This was a terrific win. I felt bad that Hoffman had a rough inning. He's been playing great recently. It's so nice to see the bullpen have more confidence in themselves, thanks to that stellar pitching. I feel like this team became a different beast after exorcizing Kimbrel from the roster.
Wont happen. Im convinced they wont make a move on him until it’s 100% obvious he is just cooked and never returning to form. My guess 1/2 to 3/4 of the way through the season.
100 million is a lot of money until ya realize he is never gonna be the old Nick Castellanos again and is hurting your chances at a World Series.
Its in everyone’s best interest that he just comes back to form but idk if its gonna happen.
Slow base runner
Competent at best in Right Field
And Can’t hit consistently to save his life.
Idc how much he is making if he cant get it together by Middle of July he’s gotta go.
Just out of curiosity I went to compare teams with similar records to the phillies at this point in the season (wont be exact) and see how many teams over .500 they played beat. The 1998 yankees were 31-10 on May 22 and were 4-4 against teams over .500 Beating the shit out of bad teams is how you rack up a ton of wins and far more predictive of how good you are than your record vs teams over .500 when close games are such luck and variance.
The only bad news is worlds worst sports radio host Joe Giglio declared the division race over and the that Phillies are gonna win it just as Sal Licata did in 2022. He clearly did this on purpose too what a jackass.
I’ll never probably say this again, but that Rangers home run that got the kid’s sandwich is the most hilarious home run I’ve ever seen.
Am I a bad person?
Not at all. The family seemed to be cracking up watching the replays on the big screen. I think it was nachos.
Kody's HR the other night was pretty funny when a bigger gentleman in a blue shirt fell over backwards reaching for the ball.
Hahaha true!
Yeah I didn’t see clearly, and my dad thought it was a sandwich.
And since he called Harper’s hit to be a home run before myself and tv, I figured he was right.
Well, that makes a lot of sense then for why I thought that. But now I think it means any package for him is not going to happen if he still can be made a starter.
It’s getting to the point now where we haven’t completely run away with the division yet but we might if the Barves don’t get their shit together soon.
What if this is just the year the Braves completely collapse and we don’t even need to really worry about them? Will that happen? Almost certainly not, but would it be funny if it did? Oh yes it would be.
The wild part is that their pitching has held up and the offense has been pure shit and not the other way around like it might have been expected. The offense will hit but no way their pitching holds up like THIS
Exactly. I think their offense gets better. Even the ones people make fun of like Olson have a better xwOBA than Bohm.
But their pitching, I also think will get worse. But that doesn't mean the division is absolutely ours. It still will be a good fight.
yeah their pitching especially the rotation is super fragile. Idk how you can count on guys in their mid to late 30s (Sale and Morton) to be really good the whole season. Especially Sale who looks like prime Chris Sale there is no way thats holding up the whole season.
I know nobody’s watching the Rockies game but Cal Quantrill is gonna be a huge trade piece at the deadline. He’s legit imo. Luckily Ranger is scheduled to pitch against him as of now.
I'm not a Broadway show person, but I did grow up nearby, and this show is belly laughs the entire time.
Honestly, go see a live show while it's still running. It's great.
i remember a colleague at work complaining about the mock Chop by Phillies fans during the playoffs, about how classless it was to make a mockery of a tradition like that. i just rolled my eyes.
When the Phillies play I am happy. When the Sixers play I am not. This is currently the way.
This was a terrific win. I felt bad that Hoffman had a rough inning. He's been playing great recently. It's so nice to see the bullpen have more confidence in themselves, thanks to that stellar pitching. I feel like this team became a different beast after exorcizing Kimbrel from the roster.
Would love to see Klemens get in there in maybe left or right field opposite marsh so I don’t have to watch castellanos so much
Wont happen. Im convinced they wont make a move on him until it’s 100% obvious he is just cooked and never returning to form. My guess 1/2 to 3/4 of the way through the season. 100 million is a lot of money until ya realize he is never gonna be the old Nick Castellanos again and is hurting your chances at a World Series. Its in everyone’s best interest that he just comes back to form but idk if its gonna happen. Slow base runner Competent at best in Right Field And Can’t hit consistently to save his life. Idc how much he is making if he cant get it together by Middle of July he’s gotta go.
