GDT 9/10/21 Colorado Rockies (Márquez) @ Philadelphia Phillies (Coonrod)

[Philsmania]

E-A-G-L-E-S Eagles!

They stink too.

[kikutaro]

Freddy Galvis

Called strike (92.6 mph four-seam fastball)
Ball (83.2 mph changeup)
In play, out(s) (82. mph changeup)

Freddy Galvis grounds out, third baseman Colton Welker to first baseman C. J. Cron.

[Philsmania]

My prediction: Phillies go 7-14 in the remaining 21 games.

[kikutaro]

Rafael Marchan

Offensive Substitution: Pinch-hitter Rafael Marchan replaces JD Hammer.
Ball (91.5 mph four-seam fastball)
Ball (81.2 mph changeup)
Ball (90. mph four-seam fastball)
Called strike (89.4 mph four-seam fastball)
In play, out(s) (89.5 mph four-seam fastball)

Rafael Marchan grounds out, shortstop Trevor Story to first baseman C. J. Cron.

[kikutaro]

Odubel Herrera

Called strike (91.9 mph four-seam fastball)
In play, no out (92. mph four-seam fastball)

Odubel Herrera reaches on a throwing error by pitcher Ben Bowden. Odubel Herrera to 2nd.

[kikutaro]

Jean Segura

Ball (82.1 mph changeup)
Ball (91. mph four-seam fastball)
Called strike (90.8 mph four-seam fastball)
Ball (90.8 mph four-seam fastball)
Ball (90.4 mph four-seam fastball)

Jean Segura walks.

[kikutaro]

Bryce Harper

Ball (92.7 mph four-seam fastball)
Called strike (91.5 mph four-seam fastball)
Ball in dirt (80.9 mph slider)
Called strike (91.7 mph four-seam fastball)
In play, run(s) (92.5 mph four-seam fastball)

Bryce Harper singles on a ground ball to center fielder Yonathan Daza, deflected by pitcher Ben Bowden. Odubel Herrera scores. Jean Segura to 2nd.

Colorado Rockies 11 - Philadelphia Phillies 2

[zambonir]

Boy, it sure was!

My prediction: Phillies go 7-14 in the remaining 21 games.

That would cost me some $ so I guess I do still have a reason to root for them. But would generally prefer the better draft pick to anything other than staying in contention until the final six games.

My guess is they've got one more week of false hope in them. The bullpen game is really looking like a terrible decision given how much stress there is on on the bullpen anyway, when we don't score 7 runs or get better-than-quality-starts (and even when we do, last night).

[kikutaro]

J.T. Realmuto

Mound Visit.
Ball (81.3 mph changeup)
Ball in dirt (80.7 mph changeup)
Ball (90.2 mph four-seam fastball)
Called strike (90.1 mph four-seam fastball)
Ball in dirt (89.8 mph four-seam fastball)

J.T. Realmuto walks. Jean Segura to 3rd. Bryce Harper to 2nd.

[HopeSpringsEternal]

And tonight’s exercise in phutility is mercifully over.

[kikutaro]

Brad Miller

Foul (90.1 mph four-seam fastball)
Ball in dirt (81.6 mph slider)
Foul (90.9 mph four-seam fastball)
Ball in dirt (79.8 mph slider)
Foul (89.6 mph four-seam fastball)
Injury Delay.
Foul (90.7 mph four-seam fastball)
In play, out(s) (89.9 mph four-seam fastball)

Brad Miller lines out to center fielder Yonathan Daza.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Colorado Rockies	0	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	5	11	10	1
Philadelphia Phillies	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	8	1

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Current Batters

Colorado Rockies

Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Charlie Blackmon RF	3	1	1	1	2	1	0	.269	.347	.416	.763
Trevor Story SS	4	2	1	1	1	0	1	.249	.328	.472	.799
C.J. Cron 1B	5	2	2	2	0	2	1	.274	.373	.539	.912
Ryan McMahon 2B	4	1	1	0	1	2	0	.256	.328	.457	.785
Elias Diaz C	4	2	1	4	1	0	1	.233	.303	.466	.769
Colton Welker 3B	4	1	0	0	1	2	0	.222	.300	.222	.522
Sam Hilliard LF	5	1	2	1	0	2	0	.193	.270	.435	.704
Yonathan Daza CF	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	.287	.333	.366	.699
German Marquez P	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	.245	.245	.388	.633
Jordan Sheffield P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Daniel Bard P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Rio Ruiz PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.183	.258	.296	.554
Ben Bowden P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

