Phillies

[Geowhizzer]

What's with the camouflage hats?  Memorial Day isn't for two more weeks.

[ice grillin you]

as bad as their offense looks, their team is ops is 10th in the NL and theyre 9th in homers

not good, but not utterly abysmal.

that's really cause baseball sucks...even the best offensive teams are pretty bad offensively

[MDS]

the average ops is off 20/30 points from where it usually is

could even out or could be a weirdo year of the pitcher thing going, which in 2021 parlance means an enormous amount of strikeouts. its not great.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Can't blame Vinny tonight

[ice grillin you]

the average ops is off 20/30 points from where it usually is

could even out or could be a weirdo year of the pitcher thing going, which in 2021 parlance means an enormous amount of strikeouts. its not great.

it used to be if someone was hitting .235 it stood out for how horrible they are now it's the 4th best avg on the team

all that matters now is if you hit homers

[PhillyPhreak54]

the average ops is off 20/30 points from where it usually is

could even out or could be a weirdo year of the pitcher thing going, which in 2021 parlance means an enormous amount of strikeouts. its not great.

it used to be if someone was hitting .235 it stood out for how horrible they are now it's the 4th best avg on the team

all that matters now is if you hit homers

Thank you.

If I hear one more time how someone hitting farging .218 is hitting well I'm gonna lose it. Dook is hitting .218/7/19 and people would be like "he's hitting well!"

No.

[MDS]

its a little of an over simplification but i find it hard to believe the slappys of the 80s who could hit .300 with mostly singles could even do that with the quality of pitching in the game today

you are just generally not a valuable player in the game now without double digit homers. and the amazing thing is that even with all the homers nobody touches even 50. youd think with all the homers there would be a chase of 60 but its not even a remote possibility

[ice grillin you]

you are just generally not a valuable player in the game now without double digit homers. and the amazing thing is that even with all the homers nobody touches even 50. youd think with all the homers there would be a chase of 60 but its not even a remote possibility

That's cause home runs are luck now...close your eyes and hope not to K

before you were looking to drive a ball in the gap and a double might turn into HR

[PhillyPhreak54]

Nice inning here.

Now hold the lead

[QB Eagles]

its a little of an over simplification but i find it hard to believe the slappys of the 80s who could hit .300 with mostly singles could even do that with the quality of pitching in the game today

Even if they could they might be coached to not do it... it might be less correlated with winning than working the pitcher deep into the count and waiting for a potential meatball.

[PhillyPhreak54]

its a little of an over simplification but i find it hard to believe the slappys of the 80s who could hit .300 with mostly singles could even do that with the quality of pitching in the game today

you are just generally not a valuable player in the game now without double digit homers. and the amazing thing is that even with all the homers nobody touches even 50. youd think with all the homers there would be a chase of 60 but its not even a remote possibility

Sure. Hit 11-18 homers. But don't hit .204

[MDS]

youre being a bit too general and also not factoring in how difficult it is to hit this pitching

the analytical approach of playing for the 3 true outcomes is, in the macro, the best way to score runs. is it the best entertainment product? god no.

i feel like theyre going to move the rubber back a foot within the next season or two

[PhillyPhreak54]

I hope they do.

Because yeah the pitching has gotten harder to hit. But I still think that of the hitters worried less about launch angle and "exit velo" and looked to gap a ball they'd be better off.

[MDS]

the royals sort of play that way. speed, defense, contact. it worked for them for a time. but they drafted and developed for that, and had to, because theyre a small market team that needs to do something outside the box to win.

the phillies first off cant develop talent and second off financially can compete at the top of the market so they just wind up copying everyone else. the rays are the best at this, they lead the league in strikeouts. they still win. its what it is.

[PhillyPhreak54]

And honestly when they were winning I really enjoyed watching them.