Riley gets and swings at alot of meatballs
I seriously doubt that Touki was available last night. They've said that they're going to be careful with SPs in the pen, so he was likely on the every 2 days schedule if a need comes up and yesterday was just 1 day since he had pitched. It wouldn't shock me if he's starting in this spot next turn through though.
Basically, he's helped in the pen, but he's been a band aid and not a real fix. Newcomb to a lesser extent is the same deal. Since they're being a little extra careful, they're band aids on what was a bad pen.
Aggression with prospects is fine, but being stupid is not. There should be a way to find a happy medium between a Pirates like idea of being overly cautious with prospects and going stupidly fast with prospects.
Acuna 3 for last 32 (.094) with 13 k
Ugh. This puts things into perspective. Awful.
Also, the Phillies are up 11-1.
Phillies 11-1
Harper is hot
jpx7 (05-29-2019)
Smoltzie basically said earlier we can afford Kimbrel so that’s some good news on the night.
Phillies' new players' fWAR...
JTR = 2.0
Cutch = 1.4
Segura = 1.4
Harper = 1.4
You had to at least split this series with the starting pitching matchups. Embarrassing!
jpx7 (05-29-2019)
The Cardinals are useless!
Last year when the race was close, we hung our hat on RD. If you look at right now, the Phillies are much stronger than us. If their current score holds up, they'll be +38 to our +6. Is this concerning or still too small a sample?
jpx7 (05-29-2019)