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Re: Phillies' 2023 Ride or Die Monkees Tribute GDT #9 04/09/23: Phillies(3-5) @ Reds(3-4) - 1:05pm

Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2023 7:58 pm
by Christopher
They're going to have to use Alvarado for 1-run saves & for tough spots in the 7th and 8th.
Kimbrel will have to close when it's a 3-run lead.
Soto is going to get a chance very soon for key innings.

Re: Phillies' 2023 Ride or Die Monkees Tribute GDT #9 04/09/23: Phillies(3-5) @ Reds(3-4) - 1:05pm

Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2023 8:00 pm
by Christopher
awfulstack wrote: Sun Apr 09, 2023 7:58 pm The Phillies as constructed just aren’t good. My gut is that they will be functionally eliminated by the time Bryce is back.
Gotta keep an eye on Milwaukee & St. Louis. If they're both 90-win teams, the path to the playoffs becomes extremely narrow. Basically Phillies or Mets for last spot.

Re: Phillies' 2023 Ride or Die Monkees Tribute GDT #9 04/09/23: Phillies(3-5) @ Reds(3-4) - 1:05pm

Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2023 8:01 pm
by Christopher
Gibault is not great. Let's see if we can last-gasp something here.

Re: Phillies' 2023 Ride or Die Monkees Tribute GDT #9 04/09/23: Phillies(3-5) @ Reds(3-4) - 1:05pm

Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2023 8:03 pm
by awfulstack
Also it’s a lot of money being paid to starters that are not really delivering much.

4 and 2/3 is not good enough from your starter.

Re: Phillies' 2023 Ride or Die Monkees Tribute GDT #9 04/09/23: Phillies(3-5) @ Reds(3-4) - 1:05pm

Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2023 8:06 pm
by awfulstack
Also that Castellanos contract. Yikes. He still looks like shit.

Re: Phillies' 2023 Ride or Die Monkees Tribute GDT #9 04/09/23: Phillies(3-5) @ Reds(3-4) - 1:05pm

Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2023 8:06 pm
by Christopher
Very true. Need 6-7 inning starts from Nola, Wheeler, Walker.
The sad reality though is that baseball is shifting toward 6-inning starters, at best, until it's crunch time.
Bullpen looks a lot more reasonable if you only have to get 6-9 outs from it, but alas.

Re: Phillies' 2023 Ride or Die Monkees Tribute GDT #9 04/09/23: Phillies(3-5) @ Reds(3-4) - 1:05pm

Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2023 8:07 pm
by Christopher
Monkees fever is over.

Time to start shitting on everyone.

Re: Phillies' 2023 Ride or Die Monkees Tribute GDT #9 04/09/23: Phillies(3-5) @ Reds(3-4) - 1:05pm

Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2023 8:09 pm
by Christopher
With tomorrow being Strahm vs. Alcantara, this was a game we needed.

Now we're staring at 3-7 by tomorrow night.

They're going to spend months digging out of this.

Re: Phillies' 2023 Ride or Die Monkees Tribute GDT #9 04/09/23: Phillies(3-5) @ Reds(3-4) - 1:05pm

Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2023 8:13 pm
by Christopher
Some of these pitchers were not prepared for dealing with the pitch clock

Re: Phillies' 2023 Ride or Die Monkees Tribute GDT #9 04/09/23: Phillies(3-5) @ Reds(3-4) - 1:05pm

Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2023 8:37 pm
by Lipschitz