Philadelphia Phillies

Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Odubel Herrera CF	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	.259	.314	.420	.734
Jean Segura 2B	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	.295	.358	.439	.797
Bryce Harper RF	4	0	2	1	1	1	0	.306	.419	.601	1.020
J.T. Realmuto C	3	0	1	0	2	1	0	.259	.346	.432	.778
Brad Miller 1B	4	0	1	0	1	2	0	.229	.323	.457	.780
Andrew McCutchen LF	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	.219	.333	.436	.768
Didi Gregorius SS	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	.220	.278	.388	.666
Freddy Galvis 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.297	.412	.709
Sam Coonrod P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Bailey Falter P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Cam Bedrosian P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Travis Jankowski PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.359	.347	.705
Matt Moore P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Ronald Torreyes PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.248	.292	.355	.647
Ramon Rosso P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Matt Vierling PH	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.385	.429	.538	.967
Enyel De Los Santos P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
JD Hammer P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Rafael Marchan PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.286	.346	.632

Current Pitchers

Colorado Rockies

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-K	ERA
German Marquez	6.0	6	0	0	1	6	0	93-62	3.93
Jordan Sheffield	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	12-7	2.82
Daniel Bard	1.0	0	0	0	2	2	0	21-10	5.50
Ben Bowden	1.0	2	2	1	2	0	1	36-18	6.56

Philadelphia Phillies

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-K	ERA
Sam Coonrod	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14-9	3.75
Bailey Falter	0.1	2	3	3	2	1	0	30-16	5.86
Cam Bedrosian	1.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	24-15	5.03
Matt Moore	2.0	1	1	0	0	1	0	40-24	6.13
Ramon Rosso	2.0	4	2	2	0	2	2	31-26	7.94
Enyel De Los Santos	1.1	1	4	4	3	3	0	40-22	6.75
JD Hammer	0.2	1	1	1	0	1	1	13-8	2.89

[LoneStarPhan]

Maybe Bowden is available for the Phillies' bullpen. He could have held a 3 run lead in the 9th.

[zambonir]

Heading back to .500.

[LoneStarPhan]

Phillies now on 4 game losing streak and only a half game ahead of the Mets.

Catching the Braves is not impossible but surely looking unlikely. Staying ahead of the Mets is more likely but not going to happen with play like we have seen of late.

[EDmuch]

In the off-season both the Phils & Braves needed another starter. The Bravesput down $16 million on Charlie Morton. The Phils put $7 million down on Anderson & Moore. Which team made the wiser investment.

[bkox]

yeah but the issue here is the payroll at the start of the year. Phillies were already butting up toward the luxury tax. They have 3 players making above 20M (Wheeler, Harper and Realmuto). The Braves had one (Freeman @22M). Morton is their 2nd highest paid player. Acuna, Albies, Swanson and Riley make a combined $15 million... Compare that to Harper, Wheeler, Realmuto and Cutch making a combined 88M

The Braves make mistakes too. They signed Hamels for 20M in 2020 and he threw 3 innings. But they have homegrown talent that is cheap so they can more easily sign players who are better than scrap heap types like Anderson and Moore

[zambonir]

Obviously the Phillies were hoping one of Anderson and Moore would be Charlie Morton in 2017. But the Braves also didn't even have a Wheeler.

Smyly is who the Braves spent $11 million where the Phillies had Moore, Anderson and VV combined, and they still managed to get 1 full win more out of him than the Phillies got out of the trio, relief included (0.2 to -0.8). Nothing wrong with the scrapheap signing (or in VV's case, the low-risk tender) but to get all three so very wrong...

Mostly there's still no excuse for the Phillies not exceeding the CBT, particularly in the off-season when you don't have to make trades. They will likely end up wasting five seasons of Harper and Realmuto. We're almost to Year 4.

[andyb]

Silver lining - we used all the bad bullpen pitchers today. Only good one was Coonrod. The rest of the bullpen is fresh for the weekend. Including Hammer among those bad pitchers. At times he has been 96-97. These days he is more 93-94 with little command. Good ERA through smoke and mirrors but he has be eminently hittable. He might be the one to go for Velasquez.

[EDmuch]

Middleton has to accept going over the CBT. He has to in order for us to be competitive. For whatever reason we have not developed the young players. Until we do, Middleton has to get used to exceeding The Cap. It is irrational to spend the big bucks on Harper, RJ and Wheeler & then surround them with mediocrity such that you waste their prime years. But that is what Middleton is doing.

[zambonir]

When is Girardi going to call one of those "team meetings."

I gotta think Rosso goes for Velasquez. De Los Santos still seems as fungible as anyone too.

They got one bad game and one good game out of it but surely a Vince/Moore tandem can't be any worse. Could always use an opener in those games too if there's a reason too.

Still time to get back on track though it's gonna be hard without help from the Braves. Gotta win four out of the next five before three in Queens.