Phillies Shit The Bed In Cincinnati, Now Shipping Off To Boston
This weekend sucked. After busting their load on Friday, the Phillies lost 3 straight to the Cincinnati Reds. I am in the United Kingdom, 5 hours ahead and I stayed up until 3 am watching what is supposed to be a playoff baseball team. I didn’t not see that.
What I saw was a first place team that had grown complacent. A team that had just tied a franchise record for home run’s and was 14 games over .500 for the first time since 2011. A team that was on such a high Thursday night, that in their mind, they had just won the World Series. Well reality struck in a big way. Luckily for the them, The Nationals are pathetic and the Braves have already plateaued.
The Phillies were gifted a break this weekend and still remain 1 game and 1/2 up in the East. But we have to give credit to the Reds who played tremendous baseball this weekend. Even Gabe tipped his cap.
Here's how Phillies manager Gabe Kapler started his postgame comments… pic.twitter.com/kZTr5IYaub
— C. Trent Rosecrans (@ctrent) July 29, 2018
I loved this quote. He remains positive of his team despite the rough series, but doesn’t hide in the fact that his team was outplayed by a last place team. A team that if they had any competent starting pitching, would be competetive in the central. WIP thinks otherwise.
How do you feel about Gabe Kaplers positive attitude?
— WIP Morning Show (@WIPMorningShow) July 30, 2018
Why don’t you chortle my balls you bunch of hacks. I will take a person of positivity and passion any day you burn outs. I don’t understand anyone who would want to make their living begging for clicks and ratings by bashing people for their beliefs. I would rather slam my dick in a car door than live that life, regardless of the financial upside. Ok, I am fired up now, so I am going to end my rant here. Now let’s dive into the next few days and see what we have to look forward to.
The Boston Red Sox:
– 41 games above .500
– 37-14 at home
– 7-1 against the NL East
– 5 losses in July
– Averaging 5.3 runs per game
– Have arguably the best leadoff hitter as well as the best 3-hole hitter in the game
– Staff is weak outside of Sale
Luckily, that last part is all we need to focus on. I don’t care what Carrabis says, David Price is softer than a baby’s diaper and everyone outside of Boston knows this. Even Sox fans know this. The man is a headcase and owns a 6.43 July ERA. It would be higher, but he had a scoreless start against Detroit who have the 2nd lowest OPS in the American League. Big Fucking whoop.
The Phillies need to pounce and pounce early. Price’s 1st inning ERA is 6.30. Batters have a collective .848 OPS against him in that inning. Off the jump Cesar, Rhys and Odubel need to connect on that first pitch fastball. On first pitches this year, Price’s BAA is .417 with 5 HR allowed. The offense needs to be aggresive out of the gate because Price will stay around the plate with a walk rate of only 7%.
On our side we have Aaron Nola. Speaking of first inning’s, this might be the most important one of Nola’s career. The Sox feast in the first with just under an .800 OPS, plus you have to see Mookie and JD. Nola has been really struggling in that inning, especially of late. His 5.57 ERA and OPS against of .829 is double any other inning split for Nola this season. What I am saying is, we need All-Star game Aaron Nola tonight.
Here’s a look at Aaron Nola’s All-Star Game debut. pic.twitter.com/xIZNhpsiDW
— BWanksCB (@BWCrossingBroad) July 18, 2018
As for the Front Office, it’s going to be an interesting couple days. I loved the Asdrubal move. It gives us a tremendous infield option who has power. And for Franklyn Kilome! The man had been regressing for a couple years now. Asdrubal, who is 0-8 in a Phillies uni so far, needs to step up tonight.
One game at a time boys and as always. Tonight is bigger than most of us think. Let’s take it down.
Go Phils.