2025 Phillies Thread
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Big time Snub, Ranger should be in over Kershaw as well.
91 pitches in the fifth inning. He certainly wouldn’t have been there in the 8th so no.
This team pretty much is what it is. Unless they get hot in October, they better start making tee times.
Pretty much any team that wins a world series needs to get hot in October.
They are still a top 5-6 team no matter how bad you want them not to be.
It is what it is: about the fourth best record in baseball in a league and a sport that doesn’t have any great teams. They are as good or better than every team in baseball so I think they can hold off on the tee times for now.
how is this home plate ump employed by MLB? He's been brutal in calling multiple balls as strikes against Harper. And now, in the 8th inning, he's missing strikes left and right that Kerkering has thrown. smh
Gambling. It’s rampant in all sports. Look at what is happening now with the NBA.
We’ll see, Grant. They look capable of making the playoffs. Neither them or the Mets want to pull away in the NL East.
And I want them to win the series for the record. It’s the end of a title contention with a frustrating run of the same problems that has many fans like me frustrated.
Dom built the roster in a specific way so they are what they are.
As a long suffering Pirates fan at heart, I’ll trade you rosters, coaches, GMs, and owners. As the saying goes, “I’ll give you something to cry about!”
Unlikely in this case. A sportsbook would see irregular betting patterns coupled with obviously bad calls and this ump would possibly be out of a job. A foolish risk for probably not a lot of money. I don't think people understand how devoted sportsbooks are to finding irregular betting patterns. That is what always gets these guys caught. It's why Beasley is in trouble.
I'm really not sure what problems you are seeing that other teams don't have as well. Do you want a bunch of singles hitters that make contact, but don't score a lot of runs either? The type of hitters that the Phillies have are what baseball breeds these days. They are 10th best in strike-outs per game - could be better but not a major problem.
I think the Phillies acquired Harper and then Dombrowski just tried to assemble the best group of free agents available to make a run. Are they perfect? No. Are they good enough to make the playoffs? Yes. Like every other team (with exception of maybe the Dodgers), we have to hope they get hot in September-October.
Regarding the Kerkering pitches, hey were awful calls. Three in a row and a terrible job by the ump.
Bad calls tend to even out over the long run and hopefully the Phils benefit next time.
prime example. Nats were a WC team and probably 6th or 7th in games won in regular season.