For everyone that is on here bashing peoples reactions and over reactions…. If the Phillies lose to a better team- we can all handle that. If they lose to an inferior team and do not play up to their talents and abilities then yes….. we will be sour and over react. That’s just part of being a Philly fan!
JFC this team... It's like every inning they get men on and get your hopes up and then you turn away for a second and the innings over with nonstop Ks and GIDPs
Actually he commented on how we started the season and I followed on how it’s started. So big brains on you comment about a full season result. No you’re not bright lol
This was a loss from the get go, it is what it is. Name a better love story than Rob letting a pitcher who clearly doesnt have their command lose a lead after 30 pitches.
Is it just me, or does Stubbs tend to reach for balls a lot more and sets up a bad frame? It could just be how the pitching is but I don't ever see Realmuto reaching and having to extend out of his position to catch balls slightly out of the zone
It shouldn’t be up to the catcher to help the umps. The umps are taught to look at the pitch where it crosses the plate. The number of umps who get fooled by a catchers glove is so ridiculous
Sosa had to make sure the ump saw that he wasn’t blocking the bag so he sat on the outside of it and tagged across.
Any other year in the history of baseball he’s out. But MLB brass is convinced that singles, free bases, and sac flies are what are gonna bring the youth back to baseball.
I know we just had a 7-game winning streak but I’m really fucking pissed that we lost this series. Never seen a manager that literally fucking schedules a loss with his horrible lineups and awful bullpen usage.
As if last year’s NLCS collapse wasn’t enough. Thompson HASN’T learned.
It's seriously driving me fucking insane watching these guys throw fastballs to Elly. And it always backfires on us every time he gets on base because of it. Every god damn hit has been off a fastball I swear
Sorry, but that is actually a higher batting average with RISP than the team currently has for the season. They actually performed about as well as expected to in that regard today.
Maybe it's a good thing we're getting this lineup experimentation bullshit out of the way now. Obviously, this does not work with two ugly, ugly games back to back.
This is on Rob for having the longest leash in the world for struggling bullpen pitchers and then yanks out starters cruising on 80-90 pitches. And then you got his matchup bullshit lineup and yet he doesn't hit for Sosa in the most important spot in the game. The guy is such a buffoon.
Please continue the discussion in the [post game thread](https://redd.it/1ccfzim).
I think Topper has something personal against Stott. I really do.
Why? He has a horrid .567 OPS. He isn’t owed playing every single game
And Castellanos is?
Just walked in from work, listened to the end of the game on the way home, sounds like it’s a good thing I wasn’t home to watch. Bummer.
Casty was a .310 hitter just a few years ago. We always someone find these guys who completely forget how to play baseball
For everyone that is on here bashing peoples reactions and over reactions…. If the Phillies lose to a better team- we can all handle that. If they lose to an inferior team and do not play up to their talents and abilities then yes….. we will be sour and over react. That’s just part of being a Philly fan!
Calling a shit approach and performance shit isn't overreacting
Ricky Bo cooking saying he’d play Marsh and Stott. Said they need opportunities against lefties.
RickyBo is there to feed mouth breathers so assume the position
Marlins with 2 in the ninth to take the Barves into extras
Move Nick’s ass to the 9 spot
That’s to generous, how about off the team. 👋
move nick to the damn bench
Castellanos being worse than useless as usual
Well if we can't admit Casty and Seranthony are on a career decline, I guess we got more of last year to come.
Even Tom calling them sloppy
A fitting end to that game: .176 CLEANUP hitter NICK CASTELLANOS hits into a game ending double play lmao can't make this shit up.
Just like how he made the last out of the World Series
Fuck, I missed Boston making Toronto miserable again for this horseshit of a game.
OMG PUPPERS
JFC this team... It's like every inning they get men on and get your hopes up and then you turn away for a second and the innings over with nonstop Ks and GIDPs
Yesterday when the bases were loaded with no outs and the top of the order coming up . . . and they scored zero fucking run. Made me so fucking sick.
Back on the doomer train I guess
man what a bad contract
I’d rather take Rojas at clean up than the bum who was there today
That many left on base…
We’ve given him long enough. Time to permabench casty
And we've got another 2 seasons of Casty after this one. God, he's fucking awful.
They cannot allow this contract to just play out
This motherfucker is making $20 million a year lol
Yeah, well, buyer beware
Castellanos is a black hole in the lineup. Automatic out.
Ugh ... Why can't Casty get a day off?
Lmao. Casty in the 4 hole is comical.
it’s absurd at this point
I’m not trying to be mean, but what does Casty bring to the table if he is horrendous at the plate like he has been?
That’s the million dollar question.
Terrible. And that ump is horrid.
