Phillies

[Geowhizzer]

I just saw a tweet that was blasting the trade, and said that Maton was... and I quote, "another Utley in the making."

[PhillyPhreak54]

Yeah I liked Maton but good lord.

[ice grillin you]

i just wanna know how this mother farger made an all star game

[MDS]

soto? every team has to have one and bad teams often get random relievers as theirs

[ice grillin you]

He wasnt in their top three players and maybe not pitchers

[SD]

Hits 98 on the gun. Teach him some control and who knows

https://twitter.com/phillies/status/1612509674707816448 46&t=50PpH6D6QS_aryYqNjR9Wg

[QB Eagles]

Loading up on velocity

[Munson]

https://twitter.com/panasonicdx4500/status/1613234343740145665 46&t=mr5z51E-OJRJWLkttsfwqA

[MDS]

tonsilitis lobotomy looks like a farging instagram skank

[SD]

According to the CPBL Stats Twitter account, the Phillies are set to sign Wen-Hui Pan, a 20 year old flamethrower, for a $400,000 bonus.

Wen-Hui Pan adds another intriguing arm to Philadelphia Phillies system

Pan is the type of pitcher that would generate interest regardless of where he was playing. He has a four pitch mix – a fastball, splitter, curve, and slider. His fastball has been clocked as high as 98.4 MPH and he has displayed an impressive ability to generate grounders with his fastball and splitter. The video below shows a quick glimpse of his arsenal.

Extremely low risk high reward

Avoided arbitration with Hoskins ($12 million) and Suarez ($2.95 million)

Painter named #1 pitching prospect by mlb execs

https://twitter.com/philsplayerdev/status/1613677098735992832 46&t=DgcEd0mA63G54wliWPJcvw

[MDS]

i done been tellin yall painter is legit for a few years now....look the farg out

i dont think the phillies have ever had a pitching prospect of this magnitude. hamels and myers were hyped but not on this level

[QB Eagles]

Wish that award was something they gave out before 2023 so we could examine the track record.

[SD]

https://twitter.com/jessesanchezmlb/status/1614637953082327040 46&t=VNHVRB1NLanAbitn_re4sA

https://twitter.com/jessesanchezmlb/status/1614638715829366785 46&t=nDISCBA5ScZCECyaeDKZlw

PHILADELPHIA -- Hitters might want to think twice before bringing their best bats into the batter's box against Phillies relievers.  The Phillies have been one of baseball's busiest teams this winter, acquiring Trea Turner, Taijuan Walker, Gregory Soto, Craig Kimbrel and Matt Strahm, among others. One thing that has jumped out is the velocity they have added to the bullpen.

The Phillies already had one of the hardest-throwing bullpens in baseball before they acquired Soto, Kimbrel, Strahm and Yunior Marte. (They also had one of the most productive, ranking ninth with 5.1 WAR, according to FanGraphs.) It ranked second in baseball last season in average fastball velocity at 95.6 mph, according to Baseball Savant. Only the Yankees bullpen threw harder at 96.1 mph.  But the Phillies this year could blow past the Yankees' mark, which is baseball's best since at least 2008.

A hypothetical eight-man 2023 Opening Day bullpen includes José Alvarado (average fastball velocity 99.6 mph), Soto (98.4 mph), Seranthony Domínguez (97.9 mph), Nick Nelson (96.3 mph), Kimbrel (95.8 mph), Connor Brogdon (95.1 mph), Andrew Bellatti (94.4 mph) and Strahm (94.1 mph).  Those eight averaged 96.8 mph with their fastballs last year.  The Phillies have hard throwers behind them, too. Also on the 40-man roster are Marte (97.3 mph) and Sam Coonrod (96.7 mph). There even could come a time this season when pitching prospect Griff McGarry pitches out of the 'pen. He throws in the high 90s, too.

Phillies manager Rob Thomson loves his options.  "Having the ability to rest some of his hard throwers or back-end-type guys and still have other types of individuals who can do that the next day was very important to him," Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski said.  Of course, strikes and outs are more important than velocity. But the Phillies showed a knack for both down the stretch.  "We're in a spot now where our bullpen is deep," Dombrowski said. "Guys are going to be down at various times, but all of a sudden you look at people that can pitch the back end of the game from the left side in Alvarado and now Soto and Strahm, and from the right-hand side you've got Seranthony, you've got Kimbrel, we feel Brogdon can do that. Bellatti pitched very well. We also like some of the other people behind them and some of the youngsters coming up, so I think it gives us a lot of depth right now in the organization from a pitching perspective."

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[Rome]

Rolen to Cooperstown. 

So Bonds is no but middling .290 career hitting bitch ass crybaby Scott Rolen is a yes.

😂

[Geowhizzer]

Ha - Hall of Fame before Wall of Fame.

Question:  Do they retire #27?  My guess is still no.