News of Former Phillies 2019/2020

zambonir 2019-08-12 19:02:43 UTC #202

They seem determined to at least finish with a winning record and stay in the race. And sure, they might well need/want him next year too.

allentown 2019-08-13 01:41:52 UTC #203

J.P Crawford has hit a rough patch and his OPS has fallen from .800 to .720.

zambonir 2019-08-13 03:14:13 UTC #204

Still not that far behind Segura WAR-wise. But him hitting some bumps was to be expected. We win the trade for the next two years but after that?

andyb 2019-08-13 03:50:10 UTC #205

There is the small matter of Carlos Santana's 3.7 WAR in judging who won that trade.

zambonir 2019-08-13 04:40:02 UTC #206

Yeah but take away McCutchen's WAR, plus consider Hoskins' reduced WAR last year, plus the assumption (at least from me) that Santana has a comfort zone in Cleveland/the AL that wouldn't have happened here.

Last year, Santana + Hoskins was 2.2 WAR total; this year Hoskins alone is already at 2.1 and will exceed that.

Plus we'd owe him $20 million next year, can he do it again?

As it turns out we needed every inning of Nicasio too, even if he's bottomed out.

andyb 2019-08-13 12:20:18 UTC #207

The reasons behind a trade really have nothing to do with judging the results of the trade. Now one can consider the money saved in the trade ($40 million) but that is actually balanced somewhat by the money paid to Segura ($60 million over 4 years).

Bottom line is you just can't judge the trade on shortstops. Plus 4 years of Segura at $60 million is probably not going to be as valuable as 6 years of Crawford at maybe $20 million total (if it is more than that the Seattle is winning the deal big time).

If we had Crawford and Santana we would have had many options as well. Other places to trade Santana. Play Santana at 3B and live with the defense. Flip him for a $20 million starter. Sign McCutchen and play them both (hey we know we don't care about defense).

Bottom line is when all is said and done it is very unlikely that the Phillies win this trade. We are definitely not winning it this year with Santana. Next year might be 50-50 on the shortstops alone. Basically this was going to be a good trade for the Phillies only if Segura helped them win now (which he isn't) or if Crawford failed (which he does not appear to be doing). It probably will end up as a truly awful trade for the franchise.

mdougherty12 2019-08-13 15:03:09 UTC #208

On J.P. Crawford:

Taudawg 2019-08-13 15:07:47 UTC #209

I am still not a believer in Crawford. He is hitting .179 with 0 HRs since the all-star break. A 0.0 WAR on defense, although I do believe he'll be better than that on defense long term. His bat concerns me. He had a very long swing.

andyb 2019-08-13 21:24:14 UTC #210

DId not realize it, but the guy catching that throw from Crawford is none other than Austin Nola. 29 years old he made the show a couple of months ago and has an 826 OPS playing 1B, 2B, 3B, OF, and even catcher.

julio 2019-08-30 20:35:53 UTC #211

Bad news about a former Phillies draftee/farmhand:

julio 2019-09-02 20:10:04 UTC #212

Update on Chace Numata. Sadly, he passed away, never recovered from his head injury. Statement from the Tigers:

RIP.

LoneStarPhan 2019-09-03 04:14:26 UTC #213

zambonir 2019-09-03 05:00:05 UTC #214

I wonder what kind of gig Ruben will pursue next, field or office.

Also, are we going to hire Lee MacPhail?

Philsmania 2019-09-03 16:25:27 UTC #215

If we were still talking about Montgomery's Phillies, it wouldn't surprise me if they hired the younger McPhail. However, this front office has taken pains to prove that it is not your father's Phillies' front office. Amaro? Maybe a minor league manager gig somewhere. Otherwise, see him next to Michael Barkann sometimes on the post-game show.

Philsmania 2019-09-03 16:41:53 UTC #216

The Phillies also released a statement.

One thing that jumps out at me is that he died in a skateboarding accident. I guess contractual restrictions on engaging in dangerous activities or ones which could cause career-disrupting injuries are typically not given to career minor leaguers.

Regardless, RIP.

zambonir 2019-09-03 17:24:16 UTC #217

Amaro would be good on TV, he could do national!

BostonRoss 2019-09-03 22:35:09 UTC #218

He,s already on The Goldbergs.

andyb 2019-09-04 13:14:45 UTC #219

Nice piece in the Athletic on Chace:

Philsmania 2019-09-04 14:50:20 UTC #220

Sounds like the Yankees might have "non-buyer's" remorse about Ken Giles.

DurhamBull 2019-09-05 03:50:00 UTC #221

I was surprised to see Dylan Cozens start in RF for the Durham Bulls tonight in their first playoff game. He had rally-killing 3 pitch K in the 1st, a walk, another K and a double off the wall in the 8th after which he was replaced by a PR. I didn't think he was going to be able to play at all after having foot surgery earlier this seaons.

The opposing team (SWB RailRiders) scored their first run on a HR from phormer Phil Erik Kratz.

Bulls won, 9-3.

It's OT, but if you didn't see how the RailRiders won their final game to get into the playoffs, it's worth looking at the box score drama.