13-7. 1 game out of 1st place. Lots of exciting young players, especially Nola, Hoskins and Kingery. 1 starter and 2 top relievers still on the DL since the season began. Predicted 78-84 before the season started (which I’ll stick with), but right now the Phils are playing good baseball and are fun to watch.
OT: 2018 Philadelphia Phillies season thread
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Thought they be about .500, still looking that way,IMO. Right now playing a stretch of bad teams, but you can only play who's on your schedule. The starters have impressed so far, so hoping they continue to look good and keep it up throughout the season. Hoskins looking like a legit star, and the rest of the team falling into place.
BTW, nice username, I'm assuming it was for Chip Kelly. At that time I was all aboard with him also, it's weird how he backed off of the analytics and never improved as a coach. Good thing big balls Doug Pederson became the coach that we all thought Kelly was going to be. Hopefully Kapler keeps his foot on the analytics gas, doesn't become results oriented and fade like Kelly did.
BTW, nice username, I'm assuming it was for Chip Kelly. At that time I was all aboard with him also, it's weird how he backed off of the analytics and never improved as a coach. Good thing big balls Doug Pederson became the coach that we all thought Kelly was going to be. Hopefully Kapler keeps his foot on the analytics gas, doesn't become results oriented and fade like Kelly did.
And yet 90% of Nova's student body are rich, white kids from North Jersey and Long Island. Not only geographically is Nova outside the city limits, but culturally it is as well.
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After all,it is a Catholic school,which naturally limits its appeal to non-Catholics.
Nova is a safety school for privileged white kids from NJ/NY/CT who aren't smart enough for an Ivy League School, ND, BC or Georgetown. RU mops the floor with Nova academically.
Ok, let's get this back on track. Sure, I agree that Nova is definitely not a Philly school, but that's not what we're talking about.
The Phils look great right now, mostly because of their pitching. I think getting Hunter and Neshek back will really help, too. Kingery is slumping and Franco is Franco. Alfaro hasn't gotten it going yet and Crawford has finally over .200. If the kids can hit, things will get really interesting.
The Phils look great right now, mostly because of their pitching. I think getting Hunter and Neshek back will really help, too. Kingery is slumping and Franco is Franco. Alfaro hasn't gotten it going yet and Crawford has finally over .200. If the kids can hit, things will get really interesting.
Phils and Braves are way better than the last few seasons. This division is gonna be a dog fight.
Which is the ironic part as I thought the team would score runs early and often and have mediocre pitching outside of Nola and Arrieta.
Agreed here. ‘Nova is a Big 5 Team so you’d have to count them plus Jay Wright is a class act.
Back to the topic, nice to see them beating the teams they’re supposed to beat. Hoskins looks to be legit.
I still can't believe the Sixers pulled that Game 4 win out of their asses. They had no business winning yesterday with 27 turnovers. They won because like the first 3 games, they dominated the 4th quarter. Only reason it wasn't a sweep was because they were too far behind in Game 2.
Phils also off to their best start at home in 40 years at 8-1. Looking forward to the series vs the DBacks as that's a legit playoff contender in the NL.
Didnt realized that the Phillies are looking good this year. The way people were talking about their manager, the media had them sounding like they were the Marlins and the fraudulent Jeter.
Somehow I'm watching 5 Phillies games this year: 3 up in Citi (including the DH) and 2 down there with the son and father. Here's hoping for a great season for all.
Somehow I'm watching 5 Phillies games this year: 3 up in Citi (including the DH) and 2 down there with the son and father. Here's hoping for a great season for all.
First 9-1 start at home since 1964.It's unlikely that Kapler will pitch Arrieta and Nola three times each on 2 days rest in the last 2 weeks of the season as did Mauch with Bunning and Short that year.
I don't want to be pessimistic, but it seems to me the Phillies had a hot start in 2016 and then finished 71-91. OTOH, the Phils did sweep the Pirates today, and the Pirates had been leading their division.
I go early think the Phils will be serious contenders for both Harper and Machado. Not saying they'll land either one, but they're gonna throw money at them.
Need more than two guys hitting. Right now Hoskins and Odubel are the only two hitting.
Rutgers fans should know better than to criticize other teams' won-loss records.
That's one of the dumbest stats out there. But congrats, par for the course.
Phils are looking good so far.