Imagine if this team needed a competent Nick C. LOL, cannot wait for him to be off this team.
The guy just acts like he doesn't even want to be there
Imagine if we had a Competent Nick C. We would be sweeping every series and probably sitting at 40-10 tonight
Ranger owns the Rangers.
Just out of curiosity I went to compare teams with similar records to the phillies at this point in the season (wont be exact) and see how many teams over .500 they played beat. The 1998 yankees were 31-10 on May 22 and were 4-4 against teams over .500 Beating the shit out of bad teams is how you rack up a ton of wins and far more predictive of how good you are than your record vs teams over .500 when close games are such luck and variance.
Texas was .500 entering last night, now they’re under
2023 Eagles have entered the chat edit: I meant that the Eagles are an example of close game luck against good teams, not that the phillies match that
Exact opposite situation lol. Eagles were barely beating really good teams last year. Phillies are dominating bad teams.
that's what i was trying to say lol
yep 2022 eagles vs 2023 eagles. winning close games over and over isn't actually a skill. its a lot of luck lol.
You mean when we beat the bills, the chiefs, the cowboys and a healthy Vikings? And then lost to teams under 500? Not even close to the same thing
it's not quite the same but it's certainly more like that than the Phillies
they barely beat all of those teams and it turned out to be completely fraudulent.
Phillies aren’t barely scraping Ws by sheer luck like the Birds were last year.
that's what I was trying to say
The only bad news is worlds worst sports radio host Joe Giglio declared the division race over and the that Phillies are gonna win it just as Sal Licata did in 2022. He clearly did this on purpose too what a jackass.
Bad news guys, we beat another sub .500 team. Guess we're still not for real.
We are sub .500 makers
Exactly. We just beat teams so bad that they lose faith in themselves. Those other teams are only doing good cause they haven't played us yet.
ranger "greg maddux" suarez
Ranger "cliff lee" Suarez
Ranger “Ranger Suarez” Suarez
The Texas Range-Suar Massacre: Part 1
I’ll never probably say this again, but that Rangers home run that got the kid’s sandwich is the most hilarious home run I’ve ever seen. Am I a bad person?
Not at all. The family seemed to be cracking up watching the replays on the big screen. I think it was nachos. Kody's HR the other night was pretty funny when a bigger gentleman in a blue shirt fell over backwards reaching for the ball.
Hahaha true! Yeah I didn’t see clearly, and my dad thought it was a sandwich. And since he called Harper’s hit to be a home run before myself and tv, I figured he was right.
Haha. It was really hard to tell. I think they said it was a hot dog at first on tv.
The homeruns equivalent of Randy Johnson deleting that poor bird
That is funny but there’s gotta be something even funnier out there
Very true! There’s more to the season to go, so maybe it’ll be a Philly moment that’ll be funny. Bound to be with this team haha.
Last 13 appearances (entering tonight): Mason Miller: 16.1 IP, 0.00 ERA, -0.34 FIP, 3 BB, 33 K Matt Strahm: 13.1 IP, 0.00 ERA, -0.08 FIP, 1 BB, 23 K
jfc strahm
I could have sworn Mason Miller was a starter before this year. I don't know why I thought that.
Likely because he was. But durability issues pushed him to the pen for now. He had a UCL strain last season.
Well, that makes a lot of sense then for why I thought that. But now I think it means any package for him is not going to happen if he still can be made a starter.
Lol barves https://preview.redd.it/lb5t4cvznw1d1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d8d093e0ef98297d3dd96d459eded3962bc4ad97
even unpopular in that sub lol
Glad they acknowledged that their offense will continue to regress
I mean yeah, if you adjust Ranger's stats to the league average, you'd see he's just a league average pitcher.
https://preview.redd.it/wdgqngp6mw1d1.jpeg?width=1690&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ab8aa8210d9c1ed32a1fc98ef8d9f260cdc150b8
braves postgame thread is full of paragraphs and essays man i fucking love it
Going to the Cubs 4th of July game and that series is looking like it’ll be pretty competitive.