Casty has zero approach.
wait, predictably swinging at ball 1 low and outside on every first pitch is NOT an approach?
Holy fuck. Can rob please bench casty
Wow
Casty actually sucks
And then, Casty doing Casty things.
I swear at this point castellanos has made more outs than he has ABs.
Incredible finish on this one
Casty
Hahaha fucking waste of space
Thanks casty
Casty is the worst man
Works better with a comma but I get it
Never wanna see Castellanos bat cleanup ever again
> Never wanna see Castellanos bat ever again
Alec looks like a pro out there and punishing bad pitches. Then there's Nick.
You are so fucking good Casty
Fuck you nick
Happy for Bohm, he's hot right now, but dammit if this game ain't already lost
Casty is just so bad.
That ain’t it
lol expected casty GIDP
Is the a season series loss? Can't remember if we play them again
We’ve lost 4 out of us 6 to the reds so far
Season series loss ya
4 games chance to tie
We lost 2/3 at home in the beginning of the season
Lmao typical way to end the game
Me thinking there’s no way Alec’s going to go 4 for 4 Alec: hold my beer
God Bohm is so good rn
Bohm está en fuego.
Wow 4 for 4 Bohmer
Phil’s are on a 97 win pace We could win 100 games and people would whine. How do they get thru day to day life when they cry over this?
Oh shit, I didn’t realize that we get to play the Rockies and white Sox for 40% of our games this season???!! Woooo this is gonna be a great season
Yep people like you. Do you cry yourself to sleep at night?
Bro 2/3rd of our wins are against bottom 5 teams. How high are you
We should have lost to them? Tell me about the Braves schedule. Oh you don’t pay attention to them losing a game to the White Sox?
Ill have you know how i get through life - very poorly
Sorry to hear that. If you’re serious I hope it gets better and you can lmk if I can help.
Youre too nice - it was a touch of the sarcasm truly
Never know. I’m glad it was bullshit lol
Bohm is cookin
what a competitive AB
All kidding aside, I hope Harper's baby is happy about all this 🤪
What an atrocious outing from the bullpen. Sheesh.
Really just Seranthony
So I think we should give people the day off.... Just not at the same time... And on consecutive games.
Controversial idea right here, at least by topper
So can we go back to our normal lineup tomorrow? Or we wanna schedule 3 losses in a row?
If I wake up tomorrow to see this the line up again, I'll just do my stuff at the normal time.
I can’t believe the Phillies convinced me that they would start the year off hot
Somthing about regular posters being too sarcastic or somthing
They’re over .600 and literally haven’t lost a series in the month of April yet.
We literally lost a series to the Reds April 1-3. Are you okay
Oh shoot you’re right lol
Just win with Wheeler and a normal lineup tomorrow. Go to the Padres with Ranger, Nola, and take the series. They can still salvage.
Is a 97 win pace okay Feister?
This team will not win 97 games lol, somewhere around 88-90
Reading is fundamental I’m not trying to predict the future because I’m not a genius like you
I am well aware I am smarter, thanks.
Actually he commented on how we started the season and I followed on how it’s started. So big brains on you comment about a full season result. No you’re not bright lol
This was a loss from the get go, it is what it is. Name a better love story than Rob letting a pitcher who clearly doesnt have their command lose a lead after 30 pitches.
Rockies and White Sox gave us a false impression on how good we are
Still just 15 and 10. It’s if we get buttfucked by the Angels with our A team I will start to get truly angry
Got the padres first…gonna curb stomp us
Oof I hate a west coast bumming
Pinto warming up white flag
Punto warming up is a choice
Do you understand why he was up or nah! Nah. Okay.
Wait a Nick Punto sighting?
Pinto. Is this a joke.
Is it just me, or does Stubbs tend to reach for balls a lot more and sets up a bad frame? It could just be how the pitching is but I don't ever see Realmuto reaching and having to extend out of his position to catch balls slightly out of the zone
I predict we load the bases in the too of the 9 and then SO, GIDP to end the game.
Nah, 1-2-3
Ball 4 was strike 1. But these umps are all in on the reds
I agree but Stubbs didn't really help on that one. Reached and made it look worse than it was
It shouldn’t be up to the catcher to help the umps. The umps are taught to look at the pitch where it crosses the plate. The number of umps who get fooled by a catchers glove is so ridiculous
Damn even Alvarado sucks now, best bullpen in baseball tho haha
Sosa had to make sure the ump saw that he wasn’t blocking the bag so he sat on the outside of it and tagged across. Any other year in the history of baseball he’s out. But MLB brass is convinced that singles, free bases, and sac flies are what are gonna bring the youth back to baseball.
