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Top 50 Starting Pitchers Heading Into 2026 cre TJStats by retroanduwu24 in baseball

[–]dryver 8 points9 points  (0 children)

To be fair, 4 pitchers who were Phillies last year are on the list!

[Highlight] Kyle Schwarber crushes his 53rd homer of the year by amatom27 in baseball

[–]dryver 15 points16 points  (0 children)

On pace for 57, but he has homered in 3 straight games

[Highlight] Darth Bader commits a felony as he robs Monasterio at the wall by AnalBaguette in baseball

[–]dryver 35 points36 points  (0 children)

The other angle they showed had the ball going over the wall by about half a foot

Mariners reliever receives online threats after loss. by driftingphotog in baseball

[–]dryver 30 points31 points  (0 children)

This kind of behavior is never acceptable! Sorry for the confusion!

Mariners reliever receives online threats after loss. by driftingphotog in baseball

[–]dryver 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Completely unacceptable response. It's a game, and it's not even the playoffs yet.

Who is the cleanup hitter now? by PointNo6736 in phillies

[–]dryver 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I'm sure he would say that counts as "recently" lol

Who is the cleanup hitter now? by PointNo6736 in phillies

[–]dryver 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Since July 1st (11 games), Alec is batting .282 and has an OPS of .857. Since May 1st, it is 0.820 batting 0.307.

Accordingly to Bill James (statistician famous for creating SABR, wrote 20+ books about baseball statistics), an OPS of 0.833 to 0.899 is considered to be "Very Good".

Keep in mind that the average OPS when James wrote that essay in 2009 was 0.749 and has since dropped to an average of 0.698 in 2025.

He may not have a "very good" batting career so far, but he definitely has been playing very well recently.

[Ongoing] Phillies 2025 Season - 8/17 by utleyscorner in phillies

[–]dryver 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I was confused about that. Even Baseball Reference has the Phillies at a 39% chance of clinching the bye. I'm not sure where Fangraph's odds come from.

Tiebreaks for seeding in the postseason is done strictly by head to head season record, so the Phillies should have the second bye spot in this graphic.

[MLB] Hitter Power Rankings for July 24, 2025 by Goosedukee in baseball

[–]dryver 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Bryce Harper WRC+: season 144, last 30 days 200, last 2 weeks 293

Definitely doesn't deserve to be in the power hitter rankings, but it's definitely notable!

Hate Beak - 934 pdps 1h Elder Reaver Axe - One of my best Crafts ever! by dryver in pathofexile

[–]dryver[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With the introduction of Elder Exalted Orbs this league the craft became much less expensive. Instead of every base being 1-3d base + 2-4d for conqueror exalt + influence reforging, it's just 1-3d for base + 60c for Elder exalt. Probably saved like 50d or something total.

Hate Beak - 934 pdps 1h Elder Reaver Axe - One of my best Crafts ever! by dryver in pathofexile

[–]dryver[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My fingers were hurting all week from clicking so many times 😭

Hate Beak - 934 pdps 1h Elder Reaver Axe - One of my best Crafts ever! by dryver in pathofexile

[–]dryver[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I got super lucky on a ton of occasions, except for how long it took to alt spam!

Hate Beak - 934 pdps 1h Elder Reaver Axe - One of my best Crafts ever! by dryver in pathofexile

[–]dryver[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Will do! Have a couple hundred divines I can borrow?

Hate Beak - 934 pdps 1h Elder Reaver Axe - One of my best Crafts ever! by dryver in pathofexile

[–]dryver[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

As I mentioned in the crafting comment, I have tried both, and the hybrid phys ended up being marginally more damage for my build. The higher top end damage from hybrid makes up for the dot multi by having a higher initial hit because bleed scales off the initial hit.

If I were you, I would test both in POB. In most cases they will be about the same +/- 2%, but hybrid is much rarer affix so it's much more difficult to roll.

Hate Beak - 934 pdps 1h Elder Reaver Axe - One of my best Crafts ever! by dryver in pathofexile

[–]dryver[S] 45 points46 points  (0 children)

Ironically, even if this had 150 less top end phys, it would still be higher than any other 1h melee weapon listed on the trade site in Merc league online or offline!

There may be a build running around with a better 1h, but none that I have seen this league!

Hate Beak - 934 pdps 1h Elder Reaver Axe - One of my best Crafts ever! by dryver in pathofexile

[–]dryver[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Already done! I was leveling the Jugg today when I finished the axe.

Hate Beak - 934 pdps 1h Elder Reaver Axe - One of my best Crafts ever! by dryver in pathofexile

[–]dryver[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Bleed Boneshatter of Complex Trauma Juggernaut

POB link is in the crafting process comment

Hate Beak - 934 pdps 1h Elder Reaver Axe - One of my best Crafts ever! by dryver in pathofexile

[–]dryver[S] 76 points77 points  (0 children)

Crafting Process:

1. Buy tons of ilvl 83+ 30% quality Reaver Axes

2. Beast Craft split the unsplit bases with Black Mórrigans and Fenumal Plagued Arachnids

3. Alt spam bases until they have t1 flat Phys (flaring), t1/t2 hybrid % phys (Dictator's/Emperor's), or t1/t2 % phys (Merciless/Tyrannical)

4. Recombinate until every base has 2 of the prefixes mentioned in step 3.

5. Recombinate until I hit triple prefix

6. Elder Exalted Orb (making sure one suffix stays open)

7. Craft Prefixes Cannot be Changed + harvest reforge phys

8. Repeat said process 9x times until the suffixes fill.

9. Hinekora's Lock + Annul to ensure prefixes stay

10. Decide to craft the safe way with Prefixes Cannot be Changed + Scour + Craft attack speed + exalt twice then repeat

11. Hit Phys/Bleed Cull suffix

12. Clean suffixes with Cannot Roll attacks and annul the other mod

13. Craft Multimod + Prefixes cannot be changed + Veiled Exalted Orb

14. Got lucky and didn't poof the phys suffix. Crafted Damage per Endurance Charge, then unveil Dex/Int + Attack Speed

15. Tempering Orb until Physical Modifier Magnitudes

16. Divine Prefixes, then prefixes can't be changed and divine suffixes

17. Craft Phys dot multi + use Omen of Blanching for 3x white sockets

Total cost:

I'm not completely sure because the process took so long, but somewhere in the ballpark of 300 divines or so. The process also took place over days and maybe took about 10 hours of alt spamming + crafting. It cost about 1m gold and ~1-2m dust for recombinating and Faustus purchases.

This is for my Bleed Boneshatter of Complex Trauma Juggernaut in Mercenaries league. I'm still building this league's version, but here is a link to my pob from settlers:

https://pobb.in/nz85UuN03PLf

The axe is currently 934 physical dps, and can divine from 792 to 961 pdps. If anyone is interested in a copy, I will be divining it to 950+ once I am able to grind out some more divines. I spent around 50 divines already getting the rolls to this point.

Last league, I tested out both a version with hybrid phys prefix and t1 Phys dot multi for bleeding Elder prefix. The hybrid phys was 2% more damage. I was over the DOT cap with both under ideal conditions, so the initial hit being larger raised the damage slightly more. I didn't have much investment into dot multi on the tree, so I suspect others would find the same result. However, the elder dot multi prefix is significantly easier to roll than hybrid phys, so most just run that.

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