GT: Phillies at Blue Jays, August 15-16

Randle McMurphy · Post #161 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 12:48 am

tripa wrote:Vlad gets on base for the 3rd time

Haters in shambles

Doubt they're gonna be in too much shambles after his failure to short hop Espinal's throw cost them two runs and the lead. The worst defensive player in baseball.

JN · Post #162 » by JN » Thu Aug 17, 2023 12:49 am

Right call by the ump. Springer moved too much.

jaymeister15 · Post #163 » by **jaymeister15** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 12:51 am

Gausman finally gets some run support and pitches one of his worst games of the season.

SharoneWright · Post #164 » by **SharoneWright** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 12:52 am

How about batter Interference on the catcher this time?!

Randle McMurphy · Post #165 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 12:53 am

jaymeister15 wrote:Gausman finally gets some run support and pitches one of his worst games of the season.

He's been bad but this Phillies lineup is admittedly stacked.

Mariners should be 1 back by the end of the night. I'd expect them to pass them by next week at some point.

tripa · Post #166 » by **tripa** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 12:55 am

SharoneWright wrote:More pertinent:

Why is Chapman sitting? Because of a sore thumb? Are we in a wildcard race?

Time to use your best players. What are we waiting for?

Lol yeah lets make a guy play injured in the middle of August. Brilliant idea.

SharoneWright · Post #167 » by **SharoneWright** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 12:55 am

I really think you leave Gausman in here. He’s your best pitcher. Just because of the lefty righty matchup? Who’s going to strike out Schwarber more often? Gausman more than Mayza for sure.

Potential · Post #168 » by **Potential** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 12:56 am

How do we prevent Seattle from eliminating us back to back years

Randle McMurphy · Post #169 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 12:56 am

SharoneWright wrote:I really think you leave Gausman in here. He’s your best picture. Just because of the lefty righty matchup? Who’s going to strike out Schwarber more often? Gausman more than Mayza for sure.

Gausman has been bad all night and Schwarber/Harper own him historically. I don't think it's a particularly difficult choice.

SharoneWright · Post #170 » by **SharoneWright** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 12:57 am

tripa wrote:
SharoneWright wrote:More pertinent:

Why is Chapman sitting? Because of a sore thumb? Are we in a wildcard race?

Time to use your best players. What are we waiting for?

Lol yeah lets make a guy play injured in the middle of August. Brilliant idea.

I don’t see him lying down on a stretcher on the bench. Your definition of unable to play is much different than mine.

Heck, I punish him for dropping a dumbbell on his own hand not only by playing him, but making him carry other guys’ bags to the bus. Don’t drop those bags Chapman!

Randle McMurphy · Post #171 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 12:57 am

Interesting that it was Mayza rather than Cabrera (who you'd usually expect in this kind of situation early in the game).

Randle McMurphy · Post #172 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 12:58 am

SharoneWright wrote:
tripa wrote:
SharoneWright wrote:More pertinent:

Why is Chapman sitting? Because of a sore thumb? Are we in a wildcard race?

Time to use your best players. What are we waiting for?

Lol yeah lets make a guy play injured in the middle of August. Brilliant idea.

I don’t see him lying down on a stretcher on the bench. Your definition of unable to play is much different than mine.

If he could play at all, he's certainly pinch hitting over Nathan Lukes last night with the game on the line.

tripa · Post #173 » by **tripa** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 1:00 am

Omg we’re losing a single game in August, the season is over

v1n5anity · Post #174 » by **v1n5anity** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 1:00 am

Not watching this anymore. I'd love to see a comeback but I don't know, just not feeling it.

Randle McMurphy · Post #175 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 1:00 am

Potential wrote:How do we prevent Seattle from eliminating us back to back years

Considering the Mariners' schedule, there's very little that can be done about that. They threw too many games away this season (including particularly against Seattle).

tripa · Post #176 » by **tripa** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 1:00 am

SharoneWright wrote:
tripa wrote:
SharoneWright wrote:More pertinent:

Why is Chapman sitting? Because of a sore thumb? Are we in a wildcard race?

Time to use your best players. What are we waiting for?

Lol yeah lets make a guy play injured in the middle of August. Brilliant idea.

I don’t see him lying down on a stretcher on the bench. Your definition of unable to play is much different than mine.

Heck, I punish him for dropping a dumbbell on his own hand not only by playing him, but making him carry other guys’ bags to the bus. Don’t drop those bags Chapman!

Hilarious stuff man. Somebody get this guy a Netflix special.

Randle McMurphy · Post #177 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 1:01 am

tripa wrote:Omg we’re losing a single game in August, the season is over

Mariners are beating up on the Royals and have another game against them tomorrow (and 3 more next week). Losing matters at this point in the season, yeah.

SharoneWright · Post #178 » by **SharoneWright** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 1:01 am

Randle McMurphy wrote:Interesting that it was Mayza rather than Cabrera (who you'd usually expect in this kind of situation early in the game).

I guess they wanted their high leverage lefty! Lol. Who knew?

I guess at this point you wish they would’ve brought in any other bullpen arm! Nice try.

Randle McMurphy · Post #179 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 1:02 am

SharoneWright wrote:
Randle McMurphy wrote:Interesting that it was Mayza rather than Cabrera (who you'd usually expect in this kind of situation early in the game).

I guess they wanted their high leverage lefty! Lol. Who knew?

I guess at this point you wish they would’ve brought in any other bullpen arm! Nice try.

At this point I wouldn't waste anybody good on this game at all. It's Jay Jackson or Bowden Francis time.

SharoneWright · Post #180 » by **SharoneWright** » Thu Aug 17, 2023 1:03 am

Randle McMurphy wrote:
SharoneWright wrote:
Randle McMurphy wrote:Interesting that it was Mayza rather than Cabrera (who you'd usually expect in this kind of situation early in the game).

I guess they wanted their high leverage lefty! Lol. Who knew?

I guess at this point you wish they would’ve brought in any other bullpen arm! Nice try.

At this point I wouldn't waste anybody good on this game at all. It's Jay Jackson or Bowden Francis time.

“Would’ve”

Nice try.