NL East smack talk

[Cedrique]

Gross. Swept by the Pirates. They’ve lost 9 of their last 10

It's amazing how bad the "Daycare" bunch has been. When you think about it, they've pretty much hit on every big name free agent they signed recently. Harper and Wheeler are easily the best 2 FAs they've ever had. Turner's contract will not age well but he's still a good player now. Schwarber has been great. Luzardo is solid. But that core group of "youngsters" (not that young any more), Stott, Bohm, Marsh/Rojas can't manage an OPS of even .700. It's sad when you're actually happy to see a career backup like Sosa in the lineup because you know he's probably going to do as well or better offensively than whoever he is replacing.

 

[navamind]

It's amazing how bad the "Daycare" bunch has been. When you think about it, they've pretty much hit on every big name free agent they signed recently. Harper and Wheeler are easily the best 2 FAs they've ever had. Turner's contract will not age well but he's still a good player now. Schwarber has been great. Luzardo is solid. But that core group of "youngsters" (not that young any more), Stott, Bohm, Marsh/Rojas can't manage an OPS of even .700. It's sad when you're actually happy to see a career backup like Sosa in the lineup because you know he's probably going to do as well or better offensively than whoever he is replacing.

I'd say Marsh's regression has had one of the biggest effects on the Phillies. Unfortunately I think Stott's 2023 might have been an outlier

Realmuto's had a disappointing year so far, but at least his Statcast data is encouraging (.320 xwOBA versus .287 wOBA)

 

[Cedrique]

I'd say Marsh's regression has had one of the biggest effects on the Phillies. Unfortunately I think Stott's 2023 might have been an outlier

Realmuto's had a disappointing year so far, but at least his Statcast data is encouraging (.320 xwOBA versus .287 wOBA)

Stott is the guy I had pegged to be much better based on his minor league numbers but you're right, he's only had one decent year offensively. So maybe it was an outlier.