Phillies

[PhillyPhreak54]

Well lets see if dipshtein Dave gets a bat or two

[Don Ho]

Harrison Bader

He's ok, upgrade from Rojas but not moving the needle much.

[Don Ho]

So that's it?

[MDS]

they werent going to deal crawford or miller for a rental

[PhillyPhreak54]

Ehhhh

I guess it's okay

[MDS]

kwan didnt get traded, meaning the return for him was absurd. nobody bit. same for robert. wtf were the sox thinking.

the rest of the rentals they didnt have the capital for. the middle of their system stinks and thats where you'd make some of these deals. they weren't going to dip into escobar or wood for like alex call or something.

i hope we see crawford up tomorrow and remove the everyday label from castellanos. a marsh-bader-crawford OF will run some balls down lemme tell ya

[PhillyPhreak54]

Mets and Yanks loaded up in the BP

It was a pretty active deadline

Padres also locked in a lot too

[MDS]

the pitching staff is really good with duran in place, they had no need to do anything else

where you can complain is the offense. well see how serious they are about the OF alignment. i think they need to optimize for defense to placate their strength (pitching).

[SD]

Thoughts on Bader: better than what they have so it's an upgrade. The formula is pretty simple...starting pitching gives them a chance, you hope the bp holds up and they get some clutch hitting in the playoffs. Don't give two shteins about winning the east

[Geowhizzer]

[PhillyPhreak54]

Plz wake up bats

Wheeler is pitching well minus the homers but goddamn

[Don Ho]

Wheeler has looked shakey since that complete game early July.

farging Strahm getting cute with two outs.

[MDS]

the strahm inning is a reminder of how badly alvarado jobbed them

thats probably luzardo's inning in october

[Geowhizzer]

Whatever.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Good series win.

Wish they would've been a bit more active with bats at the deadline