2019 Phillies Season Discussion

[julio]

I'm guessing Walding gets a recall--I believe he's on the 40. Still we really have no back-up middle infielders (Hererra?).

Well... Arquimedes Gamboa is on the 40-man roster... (but no, I'm not endorsing such a move!)

[Austinfan]

Gamboa, Guzman and Brito are bringing into question sizeable bonuses for scrawny LA infielders.
Maybe we should just sign LA pitchers and buy starting players?

[julio]

From Matt Gelb:

Matt Gelb (MattGelb)

Look for a further move - Walding? Quinn? Guessing the Segura hamstring thing may require the IL.

UPDATE: And the next shoe drops:

Todd Zolecki (ToddZolecki)

[el-pietro]

Pivetta move is official. Gosselin is up. Still a 40 man move to come.

Matt Gelb (MattGelb)

Segura is hurt but not going to the IL.

Todd Zolecki (ToddZolecki)

[julio]

Some good news here:

Todd Zolecki (ToddZolecki)

[julio]

So... Who gets DFA'ed?

• DFA Altherr, recall Quinn?
• DFA a relief pitcher?
• Gamboa? Walding?

[el-pietro]

Hunter to the 60 day?

Lineup is out for today. Kingery batting second and playing short. Not ideal for the continued Kingery breakout!

EDIT:

AL Team Interested in Aaron Altherr? Aaron Nola Seeks Mechanical Fix

This might be a solution, though its unlikely to happen today.

[phillychuck]

I really DON'T want to lose Altherr. Any other option is fine. DFA one of the minor league IFs who have never hit at any level like Gamboa.

[julio]

Hunter to the 60 day?

Lineup is out for today. Kingery batting second and playing short. Not ideal for the continued Kingery breakout!

They really don't have a choice, if Segura can't play. Gosselin may get to the park in time for a 1:05 start, but that's cutting it pretty fine - I can't see how they could assume that, and announce him in the lineup.

[phillychuck]

I'd like them to keep Kingery in the bottom of the order and but Cesar or Odubel in the 2-hole. I think pitchers will be more likely to work Scott out-of-the-zone if he's higher in the order. They don't have to worry about walking him since he seems to swing pretty aggressively.

[tom81]

Lineup is out for today. Kingery batting second and playing short. Not ideal for the continued Kingery breakout!

I can't imagine having McCutchen hitting in front of you and Harper and Hoskins hitting behind you would negatively impact your hitting success. He should get plenty of fastball and mostly for strikes. Nobody would want to walk him and put on an extra base-runner ahead of Harper/Hoskins.

[julio]

Hunter to the 60 day?

If we assume that Hunter's unavailable for most of that time anyway (e.g., until some time in mid-May), this would make a lot of sense. He went on the 10-day as of 3/25, so you'd be talking essentially Memorial Day.

[el-pietro]

I was being a little disingenuous but I don't love Kingery at short. Hes playing well and his confidence is up, and I worry that playing at a positon he knows hes done poorly at in the past may negatively impact his confidence and by extension his performance at the plate.

I'm less worried about where he bats in the order. I'm sure he'll see some fastballs.

This game is at a time I can actually watch it too so looking forward to seeing how he does.

[julio]

On a separate note, I was pleased to see Kapler run Andrew Knapp out to first base last night, when Segura left the game. It seems to me that Knapp is the logical guy to be the "backup first baseman" (apart from Franco, that is) on this roster - and it's a way to get his bat in the lineup occasionally, and still have him available should he be needed to catch.

[julio]

Here you go. Hunter to the 60-day:

Corey Seidman (CSeidmanNBCS)

[andyb]

I guess that makes sense since he was not in rehab games and not likely to be in anything until the end of April. He'll need 3-4 outings before he is ready and the 60-day clock for Hunter started in late March, meaning he would not be ready to pitch until about 60 days anyway.

This will let them bring up Quinn for Gosselin if they want to, but they also will want another pitcher by the time Eickhoff's next start comes up (when he is likely to only go 5).

[zambonir]

Buys time for Altherr but I still think he's gone. He only played last night because of the Hoskins injury (Kingery was originally going to play CF). Any action he gets this week will be more for other teams to see him than to prove anything to the Phillies. I just can't imagine they will option Williams. And if an OF did get hurt I think they'd be happy to give Kingery those ABs against LHPs.

Pivetta didn't even last as long as Lively (who was technically hurt). Hope Eickhoff really can hold up.

[bigegypt0417]

Matt Breen on Twitter

[julio]

This will let them bring up Quinn for Gosselin if they want to,

Quinn's rehab began on 4/4, so they don't have to activate him until the 24th (barring re-injury). He's played in several games for LHV, but not on consecutive days (appeared on 4/11, DNP on 4/12, appeared 4/13, rain 4/14, appeared 4/15, rain 4/16). Double-header today, we'll see how much he plays.

[andyb]

Quinn always needed a Spring Training, so I was expecting the rehab to go most of the 20 days absent another OF injury. I think they will stretch the clock on Altherr as long as they can, but still likely end up losing him at some point.

Was hoping that today's day game would give a chance to start Williams (for Cutch). There is probably a greater chance they will option him since he is not hitting that well. Even though he really has not had much of a chance.