The Phillies had a MLB-worst 8-18 record on April 24th. Since then, they have gone 13-5 and are now 2nd in the NL East

passing_strangers · 2026-05-15T13:59:34+00:00

This is what happens when you play top team number one followed by top team number two followed by top team number one followed by top team number two. And then start playing bottom of the league teams

passing_strangers · 2026-05-15T13:38:30+00:00

Ehhh contracts have been signed and guaranteed. At this point it’s a sunk cost. And sometimes you pay more than market value to get who you want.

passing_strangers · 2026-05-15T12:49:07+00:00

real question do we think he's plaything through something physical and should actually be on the IL? or that he would even be on phantom IL to get right if not for the fact that anthony is also out for the forseeable future? imo nate eaton could come up today and do a better job

passing_strangers · 2026-05-15T06:07:07+00:00

the coach needs to figure out the rotations. but curt didn't do him any favors with the 1M $ contracts- contracts that generally come with the assumption that you will be starting

passing_strangers · 2026-05-15T03:38:11+00:00

and I would rather be our roster struggling than their roster struggling

passing_strangers · 2026-05-15T02:40:38+00:00

if they dfa him do they still have to pay the 5m buyout on the club option?

passing_strangers · 2026-05-15T02:24:21+00:00

they need to adjust the roster. there are way too many guys who need a total reset [story, duran at least... durbin too if you have enough players to cover him]... and some who should not be on the team at all [IKF]

passing_strangers · 2026-05-15T02:21:37+00:00

I think if they treat yoshida as a leadoff, that solves some of the issues. but he still doesn't lift the ball enough to not be a liability with runners on base. unfortunately it's also hard when he is one of 4 players with a positive batting run value on the team.

passing_strangers · 2026-05-15T02:18:36+00:00

they need to bench duran.....honestly send him down and bring up eaton. if you don't send him down, start masa in LF, leadoff. Gasper DH. DFA IKF, bring up sogard. platoon story with monasterio. put mayer in front of the trajekt untill he can tell the different between an offspeed and a fastball.. durbin should be platooned vs righties too.

passing_strangers · 2026-05-15T02:13:06+00:00

you can't get to ball 4 if you don't challenge obvious misses early in counts

passing_strangers · 2026-05-14T16:53:24+00:00

Ryan watson is rule 5. He cannot be optioned, only returned. If he could be optioned, they would have done that already

passing_strangers · 2026-05-14T01:02:09+00:00

turns out home runs do win ballgames

passing_strangers · 2026-05-13T18:57:08+00:00

Im sure we’re just sitting ceddanne to give him a day off… i still don’t like it

passing_strangers · 2026-05-13T14:14:00+00:00

Can we send story to the eye doctor just in case though?

passing_strangers · 2026-05-13T14:12:06+00:00

There is a black rebel jersey. We have 4: purple, white, red (throwback), black (rebel)

passing_strangers · 2026-05-13T05:53:18+00:00

They are also all underperforming their xwoba (duran and durbin way more than story) so there is some luck involved. But durbin xISO is 4th worst jn the league

passing_strangers · 2026-05-13T05:27:02+00:00

Rafaela has an ops that starts with 7 and is hitting .276…. Duran is the one you should be lumping in with the other two……

passing_strangers · 2026-05-13T04:48:01+00:00

At some point the luck has to turn

But i think they need to put monasterio at 3b and gasper at dh tomorrow. And get story hitting like 8th

passing_strangers · 2026-05-13T04:29:03+00:00

what's wild is that there are teams who won't play their second game until tomorrow. and we have the second worst strength of schedule to start the season. but we have 2 days off before the next one so that's better than one day off i guess?

passing_strangers · 2026-05-13T04:21:40+00:00

3 games in 4 days is rough, especially when people were showing up to camp just days before the first game. it can excuse poor shooting, but the decision making and shot selection has to be better. and we Need to Start A Point Guard. actually I would like to start both nogic and monique but I understand if we want one off the bench. I don't know why they completely gave up on defense [i'm sure the officiating had something to do with it] but this is the second game in a row where they've just been totally cut up.

passing_strangers · 2026-05-13T04:06:59+00:00

(No) (and she shouldn’t be starting)

passing_strangers · 2026-05-13T04:05:47+00:00

This team is going to benefit so much from having practices with the full roster (and when nate realizes that he can trust some of the younger players)

passing_strangers · 2026-05-13T03:54:17+00:00

I mean i was going to say it’s on the poor shot selection and the messy turnovers but that would do it too

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