2023 Phillies Discussion

[Christopher]

RHP Noah Song (DFA on 7/29) has cleared waivers and has been returned to the Boston Red Sox.

[Christopher]

Destiny Lugardo
@destiny_lugardo
Phillies are hoping to get Jose Alvarado back during the week they go to Toronto, Washington and Williamsport.

He’s throwing a bullpen today. If that goes well, he’ll throw live BP on Monday, either in Philly or at a minor league affiliate.

[FolesMVP09]

Destiny Lugardo
@destiny_lugardo
Phillies are hoping to get Jose Alvarado back during the week they go to Toronto, Washington and Williamsport.

He’s throwing a bullpen today. If that goes well, he’ll throw live BP on Monday, either in Philly or at a minor league affiliate.

Going to really be embarrassing when the Phils struggle to score against actual little league pitching....

[FolesMVP09]

McGarry promoted to AAA

Could he be a Sept call-up?

[BelmontShore]

Let. Nola. Walk.

Re-sign Lorenzen.

Collect the extra 1st rd pick.

[bigel57]

Let. Nola. Walk.

Re-sign Lorenzen.

Collect the extra 1st rd pick.

Absolutely. Any way to dump Schwarber,eat $25 mil and his dump hissorry ass
More contact,speed,defense.,pitching Pache,Rojas,Marsh,Bohm,Stottetc , like that. Much less of stupid of overerswinging ,overpaid,undisciplined over 30 dinosaurs
This experiment epic fail

[Vegas Eagle Fan]

Let. Nola. Walk.

Re-sign Lorenzen.

Collect the extra 1st rd pick.

Absolutely. Any way to dump Schwarber,eat $25 mil and his dump hissorry ass
More contact,speed,defense.,pitching Pache,Rojas,Marsh,Bohm,Stottetc , like that. Much less of stupid of overswinging ,overpaid,undisciplined over 30 dinosaurs
This experiment epic fail
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Regarding Nola, he can be very frustrating with his inconsistency, but he stays healthy and is better than a lot of pitchers out there. I say keep him unless his asking price is too much. I agree with you on Schwarber. Thomson's reluctance to move him out of the lead off spot and still not giving him any days off irks me too. I don't even like Bohm hitting 2nd. What manager has ever batted two of his slowest players, one and two. No chance for steals, or stretching a single into a double. The obvious thing to do right now is to swap Schwarber and Stott, because Stott can hit regardless who's pitching and is one of the best two strike hitters.

[Christopher]

Let. Nola. Walk.

Re-sign Lorenzen.

Collect the extra 1st rd pick.

Lorenzen is going to be a very tough call.
He's basically Strahm 2.0 -- he can give you some really nice part-time rotation and multi-inning flexibility, but he's not a rotation workhorse.

Maybe let Strahm and Lorenzen both start 15-17 games, lol. Innings platoon.

[Christopher]

I take back every post from last winter in which I encouraged the Phillies to sign Rodon. Holy hell.

[Christopher]

To be clear, I don't want Nola back next year under any deal.

That said, it's depressing to see all the Twitterati who think handing $100M to Lorenzen is the answer for the rotation.

Lorenzen is talented and can be very valuable for next year's, but he's very unlikely to be a workhorse starter, nor should he be paid like one IMO.