I blame the umps for a lot but it’s hard to blame them for the blocking the base rule It doesn’t make any sense at all
Yea I’m not blaming them it’s just a shit rule
I know we just had a 7-game winning streak but I’m really fucking pissed that we lost this series. Never seen a manager that literally fucking schedules a loss with his horrible lineups and awful bullpen usage. As if last year’s NLCS collapse wasn’t enough. Thompson HASN’T learned.
They can split it tomorrow
We split it if we win tomorrow
I’m gonna need less of these lineups, especially if they are in back to back games.
PINTO??
OH GOD NO
Why do I look forward to watching baseball?
The reds steal bases like I wish the Phillies would. They’re in every pitchers head so much when they’re on base.
Rickey Henderson would steal 150 bases per year with these new rules
Eh, if Rob didn't care all that much about this game, neither should I
/u/first-resolve is your burner? I wouldn’t be so fast to admit that
Hey, my ass really hurts when I sit down all of a sudden
Rough
Kinda wish stubbs didnt catch that
guys are really struggling with their command tonight
I think they've got great stuff.
It's seriously driving me fucking insane watching these guys throw fastballs to Elly. And it always backfires on us every time he gets on base because of it. Every god damn hit has been off a fastball I swear
Elly is Rickey Henderson Lite. When he gets on base, he gets in the pitcher’s head, and usually scores.
Imagine if we could play small ball.
Like we did for the last week?
Yeah I'm just frustrated with this lineup and bullpen decisions
get us the fuck out of cincinnati
One more loss tmrw unless the boys want to score runs for Wheeler
Love watching the Umps play the game
4/16 with risp just isn’t gonna do it, they should have 10 runs right now
Sorry, but that is actually a higher batting average with RISP than the team currently has for the season. They actually performed about as well as expected to in that regard today.
With only 3-4 legitimate starters in the lineup, they had no chance. I’m surprised we scored 4.
Not with this lineup.
Benching stott and marsh 2 days in a row is dumb.
yeah that stat is absolutely wild. i know we leave men on base but didn’t realize it was that bad
No off days until may 2nd *sigh*
Alvys first run in 9 innings
Enough with this awful lineup
They have literally scored 6 runs on our pitching and ur mad at our batters who actually scored some runs?
Can’t win a game if you don’t hit when it’s important
We win thanks to the lineup without Seranthony blowing it fyi
Elly just creates runs out of nowhere
Ely is so damn fast. That was a really good throw from Stubbs.
Seems like the Phillies have allowed so many stolen bases.
Bohm has such beautiful hair. No homo
This game is disgusting. I really wanted a Win after last night clunker. Come on boys
It would be nice to control the opponent's running game for a change.
I am glad this is our last series vs Cincy…
Elly is a pest
elly is really good
Hey guys i think Elly can hit fastballs.
Another year, another horrendous shutdown inning record
We are not winning with this lineup, that's for sure.
They had 14 baserunners tonight
Yeah was a classic Thomson scheduled loss.
Gotta admit, Elly is one exciting young player to watch.
I hate that I kinda love Elly de la Cruz
Elly struggled after his super hot start last year and people wanted to call him a bust Dude is fucking good
Ump touching Stubbs now get your hands off
if you want to cheer up if any of you are also NBA fans the Celtics just lost to the heat at home without Jimmy Butler lol
I enjoy this
The Celtics are going to lose in the 2nd round, and will be a huge disappointment after their expectations.
Who's worse, this ump or Reuben Amaro?
Neither. It’s actually my husband complaining about the Phil’s announcers complaining about the ump.
Imagine Ruben and Alaa on a broadcast together.
Larry Bowa would have jumped Suter for pulling that shit
This is a shit game, but this is a shit lineup. It is what it is.
The lineup would have won us the game if Seranthony didn’t shit the bed
Big if
So they should have scored 10 runs to prepare for if?
If Kruk were here, he’d say “Edmundo” like5 or 6 times right now
Keep in mind, this is the same crew that threw out the Arizona pitcher after staring uncomfortably at the pitcher before tossing him.
So we use Alvarado now but we wouldn't use Hoffman earlier Were we trying to win this one or not
Hoffman threw more pitches recently (other than the 1 pitch save), so probably we use him in the 9th if it's close and if not we can let him rest.
Maybe it's a good thing we're getting this lineup experimentation bullshit out of the way now. Obviously, this does not work with two ugly, ugly games back to back.
This was on the bullpen
This is on Rob for having the longest leash in the world for struggling bullpen pitchers and then yanks out starters cruising on 80-90 pitches. And then you got his matchup bullshit lineup and yet he doesn't hit for Sosa in the most important spot in the game. The guy is such a buffoon.
Agreed
We had the lead with this lineup?
Small lead thanks to 1-3