As far as I'm concerned he can keep the power and lose some of the BA/OBP (instead of vice-versa).
Cracks me up that the McCarthy always calls it Utley's Corner.
I would like to see less of Whit Merrifield but at the same time, he's been pretty useful over this stretch. You just don't want him to have to play quite so much (or in the OF).
DJ Stewart
Offensive Substitution: Pinch-hitter DJ Stewart replaces Joey Wendle.
Called strike (92.4 mph four-seam fastball)
Ball (91.5 mph four-seam fastball)
Swinging strike (79.9 mph knuckle curve)
Foul (79.4 mph knuckle curve)
Ball (93. mph four-seam fastball)
Ball (92.7 mph sinker)
Batter Timeout.
Swinging strike (80.6 mph knuckle curve)
DJ Stewart strikes out swinging.
Jeff McNeil
Offensive Substitution: Pinch-hitter Jeff McNeil replaces Omar Narváez.
Called strike (80.1 mph knuckle curve)
Foul (88.4 mph cutter)
Ball (93.8 mph four-seam fastball)
In play, no out (93.4 mph sinker)
Jeff McNeil doubles (7) on a fly ball to left fielder Brandon Marsh.
Brandon Nimmo
Swinging strike (91.9 mph sinker)
Ball (92.8 mph sinker)
Swinging strike (92.5 mph sinker)
Ball (93. mph four-seam fastball)
In play, out(s) (93.8 mph four-seam fastball)
Brandon Nimmo grounds out, third baseman Whit Merrifield to first baseman Alec Bohm.
Starling Marte
Called strike (91.8 mph sinker)
Foul (79.8 mph knuckle curve)
Ball in dirt (81. mph knuckle curve)
In play, no out (79.1 mph knuckle curve)
Starling Marte singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Brandon Marsh. Jeff McNeil to 3rd.
Francisco Lindor
In play, out(s) (93.3 mph four-seam fastball)
Francisco Lindor flies out to center fielder Johan Rojas.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Phillies | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| New York Mets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Philadelphia Phillies
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | HR | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Schwarber DH | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .218 | .326 | .404 | .730 |
| Nick Castellanos RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .205 | .277 | .311 | .588 |
| Bryson Stott SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .281 | .385 | .455 | .840 |
| Alec Bohm 1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .400 | .526 | .926 |
| Brandon Marsh LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .252 | .305 | .433 | .738 |
| Whit Merrifield 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .261 | .300 | .561 |
| Kody Clemens 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .263 | .263 | .737 | 1.000 |
| Johan Rojas CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .231 | .274 | .325 | .599 |
| Garrett Stubbs C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .118 | .211 | .118 | .329 |
| Aaron Nola P | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
New York Mets
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | HR | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Nimmo LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .221 | .365 | .407 | .772 |
| Starling Marte RF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .260 | .303 | .377 | .680 |
| Francisco Lindor SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .204 | .272 | .383 | .655 |
| Pete Alonso 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .226 | .309 | .452 | .761 |
| J.D. Martinez DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .286 | .333 | .411 | .744 |
| Brett Baty 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .230 | .292 | .317 | .609 |
| Tyrone Taylor CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .272 | .294 | .395 | .689 |
| Joey Wendle 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .243 | .250 | .493 |
| DJ Stewart PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .203 | .385 | .420 | .805 |
| Omar Narváez C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .170 | .204 | .213 | .417 |
| Jeff McNeil PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .236 | .314 | .307 | .621 |
| José Buttó P | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |||||||
| Yohan Ramírez P | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |||||||
| Jake Diekman P | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |||||||
| Jorge López P | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |||||||
| Sean Reid-Foley P | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Philadelphia Phillies
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | P-K | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Nola | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 109-73 | 3.10 |
New York Mets
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | P-K | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| José Buttó | 5.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 97-56 | 3.08 |
| Yohan Ramírez | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22-13 | 6.91 |
| Jake Diekman | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18-5 | 3.46 |
| Jorge López | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22-13 | 2.66 |
| Sean Reid-Foley | 1.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24-16 | 1.69 |
We just won a game relatively easy without $800 million of offense in the lineup (Harper, Turner, Realmuto). Baseball is a wonderous thing sometimes.
With Aaron Nola's complete game shutout today...
— schmenkman
- #Phillies are the first team in MLB with 2 CG's this year
- Nola ties Gerrit Cole and Max Fried for most shutouts since 2020 (4)
_ @thegoodphight( @tgpschmenk ) May 14, 2024
I love the 2 + 2 format this week. They do this with the interleague rivals sometimes (i.e. Yankees-Mets) but rarely in division. Assume this is because in London each team will get 1 home game which creates the need for these 2-game series.
That assumes that JT should continue catching a very high number of games every year at his age and that he will stay healthy every season..
That the Phillies have gotten very lucky so far does not mean it is a good strategy or that having a very poor backup C is good roster management, especially by one of the highest payroll teams in the game.
In fact, having such a great team screams out loud the need for not allowing that weakness to cost them in the playoffs.
He kept the ball down which is the key for Nola. A fantastic outing by him. He gets in trouble when he gets the ball up in the zone with his very hittable velocity.
Oh, I agree he shouldn't keep catching that many games after this season. And that it might need to be addressed this July. But I had no problem with Stubbs and Marchan as the options in spring training.
I think you could sign a $2.5 million back-up catcher and still get nothing from them. And shoot, Cristian Bethancourt got 300+ PAs with a .634 OPS for a team that won 99 games last season.
I'm just not convinced Stubb is actually bad.
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