Harper hasn’t been horrible but this year isn’t exactly praise worthy. He has the mike piazza thing going for him in that when he runs he looks like he’s really LABORING which fans like to see

How bout .300/.400/.550 with 45 bombs next year, thanks. These are they years in the deal where we’re hoping for real surplus value (with decline presumably on the back end)

It amazes me that everyone complain about this team not being aggressive at the plate, but the guy who has the 3rd most walks on this team has been injured for half the year. Most of the team is around .330 in OBP and some how both Bruce and Dickerson each have over 100 ABs for this team and have 6 total walks.

The Reds announcers for this series have remarked several times during the games about how much the Phillies offense has improved since Mallee was let go and Charlie was hired. More aggressive. They cited a number for the Phillies averaging six runs per games since the change.

joe table wrote:Harper hasn’t been horrible but this year isn’t exactly praise worthy. He has the mike piazza thing going for him in that when he runs he looks like he’s really LABORING which fans like to see

How bout .300/.400/.550 with 45 bombs next year, thanks. These are they years in the deal where we’re hoping for real surplus value (with decline presumably on the back end)

Harper with bases empty this year (324 PAs): .187/.327/.366
Harper with anybody on base (269 PAs): .335/.424/.657
Harper with runners in scoring position (141 PAs): .362/.461/.655

Clutch is very similar to Grit, I must say. 6th in baseball in Win Probability Added.

Werthless wrote:

joe table wrote:Harper hasn’t been horrible but this year isn’t exactly praise worthy. He has the mike piazza thing going for him in that when he runs he looks like he’s really LABORING which fans like to see

How bout .300/.400/.550 with 45 bombs next year, thanks. These are they years in the deal where we’re hoping for real surplus value (with decline presumably on the back end)

Harper with bases empty this year (324 PAs): .187/.327/.366
Harper with anybody on base (269 PAs): .335/.424/.657
Harper with runners in scoring position (141 PAs): .362/.461/.655

Clutch is very similar to Grit, I must say. 6th in baseball in Win Probability Added.

Honestly if you could guarantee me these weird splits every year (324PAs with no one on, 410 PAs with somebody on), and the numbers with men on base, I'd take it.

The 269 includes the 141, I assume. He doesn’t have 700 PAs already.

Haseley reminds me of a not-as-good-version of Andy Van Slyke.

I’m sure some of Bryce’s success with runners on is luck but (I believe) he gets noticeably more fastballs in the zone in those situations. Teams throw him junk when no one is on base and he chases it.

MoBettle wrote:The 269 includes the 141, I assume. He doesn’t have 700 PAs already.

Riiiiight.

Think I still take it, let's just get more men on base.

Phred wrote:Haseley reminds me of a not-as-good-version of Andy Van Slyke.

Chicken Shit for the Soul right here.

Maik is officially back up, and that's it for the September call-ups

spurned again

For all the concern and complaint about the pitching it's been as close to league average as the offense. Totally surprising how completely-mediocre-in-all-facets this team has been.

Turned into a perfectly mediocre ballclub once the whole bullpen and McCutchen got hurt. Probably should've been good this year.

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Yuge mistake getting rid of this guy, we got stuck with Knapp as punishment

Ramon Gris wrote:Turned into a perfectly mediocre ballclub once the whole bullpen and McCutchen got hurt. Probably should've been good this year.

Could have been several games better without bullpen decimation but were never doing anything with this starting pitching. Also outperformed run differential even with all the injuries which is fluky

Gotta look at that rub differential

Typo a fitting tribute to sarge

joe table wrote:

Ramon Gris wrote:Turned into a perfectly mediocre ballclub once the whole bullpen and McCutchen got hurt. Probably should've been good this year.

Could have been several games better without bullpen decimation but were never doing anything with this starting pitching. Also outperformed run differential even with all the injuries which is fluky

i think they've lost five games when ahead and down to the final strike. i guess that's a mix between bad luck and bad play but 77-62 would look a lot better and that's a pretty thin margin.

A Bourjos slide away