My comments on the inept Phillies...
- I'm glad clueless Gabe Kapler got pantz on national TV last night by cheaterAlex Rodriguez. Now the rest of the country knows why our fans have been suffering for the past two years.
- Bob Brookover gives us hope when he states today on WIP Sports Radio that 1- the Phillies do not make the playoffs and 2- there will be changes after the season. I agree that it won't happen until October. Owner John Middleton will give Kapler enough rope to hang himself.
- If Kapler goes, so must GM Klentek. He hired Kapler. His farm system sucks, so much so that he has no one to replace Jake Arrieta, who may finally be done with his bone spur in his pitching elbow.Klentek hired the current inept pitching coach. He overvalued his need for pitching.
- Both the pitching and hitting coaches must be fired. Under this new pitching coach, young pitchers Eflin, Pivetta and Valasquez have not progressed. The staff gives up way too many home runs. Kapler has burned out the bullpen.
Under this hitting coach, hitters take too many fastball strikes yet swing at balls in the dirt. Rhys Hoskins looks clueless and lost as he tries to pull everything. With this launch angle crap, batters swing too hard and often pop up with men on base. No one is getting better and even Scott Kingery, on fire early in the year, has regressed.
- Nick Pivetta sucks. Kapler used him in a key situation in the 8th inning at San Francisco last night and he failed miserably. Did he throw that meatball to Kevin Pillar ( who laced a triple to give the Giants the lead) to stick it to Kapler for putting him in the bullpen? Remember that Pivetta wasn't too happy about that or being demoted to Lehigh Valley earlier this summer.
I know that Pivetta is a headcase. I saw it up close on Photo Night when he had an attitude with the fans.
- The bottom line is the Phils are now a distant 9 games behind Atlanta and 1 1/2 games out of the wild card spot. The red-hot Mets leaped ahead of the Phillies over the weekend.
In a jumbled wild card situation, the Phils have to battle the Brewers, Cardinals, Mets and Nationals for two post-season spots. It's not going to happen.
- Meanwhile the team plays out the last 40 games of the season. Will they limp home or have a Mets-like spark to save Kapler's job?
New home stand starts tomorrow when the cubs come to town for 3 games, including a Cole Hamels vs Aaron Nola match-up on Wednesday night. I'll be at Citizens Bank Park on Thursday. Then San Diego invades town for the weekend.
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