Phillies

[NickleDimer]

He franchise has slipped into complete dumpster fire mode after their second weeklong losing streak of the season. Somehow I am more hopeful thought. The bright spots keep getting brighter while low spots keep sucking more.

c hernandez is on fire and has ended an American hero's career.

f galvis is looking competent. see the most pitches in the team. Shouldn't be hitting in the 7/8 hole.

M Franco is still stroking hits.

Adam Morgan came out of obscurity to throw two competent games.

 

[CherryHillTaxGuy]

 

[NickleDimer]

Why is Howard batting cleanup? Is the front office still hoping that he turns back the clock 7 years and starts producing enough to draw trade offers?

 

[CherryHillTaxGuy]

 

[NickleDimer]

Here's a challenging role playing exercise: pretend you're a major league GM and talk yourself into giving Darrin Ruf an at bat.

I can't do it. I couldn't find a single redeeming aspect of doing it.

 

[NovaHoops2002]

Sean O'Sullivan DFA. Could we see Nola after the break?

 

[NovaHoops2002]

Correia DFA as well. The Phillies rotation right now:

Hamels
Billingsley
Morgan

Get rid of Billingsley too, he stinks. I am liking what I see from Morgan so far.

 

[PeterN]

 

[NovaHoops2002]

Remember when the Mets were world beaters at 14-4? They have been 29-37 since.

 

[novabubba]

Remember when the Mets were world beaters at 14-4? They have been 29-37 since.

Still up 15 games on your team though.

(Insert mets injury excuse here)

 

[CherryHillTaxGuy]

That pitching staff is pretty damn good and should be for years to come Shame they can't hit worth a dick.

 

[NovaHoops2002]

Still up 15 games on your team though.

(Insert mets injury excuse here)

Pop those bottles - los mets are 15 games better than one of the worst teams in MLB history.

 

[matty17]

Correia DFA as well. The Phillies rotation right now:

Hamels
Billingsley
Morgan

Get rid of Billingsley too, he stinks. I am liking what I see from Morgan so far.

The legendary Jerome Williams is rehab starting so we have that going for us.

 

[nardibynature123]

Wow, you know its bad when matty17 is mocking a CoP team.

 

[NickleDimer]

Biddle to AAA.

 

[ChuckSullivan97]

Rollins really having a rough go of it offensively this year. (.260 OBP)

Zach Eflin having a solid year at Reading so far. (5-4, 2.88 ERA, 1.10 WHIP)

 

[NickleDimer]

Nola, Biddle, Efflin - none of them have overpowering stuff. And Biddle has pretty significant control issues. Will be interesting if/how that translated to MLB.

 

[NovaHoops2002]

Nola, Biddle, Efflin - none of them have overpowering stuff. And Biddle has pretty significant control issues. Will be interesting if/how that translated to MLB.

Good points. But Nola has great control and mixes his pitches very well. He's not going to be Max Scherzer but I think he can be a very solid pitcher.

Look at his stats over the course of this season:

100.1 IP with only 83 hits and 14 BB. That is a solid WHIP of 0.97. His strikeout numbers could be higher, but he is not a guy that will overpower you. He has given up more hits in AAA but continued not to walk batters, and his K levels have actually risen. 23.2 IP 24 H 5 BB 24 K.

I see him as a very solid 2 with the upside to be a 1 for the Phils in the future.

 

[nardibynature123]

So much for the Rollins HOF talk.

 

[NickleDimer]

So much for the Rollins HOF talk.

He's in the Hall of Fame of my heart.

 

[novabball2]

not even close to as good as Mantle but same thing happened to Mickey, held on too long and dropped below .300 career lifetime. Rollins is just collecting a pay check at this point , not a bad retirement job, shortstop for the Dodgers.

 

[novabball2]

since this is a CoP thread. take a look to the far right, is that person using the sweegy to beat the homeless man?

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20150708_Juveniles_sentenced_in_homeless_vet_s_beating.html

 

[NickleDimer]

horriffic story, but I did find this interesting:

"They used Mace, a hammer, and a rocking-chair leg as weapons."

 

[nardibynature123]

horriffic story, but I did find this interesting:

"They used Mace, a hammer, and a rocking-chair leg as weapons."

Guess they took the rocking chair from their grandma, closest relative.

 

[NickleDimer]

Let he amongst us who hasn't been beat a homeless man into a coma with a rocking chair leg at a gas station while pumping gas for tips cast the first stone.

 

[NovaHoops2002]

Great debut by Biddle in AAA.

Morgan has nice stuff, it's really only been the long ball that has hurt him the past 2 starts. I like the way he pitches, reminds me a lot of Cliff Lee. He just needs to work on his location. He has a very good breaking stuff. I have really enjoyed watching him pitch this year.

 

[CherryHillTaxGuy]

I have really enjoyed watching him pitch this year.

 

[novabball2]

cliff lee, i completely forgot about him. is his career over? or is he "injured" so he doesnt have to pitch for the Phillies while still collecting $20M per.

 

[novabball2]

Kershaw with a nice outing, im sure he was thinking no hitter when he took the mound vs those stiffs. 8H, 0 runs, 9 innings , not bad.

 

[CherryHillTaxGuy]

Kershaw with a nice outing, im sure he was thinking no hitter when he took the mound vs those stiffs. 8H, 0 runs, 9 innings , not bad.

Phillies were an astounding +400 last night. Don't see that often. Amiright, gpuppy?

 

[CherryHillTaxGuy]

cliff lee, i completely forgot about him. is his career over? or is he "injured" so he doesnt have to pitch for the Phillies while still collecting $20M per.

I think he took the gutless route. If he was a real competitor, he'd have had surgery over a year ago and could be pitching again. Instead he opted to basically let the clock on his career expire and took last 2 years off.

 

[novabball2]

but got paid. he was a tremendous pitcher for the phillies in 09, sadly he will be remembered for the cardinals game in 2011.

 

[NickleDimer]

I think he took the gutless route. If he was a real competitor, he'd have had surgery over a year ago and could be pitching again. Instead he opted to basically let the clock on his career expire and took last 2 years off.

Option 1: make $50 million and do nothing
Option 2: make $50 million and have surgery, grind out a year of rehab

 

[novabball2]

 

[novabball2]

you have to hand it to CoP fans. they know how to get everything out of the Ph sounding F.

 

[CherryHillTaxGuy]

you have to hand it to CoP fans. they know how to get everything out of the Ph sounding F.

Please don't link to shirts being sold by 5th tier blogs even if creator of said blog is a Villanova alum.

 

[NickleDimer]

you have to hand it to CoP phans. they know how to get everything out of the Ph sounding F.

phixed.

 

[NickleDimer]

Please don't link to shirts being sold by 5th tier blogs even if creator of said blog is a Villanova alum.

That guy is awful. Does anyone know him?

 

[novabball2]

who is he?

ND - you have me laughing out loud in the happens everywhere thread.

 

[NickleDimer]

just look him up. i won't trash another VU grad's hustle. not after the tongue lashing that paddy cans gave me when I mocked thesportsboss.com.