2025 Phillies Thread
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I get the frustration. It's just a part of baseball that gets overly scrutinized.
Let's hope the Phils have a run of good luck with RISP sometime between October 1 and November 10.
They are 1-11 with RISP so far tonight. 9 LOB. They have the lead, but they have to be better than 1-11 when it counts. 1-11 with RISP will get you bounced out of the playoffs pretty quickly.
Starting to get excited here. If Wheels can get figured out, you’ve got him, Sanchez, Ranger and fingers crossed for Nola when he gets back. And right now, 7th, 8th and 9th of Strahm, Kerkering and Duran…
Boys that sounds like a heck of a playoff staff
Boys that sounds like a heck of a playoff staff
Ring It!!! Fightins start their longest road trip of the season with a 9-1 win over Texas. (Been some time since we won there.)
So 0.333 with risp ? With a few extra base hits. Is that good?
The rangers only left 4 in scoring position. Moral victory for them?
4-14, 11 LOB. Better late in the game, but this team is still dependent on the HR. That hasn’t changed. As we have seen before, when the bats go cold and the HR disappears, so does the run production on this team.
For the life of me, I can’t figure out why they got Bader if they are going to just play Kepler anyway? Does Kepler have compromising photos of Topper or something? He’s batting .201.
You are right, in that, the stat can be misleading. However, the Phillies are still very HR dependent and if those HRs go dormant, they usually don’t have much offense.
The Phillies are ninth in runs pg, 12th in hrpg, ninth in runs scored via home runs.
I’m thinking back to the playoff series last year against the Mets when the bats went cold. They only scored 12 runs in 4 games. Just 3 HRs and 11 RBIs in those games. The team batting average for that series was .186. The bullpen sucked, but they only averaged 3 runs per game and lost the series 3-1.
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The bullpen was, by far, the primary reason they lost the Mets series
I can’t say you are wrong, as Hoffman and Alvarado looked scared to death, but you don’t win a MLB playoff series batting .186 as a team.
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So .285 with risp. Your going to win a lot of playoff series when you do that to the tune of 9 runs.
It’s a sample size of one. They did better last night, aided by a multi-hit 9th inning.
Most would agree they’re a streaky lineup that is heavily reliant on HRs to score consistently. That may also be an MLB trend in this era.
And citing a .185 average in a playoff series is also essentially a sample of 1 so let’s not rely on either and look at long term stats.
Like I’ve said a hundred times. Winning a World Series is about getting hot at the right time. The Phillies are no different than almost any other team in this respect. And yes, MLB s as a whole has become more focused on Extra base hits (just like the nba and 3 pt shots). Again the phils are no different.
they clearly have the pitching and hitting talent so stop all the hand wringing about RISP and streaks and just have some hope that they go on a run at the right time.
Well hang on with last night being all about the long ball. Take away the HRs and they still scored 4 runs. With the starting staff they have currently only needing to go 6, 4 is gonna be enough more often than not.
Agree small sample size, and there’s some dependence on HRs, but even getting all those runners into scoring position is huge. The key isn’t HRs, it’s timely hitting.
I’ll also admit I’m an eternal optimist, so swallow this take with that in mind.
Agree small sample size, and there’s some dependence on HRs, but even getting all those runners into scoring position is huge. The key isn’t HRs, it’s timely hitting.
I’ll also admit I’m an eternal optimist, so swallow this take with that in mind.
Alvarado pitched 0.2 innings in that series. He gave up 2 earned runs and 2 walks in that time frame for an ERA of 27. Hoffman appeared in 3 games with an ERA of 40.50 Strahm also appeared in 3 games and had an ERA of 18.