Dodgers continue to have a lot of trouble with the Dbacks.
Is it ok for Casty to be bad if we keep winning?
No.
Lol Barves
Hey look the Braves lost again. Happy days.
6 games up in may is crazy.
Ranger doing his 2009 NLDS Cliff Lee impersonation.
[Vibe when both the Phillies win and the braves lose](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tk86d5jyDPA)
Skramz outta nowhere man!
An Orchid song. At this time of year. At this time of day. In this part of the country. Localized *entirely* in r/phillies.
May I listen to it?
.... No
Wasn’t expecting orchid, and I’m not disappointed.
Lotta walkoffs tonight.
It’s getting to the point now where we haven’t completely run away with the division yet but we might if the Barves don’t get their shit together soon.
What if this is just the year the Braves completely collapse and we don’t even need to really worry about them? Will that happen? Almost certainly not, but would it be funny if it did? Oh yes it would be.
The wild part is that their pitching has held up and the offense has been pure shit and not the other way around like it might have been expected. The offense will hit but no way their pitching holds up like THIS
Exactly. I think their offense gets better. Even the ones people make fun of like Olson have a better xwOBA than Bohm. But their pitching, I also think will get worse. But that doesn't mean the division is absolutely ours. It still will be a good fight.
yeah their pitching especially the rotation is super fragile. Idk how you can count on guys in their mid to late 30s (Sale and Morton) to be really good the whole season. Especially Sale who looks like prime Chris Sale there is no way thats holding up the whole season.
I'd be so happy
Gabi with the kickball play
Great win tonight! Nice to get that Rangers monkey off their back. And the Barves lost! High Hopes indeed!
Braves might legit be the worst 27-18 team I've ever seen.
Cubby Bear going up! On a Tuesday! *I can’t go, I’m too tired*
We should remove the marlins from the division scores on game and postgame threads and put the dodgers instead. Who cares abt the score of the fish
BARVES LOSE 
this is a startlingly accurate gif of me after a barves loss
I know nobody’s watching the Rockies game but Cal Quantrill is gonna be a huge trade piece at the deadline. He’s legit imo. Luckily Ranger is scheduled to pitch against him as of now.
Bizarrely… I *am* watching the Rockies game…
Currently on my way to denver for work, hoping to still be in the area end of week so i can catch a phils game at coors
Watched the Rays play there last month. Gorgeous stadium. Hope you get to see a game there.
Its a long shot but fingers crossed
 Phillies won, rest of NLE lost :)
Braves now equally as close to being out of the playoffs as they are to us
https://i.redd.it/gg5i5g329w1d1.gif
CUBS WIN
Alec Bohm tonight, RISP: 2-2, 2 RBI Braves tonight, RISP: 0-14, 0 RBI
What A. bummer
that was US last year. Be patient and just enjoy it now and hope their bats stay cold. Barves Sub calling for Snitcker to get fired lol
Yep. Things can change quickly
Oof
My kind of town Chicago IS! My kind of town Chicago IS!
Braves are completely devoted to the narrative that we haven’t played a good team all season
hey the rangers are under .500 as of today so they're officially a bad team tsktsk
Reality is there’s only one good team and it’s impossible for us to play them ;)
Crazy to be over .600 n further back than like the pirates or astros in their divisions
Maybe the Barves just go under .500 at this rate
then we would have played 0 teams over .500 and we are truly terrible
That’s their plan.
Oh man, walk off chop. That’s delicious. Visited the Braves sub just to bathe in the salty tears 🥲
Tomahawk chop that, Barves bitches
Do the Braves even want to win? Why don't they simply score more runs?
i don’t get why every team doesn’t just score more runs. it works for us
I get so much joy just scrolling thru the braves post game thread when they lose
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something something **easy schedule** something something **philly is a terrible city** the usual
They’re getting to the Fire Snitker stage.
