the Cubbies have been known to fleece the Phil's before. Hopefully, not again.
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It is what it is. Robertson wasn't great, nor as good as he'd been in Chicago, but the Phillies still might not make the playoffs or get to the World Series that year without his contribution. Ideally, any time one team trades short-term for long-term, both sides win.
If Brown ends up having a better career than Abel or McGarry that would sting at little but at the time of the trade he wasn't anywhere near their value.
Putting this in former Phillies but it really could go into any category. Michael Schwimmer's company is now giving NIL advances for a cut of their career professional salaries. At some point one needs to ask if this goes too far. The Tatis deal already seems abusive.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/04/04/big-league-advantage-tatis-dexter/3
At the time, Brown looked expendable because he was behind both Abel and McGarry (and Painter) on the depth chart. Of course, if they could borrow Doc Brown's Delorean and go back to that day, they give the Cubs McGarry for Robertson.
And I am guessing the Cubs asked for him and we said no at the time. Brown was seen as a pretty good prospect at the time though having a breakout year. He wasn't seen as top 100 yet but also was not that far away. Still a trade we probably make every time though.
Craig Kimbrel has struck out 13 of the 24 hitters he has faced this year with 0 BBs and only 3 singles against. And his stuff appears much more hittable at the same time. Probably not sustainable but fascinating how he has had pretty good results the last few years.
12 days later
Cole Irvin has thrown 20.2 consecutive scoreless innings
— MLB ( @MLB ) May 4, 2024pic.twitter.com/YvNGvXFBAs3
I wonder if he learned a new pitch. This year is lowest K-rate of his career, coupled with lowest H/9 and much lower HR rate, with tied for career lowest BB rate.
Yeah he added a cutter, and has also gone all-in on video and analytics. There was a whole article about it, possibly already posted in this thread (can't quickly re-find it Googling).
18 days later
Interesting article starting with Travis Chapman who is now the Yankees 1B coach but back in 2017 was managing their DSL team. Maybe he is a real life Moonlight Graham. He got all of 1 MLB AB with the Phillies and that was it.
Matt Vierling!
— Sarah Langs ( @SlangsOnSports ) May 26, 20241
this pitch was 1.60 feet from the center of the plate, the 5th-furthest-inside pitch homered off of under Statcast (2015), behind only:
10/2/15 Daniel Castro 1.79 ft
5/4/19 Ronny RodrĂguez 1.75 ft
4/8/15 Ryan Zimmerman 1.75 ft
9/17/16 Xander Bogaerts 1.62 ft 4https://t.co/0jBKjx8rXG4
Tonights game against the Giants might be former Phillies night. Erik Miller gets the start in a bullpen game (though he pitched last night so will probably only go an inning). And old friend Spencer Howard was just recalled to serve as a bulk reliever tonight.
Rhys Hoskins was running on the field today and has some more strides to take in that area literally and figuratively, but it’s not out of the question he gets activated in time for a return to Philadelphia next week, Pat Murphy said.
— Curt Hogg ( @CyrtHogg ) May 28, 2024
Nobody's winning an Oscar or Emmy anytime soon, but still fun:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmT_MnFos2k19