Phillies' 2023 GDT #127: 08/23/23 Giants (65-61) @ Phillies (69-57) - 4:05 p.m.

[Christopher]

Phillies lineup

Schwarber 7
Turner 6
Harper DH
Castellanos 9
Stott 4
Bohm 5
Realmuto 2
Marsh 8
Cave 3

Lorenzen RHP

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Giants' lineup at Phillies:

LaMonte Wade Jr. – DH
Thairo Estrada – 2B
Wilmer Flores – 1B
Joc Pederson – LF
Michael Conforto – RF
J.D. Davis – 3B
Patrick Bailey – C
Wade Meckler – CF
Paul DeJong – SS

RHP Alex Cobb

[Christopher]

Giants have DFA'd Johan Camargo, who did at least receive his NL championship ring earlier in the series.

[Christopher]

Thomson says Harper could return to 1B on Friday.

Here's the way I see it: Now that the Phillies KNOW that Harper can handle 1B, the most important thing is NOT to put him there every day. The most important thing is to keep him in physical shape so he can start every game in October at 1B. Because we cannot afford a single inning of Schwarber in LF in the postseason.

Postseason OF configurations, depending on opposing pitcher, will be

LF Cave, CF Marsh (with Rojas as defensive sub)
LF Marsh, CF Rojas

[Christopher]

Cave has a .999 OPS in August, FYI (though that HR off the position player helped)

[BelmontShore]

Sorry, folks.

Had a football match and forgot about the early start.

Thanks for picking me up.

[Christopher]

Possibly the Phillies' offense forgot about the early start, too.

[BelmontShore]

Apparently.

[bigel57]

Perhaps that 124 pitch no-no has turned Mikey into a pumpkin. He looks very very hittable
The body language like raw meat to a bear

[bigel57]

Cannot layoff thes shitty split. Can’t hit it.

[Christopher]

Perhaps that 124 pitch no-no has turned Mikey into a pumpkin. He looks very very hittable
The body language like raw meat to a bear

They're going to need a plan for him, too, on top of everything else. As I said, he's probably Strahm 2.0