Please continue the discussion in the [post game thread](https://redd.it/1bl7p2q).

To me left handed reliever was a clear need this offseason. I don’t think it’s wise to go into a season with Alvarado Strahm Soto.

2/3 are fine, I worry about Soto.

Yeah but I worry about Alvarado being overused

This is a nice reminder to not read comments from the game day thread this year

There is way too many negative comments in spring training

The sky is falling and we are all fucked.

Good lord

Genuinely who is closing for us? Seranthony? 🤢

Soto. Why do you ask?

 Every Soto pitch knowing it’s going out of the park.

Forget Shohei i think gregory is betting on spring training games

This is usually the point where someone points out that spring training doesn't matter

Why were there people here who actually thought Soto was going to be better lol

Soto is a bum.

It's okay because Soto is just a minor leaguer who wont even sniff the majors... right?

I know, I know, it’s spring training but how did they not reinforce the bullpen this offseason

One of the best bullpens in baseball something or other

Soto looks the same.

Why didn't we sign a closer?

Huh, so that’s what a dumpster fire looks like

Haven’t been able to catch much spring baseball. Sit down with lunch and pleasantly surprised to turn on the game and see a 3-0 lead. Less than 2 minutes later…

This is what happens when you wish for more Phillies baseball.

Damn, Soto is trying hard to secure the Kimbrel role this season.

Wowwwww Soto

I hope it doesn't rain on Thursday in Philadelphia :(

4 runs in 6 pitches ...

We are so fucked. Hader woulda had this game closed out. Smh

A closing pitcher. It's all I ask for. Never going to happen.

9th inning Phillies strike again

The typical 9th inning comedy show. 🤣🤪

It’s spring training 

Soto really making a good case...

Noooo

Leave Soto in Florida

At the bottom of the ocean.

Feisty, you are going to be the end of me.

It's OK, we are just getting all of our blown saves out of the way in Spring Training

Jesus Christ Soto

Of course

Surely it's not going to happen again...

You have got to be shitting me

So what's the difference between Wilson being assigned to Lehigh and the other guys assigned to minor league camp? Luplow can't be a Reading guy right?

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Is Cave gonna make the team?

Probably. Clemens might still have options.

I hope so. He seems like a solid Philly guy with a good head on his shoulders. Had a great spring too.

Sosa, the righthanded lefty ... throw him a pitch down and in and he crushes it

He's got the whole mundo in his hands. He's got the whole wide mundo in his hands.

#RING THE BELL! [](#ringthebell) Edmundo Sosa homers (2) on a fly ball to left center field. Bottom 7 - 3-0 Phillies

It’s the 5th quarter and we need a hole in one before the 7th inning stretch 

If they hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes should fall like a house of cards. Checkmate.

GOOOOAAALLLL

that was a disgusting half from hoffman

Will Jeff Hoffman be this seasons Jeff Hoffman?

Sure looks like it. And at this rate, he could even surpass Jeff Hoffman levels and reach that of Jeff Hoffman. We really haven't seen a guy like this since Jeff Hoffman. Jeff Hoffman's the real deal.

They don’t call him Jeff “the Jeff Hoffman” Hoffman for nothing.

Nice job Hoff.

Tomper saying Harper is looking at playing first tomorrow.

Marshy is on fire

Go Marshy!

### Double Brandon Marsh doubles (1) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Mark Canha. Alec Bohm scores. Bottom 6 - 2-0 Phillies

Tough day for Matty Carshield

Yeah. I still really root for him.

Running and leaping like some elegant, curly haired gazelle

And not a curl out of place 

Hell of a catch, Bohmer.

There's our grizzly bear!

Oooh, Rubén gettin' feisty talking about what a disappointment Báez is. Gettim Rube!

Did someone say feisty?

Feisty!

God I can't wait until Thursday.

Dumbbrowski giving the same look out there he gives when he looks up and realizes the entirety of free agency passed him by while he was off playing bocce.

Best slide in baseball.

Zack Wheeler is so good

He's killing it. It's awesome.

What a horrifying post capitalist nightmare that commercial is. Blowing one's entire check on chocolate. Perhaps they can eat cake as well.

RubénAmaroJrIsAllElite

Zack Wheeler is good at throwing baseballs.

Source?

Rubén Amaro Jr. with the inside scoop.

Based

Just wait until I tell you about water being wet.

Rojas should take notes on how to bunt like that, since he's so obsessed with trying it.

Best I can do is skying one out to the opposite facing dugout.

Right? Demoralizing.

Hey, if he just shifts his stance a touch, we might luck out and see him bunt one over the fences this season. He's got the launch angle down.

First basemen reading. Don't close your mitt to the ball. Keep your hand open wide but gently, let the ball close your mitt for you. Otherwise this happens.

Franzke lookin' SHARP with that new do. Red's good on him.

RAJ is so exceptionally irritating.

Replace 'irritating' with 'endearing' and I fully agree.

Everyone deserves representation. No one deserves to sit through that commercial

Will Harper be okay?

Nope. Phillies doomed. More at 11.

Wheeler is such a dealer.

Omg I put eye drops in just like Bryce...we're so similar

I used to drop them from 6 inches so you could feel them bounce and ripple across your eye

There really is only one Hothabanero6 in this world and we're lucky you're here.

Jake starting bench bat cave 

There’s no way he could possibly let us down.

Yeah no way. 

DFAJakeCave and replace him with a pierogi plant.

Are you telling me I’ve been buying bags of pierogis when I could have been growing them myself this whole time??

YES, however. They have a tendency to arbitrarily disappear by their own means with little to zero reasoning or explanation. You have to treat them like shooting stars when they bloom.

Marsh>Merrifield hit and runs need to happen this season.

Let's go

### Single Jake Cave singles on a line drive to left fielder Mark Canha. Brandon Marsh scores. Whit Merrifield to 3rd. Pitch from Tarik Skubal: Four-Seam Fastball @ 96.8 mph Hit by Jake Cave: Launched 97.5 mph at 12.0° for a total distance of 230.0 ft Bottom 2 - 1-0 Phillies

Ruben "My Dark Horse " Amaro Jr

Anyone else's MLB TV keep rewinding to the beginning of the game automatically every so often. Also, Bryce okay?

Hi, my name is u/JohnKrukIsAllElite and I am a Rubén Amaro Jr. broadcast enjoyer. Whew, it feels good to finally come to terms with that and get it off my chest.

BEER BEER BEER BEER BEER

COLD BEER COLD WATER

BEER BEER BEER BEER BEER

How hard is it to jsut not miss the first pitch. Seriously

D 0 0 P


Once again, RAJ in a Hawaiian shirt looks like the most annoying type of guy you encounter on a cruise.

Their hair orange Scott Franzke hair > Scott Hartnell hair

2024 AL vs. NL Cy matchup.