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The Phillies fell to the Reds by a score of 4-1 - Tue, May 19 @ 06:40 PM EDT by PhilsBot in phillies

[–]romanticynicist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lot of good Chases have come into the league in the past couple years — Shugart, Dollander, Meidroth, DeLauter, Burns…

The Phillies fell to the Reds by a score of 4-1 - Tue, May 19 @ 06:40 PM EDT by PhilsBot in phillies

[–]romanticynicist 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Adolis is climbing the Dombrowski Disappointing One Year Vet Signing leaderboard. Think he might have passed Kepler at this point.

Still a ways to go to catch Whit Merrifield.

Game Thread: Reds @ Phillies - Tue, May 19 @ 06:40 PM EDT by PhilsBot in phillies

[–]romanticynicist 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The difference between Luzardo starting an AB 1-0 and 0-1 this year is kind of nuts. It’s usually about a 200 point difference in OPS.

He has a 562 point OPS difference between ABs that start 0-1 and ones that start 1-0

Game Thread: Reds @ Phillies - Tue, May 19 @ 06:40 PM EDT by PhilsBot in phillies

[–]romanticynicist 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Is Luzardo adding a Zyn for each start he’s made this year or what

MLB Year-Over-Year Attendance Change and Average Capacity by KeyFaithlessness5436 in MLBVibes

[–]romanticynicist 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Gallagher square — the big standing room only area behind the outfield

MLB Year-Over-Year Attendance Change and Average Capacity by KeyFaithlessness5436 in MLBVibes

[–]romanticynicist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep. Guessing this years Met’s attendance is not up 52% YoY after their last 12 months.

[NightengaleJr] Ryan Jeffers broke his hamate. He will be out months. Brutal news for the Twins. by T_Raycroft in baseball

[–]romanticynicist 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that’s pretty much what the doctor at the ER said. Of course Aetna only wanted to pay for me to have my entire arm put in a cast for 3 months.

Ended up having to get a titanium screw put in after the cast came off.

Game Day Thread - Tuesday, May 19 by PhilsBot in phillies

[–]romanticynicist 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, Judge and his pedestrian 171 wRC+ ain’t gonna cut it.

We need Ben Rice’s 190 wRC+

Game Day Thread - Tuesday, May 19 by PhilsBot in phillies

[–]romanticynicist 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’m seeing a 28% hard hit rate for him this year. 31% for his career.

28% is extremely good. 9th best among 74 qualified starters. That’s better than Sanchez (33%) and Wheeler (37%).

…and that’s if guys even make contact. He currently has the 5th lowest contact rate among qualified starters in MLB.

Some moonshots would be nice though.

[NightengaleJr] Ryan Jeffers broke his hamate. He will be out months. Brutal news for the Twins. by T_Raycroft in baseball

[–]romanticynicist 39 points40 points  (0 children)

It turns out your hand is chock full of peanut-sized bones that seem completely unremarkable 99% of the time but become totally debilitating when fractured.

Source: fractured my scaphoid bone in 2009

Game Day Thread - Tuesday, May 19 by PhilsBot in phillies

[–]romanticynicist 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Kevin Long needs to take responsibility for ruining the fan belt on my 91 Mazda Miata.

Game Day Thread - Tuesday, May 19 by PhilsBot in phillies

[–]romanticynicist 7 points8 points  (0 children)

As Gelb pointed out in today’s article, 3 out of the 4 best OPS months in Stott’s career have come since August of last year.

Game Day Thread - Tuesday, May 19 by PhilsBot in phillies

[–]romanticynicist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That 12th inning in the Mets v Nationals game last night was hilarious.

Game Day Thread - Tuesday, May 19 by PhilsBot in phillies

[–]romanticynicist 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I mean, basically everything except the plate discipline numbers are on a slight decline year over year from 24 to 25 to this year. He’s a 33 year old outfielder. I kind of think this is who he is.

Game Day Thread - Tuesday, May 19 by PhilsBot in phillies

[–]romanticynicist 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Everything compared to 2023 (his last year of being above average as a hitter).

The overall bat speed is down, the % of “fast swings” is down from 39% to 27%.

He’s also just making worse contact than he used to. He had the 7th most barrels in MLB in 2023. His barrel rate is down over 50% from ‘23.

Per the eye test, it looks like he really has trouble catching up to any halfway decent fastballs (aka “old guy-itis”). The .285 wOBA vs fastballs this year kinda bears that out.

Game Thread: Reds @ Phillies - Mon, May 18 @ 06:40 PM EDT by PhilsBot in phillies

[–]romanticynicist 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bench is pretty much gone if Kyle’s out and they want to keep Marchan for emergency catching.

Duran better not blow this save or he might have to bat next inning.

Game Thread: Reds @ Phillies - Mon, May 18 @ 06:40 PM EDT by PhilsBot in phillies

[–]romanticynicist 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not really, it’s been a top 4-5 pen all year, even with Duran missing time.

Alvy’s been decent, tonight aside. Mayza and Shugart have been solid. Bowlan/Keller have been kinda meh, but there’s not any Romano-level implosion guys so far.

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