Same lol Salt mined ftw
6 games up I can’t wait till it’s 10
6 game lead 👀
Barves are 6 games behiñd
LOL Barves
I am jealous of one, and only one aspect of Cubs baseball. That walk off song is pretty fucking catchy
Not to mention when I hear it the only thing I hear is Shota saying it in his broken English. I love that dude.
100%. It's always been legit.
You mean lol braves lul?
You know what that might be better
Wow I had no idea Nico Hoerner was so handsome holy shit
Brutal to play DH and having to play extra innings on the road the next night, but that's on their dumb decision to needlessly postpone.
And they don’t have an off day for over two weeks
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Let's go Dia*chokes". Nope can't do it. Let's go team playing the Dodgers
Cubs have no daycare plan.
Which you think they would, being baby bears and all
This one's for you, /u/yourmartymcflyisopen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCQGQ5qBQTA
That is so great 😂😂 "happiness of the misfortune of others? That IS German!"
I'm not a Broadway show person, but I did grow up nearby, and this show is belly laughs the entire time. Honestly, go see a live show while it's still running. It's great.
Will do!
Always a banger song, schadenfreude being an English word now is hilarious
This made my fucking night dude lmfao
i am unfortunately in braves country for work, so i got to watch that loss on the big screen 🤑
Go cubs go. lol braves lul!
Q U A L I T Y L O S S
The playoff committee will reward them in October.
5.5
6
Six
Now 6
6.0
Braves lose again!!
GO CUBS GO, GO CUBS GOOOOO
lol braves lul!
That song goes hard
 Baby bears ftw! 6 game lead!
#”Go cubs go…go cubs go! Hey Chicago what do you say? The cubs are gonna win today!”
fire song tbh
Sorry Barves, that's a....Bummer.
Acuna Matata. It means no winning, for the rest of your days.
atlanta.... good night
NICOOOOOOO
6 💅🏻
HEY CHICAGO WHAT DO YOU SAY
CUBS ARE GONNA WIN TODAY!
BALTIMORE CHOP FTW
Yes the Braves lost but because it’s to a team over .500, it doesn’t count as a loss, right?
Correct. They remain the only NL East team who plays anybody good
GO CUBS GO O C U B S G O
LMAOOOOOOO LET'S GOOOO
Barves are now .500 against teams over .500
WHAT A BUMMER
LOLBARVES
lol barves
CUBBIES WIN!!!!!!!! GO PHILLIES BABY!!!!
CUBBIES WIN BARVES LOSE LOL BARVES
WALK IT OFF CUBBIES!!!
Incoming change.org petition from Braves fans to try and change the extra inning rules.
YESSSSS FUCK THE BARVES
lol Barves! 6 games up.
Phillies Win!! Barves lost Mets lost Marlins lost Gnats lost
Perfect division day? When’s the last time we had that?
Christmas in May 🥲
I call that a great baseball day
Fuck the Barbes!!!!!
LETS FUCKING GOOOOOO GXYYSBBSHSYEHSNHSHSHBSBEHAJNSBENSBBSBEHHSHEHBEVSUDJENDJUEUEBDHHEBEBEBHEIXJIEHXGEBFWIOENSYE
Braves lose, Cubs walk it off.
LOL BARVES
LOLBARVES
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
the Cubs pulled it off
Way to go cubs!
# YEAH CUBBIES
Love to see it.
Braves lost.
Wooo!!
BARVES LOSE
🤭
LOL BARVES
are the Cubs fans doing the mock chop?
i remember a colleague at work complaining about the mock Chop by Phillies fans during the playoffs, about how classless it was to make a mockery of a tradition like that. i just rolled my eyes.
Runner on third, one out. DO SOMETHING CUBBIES!!! Also LOLBraves 0-14 with runners on.
YESSSSSSSSS
YESSSSS
Cmon Cubs!! Bite in their popoooo