CFP wrote:

MoBettle wrote:https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/phillies/david-robertson-ranger-suarez-matt-klentak-phillies-bullpen

"It really is a balancing act of trying to make sure that we're running out the best arms in the best situations but also allowing the players to get comfortable.

"I'll use Tommy Hunter as an example. I don't think he'll mind me singling him out. When Tommy Hunter is throwing 91 miles an hour, he's getting hit. When Tommy's coming out and throwing 94 or 95, he's as good a setup man as there is in the game right now. And we've seen both versions of that in the last week. It's hard for him not knowing which he's going to be on a given night. It's hard for Joe (Girardi) to make decisions. But I do think, as we get deeper into the season, these guys have more reps under their belts, some of these things are going to come around. We have to play that out."

The Phillies have not gotten the version of Hunter that Klentak claims is "as good a setup man as there is in the game right now" when healthy. His last high-quality season was 2017, before he was a Phillie. He's made 75 appearances over three seasons as a Phillie and has a decent 3.79 ERA but has been oft-injured. This is not meant to pick on Hunter, who could still be a decent piece of someone's bullpen, just probably not the answer. And if Klentak truly thinks a healthy Hunter is as good as any setup man in baseball, it helps explain how this bullpen was constructed so poorly.

Lol.

This was a recent quote from Klentak? Wow.

Bill McNeal wrote:Klentak get the Worley bird on then horn!

Slowhand wrote:Werthless, how long ago was this interview?

thephan wrote:First off the CBP is getting rather full of cut outs. I’ve been trying to figure out if when the ball leaves the stadium is banging of the ball hitting something just because it’s empty or because it mashes a cut out.

swishnicholson wrote:I know I'm missing something, but the mlb standings list the Phillies as two games behind in the wild card race. After the first two teams in each division the top records are San Diego at 11-11, Arizona 10-11, Brewers at 9-10 and Phillies at 8-9. Why aren't we at most 1/2 game out of the top wild card spot, and in a virtual tie for the second?