Phillies' 2023 GDT #80: 6/29/23 Phillies(42-37) @ Cubs(37-41) - 8:05pm

[BelmontShore]

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Starting Lineups:
Phillies
Schwarber LF
Turner SS
Castellanos RF
Harper DH
Realmuto C
Stott 2B
Marsh CF
Harrison 3B
Clemens 1B

Cubs
Tauchman RF
Hoerner 2B
Morel DH
Happ LF
Swanson SS
Bellinger CF
Amaya C
Young 1B
Madrigal 3B

Starting Pitchers:
Phillies - Walker
Cubs - Hendricks

Umpires:
Home Plate - Mike Muchlinski
First Base - Quinn Wolcott
Second Base - Junior Valentine
Third Base - Jose Navas

[Christopher]

So weird not to at least finish with a day game at Wrigley

[FolesMVP09]

Padres have really fallen apart

Machado down to a 690 OPS

[BelmontShore]

So weird not to at least finish with a day game at Wrigley

I am not pleased. I expected a 2:20pm start, at least once. Harden about to be traded made up for it.

[Skyjack]

Padres have really fallen apart

Machado down to a 690 OPS

When is Preller going to walk the plank for his failures in SD? I’ve never seen a GM fail as much as he has there and never been held accountable for it. If he had been the GM of the Phillies and did here what he has done there, he’d have been tossed off of the Ben Franklin bridge years ago.

[Christopher]

That said, it's hard to point to what's specifically the WRONG move.
In retrospect they Machado extension doesn't look great, but they also still had Tatis concerns.

Honestly, the wrong moves might have been the ones they didn't make. They made so many bold moves yet they allowed the Dodgers to steal Scherzer out from under them in 2021 at the deadline, and it made the difference for two teams.

[Christopher]

Speaking of Scherzer .... should/would the Phillies get involved if he's available???

[Christopher]

Phillies would be in first place in both Central divisions

[FolesMVP09]

Speaking of Scherzer .... should/would the Phillies get involved if he's available???

He has a 43m player option for next year - I just don't see the Phils willing to pay that.

[Christopher]

What if that strained the market for him, though?

My main opposition to Scherzer is that I don't want to trade any of our, say, top 8-10 prospects.

But if the market is scared by the salary and you can get Scherzer for lesser farmhands, do you have to at least sleep on the idea?