Who are they trotting out for the bottom of the ninth? At least the Padres top of order was last inning.yeah of little faith.
2023 Phillies Thread
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Phillies win. I knew Alvarado had it all the way!And by the way it’s “ye of little faith” not “yeah”! 🫵
that is true ... just typing fast and a little bit sloppy
No doubt about that. Hopefully all goes well for him and his wife.
Castellanos has seen 4 pitches tonight resulting in 6 outs. That almost seems impossible.
Today was important with how well the Cubs are playing. I keep seeing Milwaukee as their true wild card competition. I think Chicago is going to storm back and take that division.
they are hot.
The Cubs were 18-9 in August. They are 5-1 in September.
Some comparisons:
The Phillies were 17-10 in August, and are 3-3 in September.
The Brewers were 17-9 in August, and are 3-3 in September.
Some other August records:
Dodgers: 24-5
Mariners: 21-6
Braves: 21-8
Rays: 17-8
Orioles: 18-9
Astros: 17-11
Nationals: 17-11
The Cubs are 1 1/2 games behind the Brewers in the NL Central, so the top spot is up in the air. (By comparison, in the NL East the Braves are 13 1/2 games ahead of the Fightins, and in the NL West the Dodgers are 13 games ahead of the Diamondbacks.)
The Phils would win a tie-breaker with the Cubs, but not the Brewers. We need those 3 games at CBP. A little good news tonight as the D-Backs beat the Cubs, now 3 up in the loss column.
Hopefully his hot streak comes back with it.
The whole bullpen has been a disaster lately. Do you trust anyone right now heading into late September?
I think the last game he pitched he did quite well. He has been disappointing in several of his appearances in the past month.
They certainly have been inconsistent and disappointing. Tonight, all 3 runs the Fish scored were against the 'pen.
It didn't work out for the Fightins, but I wouldn't argue with Topper's move. Sanchez was at 82 pitches. He had faced 20 batters. This season he's averaged 21 batters faced per game. They seem to be careful about not having him throw too many pitches in his starts.
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Or not thinking at all. Probably following a formula from analytics.
Too many young pitchers have been ruined by too much work early on. While this season is important and the game was as well, you also have to look a couple of years down the road.
yeah, that was frustrating. He seemed to be in good shape, and the pitch count wasn’t too high, but suddenly the Fish were teeing off on him. Nice of Marsh to come through with the bases loaded in the bottom of the inning
Nola has one bad inning every time he pitches. It’s like clockwork, you just aren’t sure which inning it will be. I don’t get it.
While homegrown, Nola just hasn’t developed that next step to become a top-tier, dependable starter. For the money he wants, it’s best to let him leave. They can do better or at least pay a lot less for similar production.
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