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Tired: Tigers Pitching Chaos in October Wired: Phillies Positional Chaos in October
Matt Gelb@mattgelb.bsky.social · 22h agoDon Mattingly indicated everything is possible in New Phillies Order. Harper could be lifted for defense late in games. He might not. Stott and Bohm could end up back at their normal positions if subs are needed. Arraez could play first if needed. There are no rules.
Me: alright, let’s be productive even on a day off. Get out of bed and get moving Also me: I get it’s 10 o’clock but this bed is so comfortable
I will wait until Dombrowski speaks before I do a rant about what was just said
My take on the Arraez deal is that the floor for this move is a bit worse than you would think and the ceiling is a bit lower
The Brooks Raley deal is fine as a middle reliever. Kilian feels more so fine than much better. I don’t think the Jonathan Bowlan upside is as present but he should be solid I’ll talk about Arraez in a different post
People love to talk about parity and the NBA is the best example of it right now and most national headlines are about how Adam Silver fucked up the entire league
I will remain agnostic on “future of baseball” proposals on trying to fix the 2020s Dodgers problem until I actually see one that will fix the problems raised by the 2020s Dodgers without having terrible unintended consequences…
Most opinions on this trade basically boil down to whether or not they know who River Ryan actually is
Every time they show Mattingly on the bench he makes the same face
Alec Bohm entered today at -0.9 bWAR which is worse than 2025 Nick Castellanos. We probably should be discussing him more as a cut candidate
Alec Bohm entered today at -0.9 bWAR which is worse than 2025 Nick Castellanos. We probably should be discussing him more as a cut candidate
The bullpen is dead. This was the right move tonight, but all of these guys just look dead. Mattingly killed them since taking over.
Several relievers in a week coming in the game gassed just did not happen under Thomson
Every single Phillies reliever is coming in with more and more diminished velocity like they are being asked to warm up every night
Really good job from Painter (so far) *They should still trade for a starter and have Painter in AAA for now. They need some depth
I think there are some wild overreactions to Painter pitching today. I don’t really see how this is some disaster for his development or how this is actually a showcase
The Phillies being interested in a controllable starter sounds very “what does it mean for Painter???” But it’s important to remember that if you have too many starters, it will almost certainly turn into not enough the second it’s a conversation
Tarik Skubal is the talk with the Tigers this deadline for obvious reason but how many bats are better than Gleyber Torres *This has nothing to do with the Phillies
RIP Birmingham Stallions. If you want you can blame it on Head Coach AJ McCarron. It’s definitely not back to back to back USFL/UFL championship Head Coach Skip Holtz’s fault.
Because I’ve seen it, the Phillies draft pick gets moved back 10 spots if they’re outside of the T6 in the draft. There is no incentive to sell at the deadline or whatever.
Not exactly what you want to see from Zack Wheeler in the velocity department tonight
This is good work by the Nationals front office. Traded a 2025 sixth-rounder for Mead in the offseason, helped him become an above-average bat in the Majors and flipped him again for a preseason Top 100 prospect who can be an MLB rotation fixture for years.
Jeff Passan Bot@jeffpassanbot.bsky.social · 2w agoBREAKING: The Boston Red Sox are trading left-hander Connelly Early to the Washington Nationals for infielder Curtis Mead, sources tell ESPN.
What’s more stunning, LeBron to the Sixers or Don Mattingly having a proper hook for Seth Johnson?
I get they’re down but this is a Duran spot. Especially since he hasn’t pitched since Monday
LeBron James is a Sixer Sergei Bobrovsky is a Leaf Travis Hunter is a Jag It’s time for Mike Trout to be a Phillie
I understand that Alvarado and Bowlan are down but that 6th was a perfect Tim Mayza spot
The best part about watching Wheeler do this as a Phillie is that there’s like 3 different pitches over his tenure
