GDT 5/20/26: Braves @ Marlins - Fish for Sale

Hudson2 said:
So thankful the Phillies lost and our lead is back to 9. I was gettin worried...
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Philly played one of their easiest stretches of the year, while Atlanta had LA and Sea on the road, plus the Cubs. Philly's next 12 are 3 with Cle, 6 with SD, and 3 with the Dodgers. Braves can easily bury them in that stretch. If Philly went around .500, that would be impressive, that's a brutal stretch of games.

Even then, a 7 game lead is pretty fucking huge, and is still the largest in baseball. It just shows how hard it is to overcome a huge lead. You have to play like unsustainable baseball and the team ahead of you needs to have a collapse like no other.
 
Heyward said:
Philly played one of their easiest stretches of the year, while Atlanta had LA and Sea on the road, plus the Cubs. Philly's next 12 are 3 with Cle, 6 with SD, and 3 with the Dodgers. Braves can easily bury them in that stretch. If Philly went around .500, that would be impressive, that's a brutal stretch of games.

Even then, a 7 game lead is pretty fucking huge, and is still the largest in baseball. It just shows how hard it is to overcome a huge lead. You have to play like unsustainable baseball and the team ahead of you needs to have a collapse like no other.
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Ask the ‘22 Mets!

But seriously, I agree with you- and Philly doesn’t have the pitching and roster to overcome a 9 game hole I don’t think. Rather, I suspect they will slowly fall away into oblivion.
 
Hulavol said:
Ask the ‘22 Mets!

But seriously, I agree with you- and Philly doesn’t have the pitching and roster to overcome a 9 game hole I don’t think. Rather, I suspect they will slowly fall away into oblivion.
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They have three really good starting pitchers, two really good hitters, one really good RP, and not much else. Top heavy team that relies on Schwarber hitting a home run every single night to win.
 
Heyward said:
Philly played one of their easiest stretches of the year, while Atlanta had LA and Sea on the road, plus the Cubs. Philly's next 12 are 3 with Cle, 6 with SD, and 3 with the Dodgers. Braves can easily bury them in that stretch. If Philly went around .500, that would be impressive, that's a brutal stretch of games.

Even then, a 7 game lead is pretty fucking huge, and is still the largest in baseball. It just shows how hard it is to overcome a huge lead. You have to play like unsustainable baseball and the team ahead of you needs to have a collapse like no other.
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No one is buried in June.... except for the Mets, lol.

Phillies will be solid as long as they are semi healthy. But Harper misses a minimum of 20 games a year, so when he inevitably goes on the IL, they are going to be up shit creek.
 
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Carp said:
No one is buried in Jun.... except for the Mets, lol.

Phillies will be solid as long as they are semi healthy. But Harper misses a minimum of 20 games a year, so when he inevitably goes on the IL, they are going to be up shit creek.
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I think they could survive that easier than a Wheeler or Sanchez hitting the IL imo...
 
The blue circle with the "In play, run(s)" is just such a satisfying visual when it's the Braves. What an at-bat Dom... geez. Dude has been insane.
 
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