WeaponX Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 I know Middleton has explicitly stated he’s willing to spend. But what about Klentak and the rest of the personnel guys in the Phillies front office? Do they come from teams where spending big in FA was a strategy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjapirate Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 14 hours ago, Danger said: 2018 Rotation: 1. Aaron Nola 2. Jake Thompson 3. Jerad Eickhoff 4. Vince Velasquez 5. Ben Lively Lineup: 1. Cesar Hernandez (2B) 2. Odubel Herrera (CF) 3. Aaron Altherr (LF) 4. Rhys Hoskins (1B) 5. Nick Williams (RF) 6. Maikal Franco (3B) (He shouldn't be batting this high but he will be) 7. Jorge Alfaro (C) 8. JP Crawford (SS) (Crawford may move up to the 7 spot or 2 spot on occasion) 9. Pithcer Switch thompson and lively with darvish and cobb. And that team might be ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Jake Thompson's been pitching better than everyone not named Nola since the All Star break. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjapirate Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 12 hours ago, RollEagles said: I know Middleton has explicitly stated he’s willing to spend. But what about Klentak and the rest of the personnel guys in the Phillies front office? Do they come from teams where spending big in FA was a strategy? The phillies are a big money team why wouldn't they spend money in FA? They have tons of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjapirate Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Danger said: Jake Thompson's been pitching better than everyone not named Nola since the All Star break. still has no plus pitches so just smoke and mirrors. look at the numbers walks too many guys and doesn't strike anyone out. That's not a good pitcher. He's just a guy at this point a shame he forgot how to throw a slider. Edited September 22, 2017 by ninjapirate 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utley Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 3 minutes ago, ninjapirate said: still has no plus pitches so just smoke and mirrors. Which is a shame really. Kid peaked as a pitcher at 19. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjapirate Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 1 minute ago, utley4568 said: Which is a shame really. Kid peaked as a pitcher at 19. yeah no clue what happened to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utley Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 1 minute ago, ninjapirate said: yeah no clue what happened to him. The slider was plus at one point, with some calling it plus-plus. Just fell apart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjapirate Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Just now, utley4568 said: The slider was plus at one point, with some calling it plus-plus. Just fell apart. yeah but how do you forget how to throw a slider? Just seems weird not sure if I know of another top guy that just lost it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjapirate Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 So if the season ended today we would pick 1st. We are tied with the giants and `1 game ahead of the tigers and white sox. We hold the tie breaker over every team and will pick before any if we finish with the same record. Let's lose phillies let's lose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyguy1609 Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 On 9/21/2017 at 9:47 AM, Danger said: 2018 Rotation: 1. Aaron Nola 2. Jake Thompson 3. Jerad Eickhoff 4. Vince Velasquez 5. Ben Lively Lineup: 1. Cesar Hernandez (2B) 2. Odubel Herrera (CF) 3. Aaron Altherr (LF) 4. Rhys Hoskins (1B) 5. Nick Williams (RF) 6. Maikal Franco (3B) (He shouldn't be batting this high but he will be) 7. Jorge Alfaro (C) 8. JP Crawford (SS) (Crawford may move up to the 7 spot or 2 spot on occasion) 9. Pithcer you have VV in the rotation, I see him moving to the bullpen, its in his best/our best interest to go out there.. still think we need to get another sp and maybe move Cesar and bring up kingery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Just now, flyguy1609 said: you have VV in the rotation, I see him moving to the bullpen, its in his best/our best interest to go out there.. still think we need to get another sp and maybe move Cesar and bring up kingery I see no get rid of Cesar, at least not yet, I was going with the players we have now. My -hope- is Cesar can play 3rd base and we can ditch the bum Maikel Franco, but that remains to be seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/20861843/pete-mackanin-not-return-manager-philadelphia-phillies-2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyguy1609 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 don't know how I feel about Pete not coming back next year. its not like we were going to the WS so why not let him finish his contract out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knowledge Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Sitting at the #3 pick right now As much as I would like Beer I still want the Phils to have the option of picking the best player. Hopefully these late wins to come back to bite us and we miss out on a franchise player Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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