prospect like Caba to the Astros for Kyle Tucker (coming off an injury plagued season and a FA at the end of 2025). as the two guys in marsh and bohm will still help them win now and they get a top 50ish prospect for a guy in Kyle Tucker. Essentially you’d have two hitters now in your lineup that are professional type hitters and give quality at bats. Frankly it’s an upgrade at both positions. 

that's the thing, every player that dave brings in is from a losing organization accept 2 players. heck there were some from scrap heap that won championships last offseason and dave just ignores it.

i was thinking this last night, stop overpaying on players, just sign all the vet stars that are on the cheap side, heck look when we got matt stairs past his prime and he made a big impact for us in 08, that was going all on. if they want to win a world series, stop thinking about youth and go all in on vet stars, take a freaking chance.

24 minutes ago, toughfighter83 said:

that's the thing, every player that dave brings in is from a losing organization accept 2 players. heck there were some from scrap heap that won championships last offseason and dave just ignores it.

i was thinking this last night, stop overpaying on players, just sign all the vet stars that are on the cheap side, heck look when we got matt stairs past his prime and he made a big impact for us in 08, that was going all on. if they want to win a world series, stop thinking about youth and go all in on vet stars, take a freaking chance.

The problem with your whole theory in this is Matt stairs was a bench player. He wasn’t a vet star player. they didn’t really give much up for. He was an after trade deadline waiver trade (August 30th). They gave up Fabio Castro who wasn’t a top tier type prospect. Add on stairs really had that HR in a pinch hitter spot in the nlcs. He wasn’t a major contributor. He was a bench player. 

also Matt stairs was 1-4 that playoff run in 08. His only hit was that HR. I’d add to this he played in 4 playoff games prior to his arrival in Philly and were all 2000 and before. He was 1-10 

If you want to say stop thinking about the youth, then you wouldn’t have had Chase Utley, Ryan, Howard, Ruiz, Hamels or Jimmy Rollins. And there were times that they thought about trading Howard but thankfully didn’t.

another thing if you’re gonna trade a top-tier prospects and get players then you better actually know the players really good like a Kyle Tucker. if you don’t and you’re just doing it for someone you hope becomes really good then you get Brandon marsh.

I Fing hate this team for what it's done and put us through......I'd almost prefer the olden days of complete suckage.....

21 minutes ago, NYEagle said:

I Fing hate this team for what it's done and put us through......I'd almost prefer the olden days of complete suckage.....

Good news, you will enjoy the next 10 years!

 

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

 

Should just be Dombrowski announcing that Thomson is being fired. 

8 minutes ago, nipples said:

Should just be Dombrowski announcing that Thomson is being fired. 

Tbh I think he would just retire. Because he was going to retire at the end of 2022 except that he got the manager job and decided to stick with it. If they were going to move on from him, I think they would just let say he’s retiring

1 hour ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Tbh I think he would just retire. Because he was going to retire at the end of 2022 except that he got the manager job and decided to stick with it. If they were going to move on from him, I think they would just let say he’s retiring

Then they need to give him a contract extension. Could they make Thomson coach next year as a lame duck? Sure, but it wouldn't look right. Myself? I don't care either way. 

1 minute ago, vsptroops said:

Then they need to give him a contract extension. Could they make Thomson coach next year as a lame duck? Sure, but it wouldn't look right. Myself? I don't care either way. 

I think if they wanted to fire and move on from Thomson, they just ask him to retire and still pay him that last year (2025). Due to the success he’s had the last 3 years they’d give him that respect. I don’t think they’d all out fire him. he’s retiring as soon as he’s no longer the manager of the Phillies. Possible to see them doing the lame duck manager. Not likely but i could see it. 

Padres were so inspired by the Phillies they’ve decided to go 24 innings without scoring 

 

3 of the 4 teams with byes advanced.  

Still openings on the Flyers Bandwagon, I am driving all the way to the Stanley Cup, get onboard

2 hours ago, GoEagles5921 said:

3 of the 4 teams with byes advanced.  

That excuse is very 2023, this year it is the shadows

Bro is just tai walker lol 

 

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

Bro is just tai walker lol 

 

Nice 

 

 

 

Looks like reality is hitting the Mets straight in the face so far in game 1. This isn't the limp ass Phillies lineup they are facing. Already I've seen the Dodgers have 2 successful sacrifice bunts and back to back right-handed hitters going the other way for base hits that generated 2 runs. I would say those 2 bunts maybe match what the Phillies attempted all year. Just infuriating. 

 

6 minutes ago, vsptroops said:

Looks like reality is hitting the Mets straight in the face so far in game 1. This isn't the limp ass Phillies lineup they are facing. Already I've seen the Dodgers have 2 successful sacrifice bunts and back to back right-handed hitters going the other way for base hits that generated 2 runs. I would say those 2 bunts maybe match what the Phillies attempted all year. Just infuriating. 

I felt this way before the series started, if they face the Mets, Brewers or Diamondbacks they weren’t winning that series. Because they all were going to use the same blueprint. And the Phillies were not going to change what they do. And it was pretty obvious cause in August to the end of the season they had the worst chase rate in baseball. So they were going to lose, regardless because you can’t change a zebras stripes. They needed to make the moves in the offseason and they were arrogant thinking it was a fluke and they’d just be better 

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

I felt this way before the series started, if they face the Mets, Brewers or Diamondbacks they weren’t winning that series. Because they all were going to use the same blueprint. And the Phillies were not going to change what they do. And it was pretty obvious cause in August to the end of the season they had the worst chase rate in baseball. So they were going to lose, regardless because you can’t change a zebras stripes. They needed to make the moves in the offseason and they were arrogant thinking it was a fluke and they’d just be better 

I just want to know if those bunts by the Dodgers were called by Roberts or do their hitters play unselfish baseball, meaning they will do whatever it takes to win. Even watching their hitters hit the ball to the opposite field is impressive. Just hit the ball where it's pitched and don't try to do too much. What a concept. Maybe it's an organizational philosophy? Whatever it is, maybe the Phillies should copy that blueprint.