Phillies vs. Astros, 10/3 (7:10pm)

[Saint]

Lance's final start before the postseason.

I'd still like to see:

Tucker: HR #30
Altuve: 20 SB (.300/.900)
Yordan: 100 RBI

[olpapa]

The 3 starters that Philadelphia is running out there this series are all tough on left handed batters. If Tucker and Alvarez reach those goals, they will earn it.

[Saint]

Altuve
Pena
Yordan
Bregman
Tucker
Gurriel
Mancini
Meyers
Maldonado

[olpapa]

Oct 3, 2022 14:23:08 GMT -6 Saint said:

Altuve
Pena
Yordan
Bregman
Tucker
Gurriel
Mancini
Meyers
Maldonado

I’m pulling for Meyers to do well and make the ALDS roster.

[Saint]

It's a brother vs. brother series. Phil Maton vs. Nick Maton.

His brother is a young utility player having a nice season in limited appearances.

[olpapa]

I’m hoping to see Chas in LF and Meyers in CF vs the lefties on Tuesday snd Wednesday.

[Saint]

Oct 3, 2022 14:28:00 GMT -6 olpapa said:

Oct 3, 2022 14:23:08 GMT -6 Saint said:

Altuve
Pena
Yordan
Bregman
Tucker
Gurriel
Mancini
Meyers
Maldonado

I’m pulling for Meyers to do well and make the ALDS roster.

Well he's off to a good start since coming back.

[olpapa]

Hoping Dubon and Smith make it to the ALDS….. sitting in the section behind the Astros dugout.

[Saint]

Now Dusty is saying that he'll likely start pulling some of the starters out after a couple ABs each day, like during ST. That seems reasonable.

[olpapa]

Nice way to start the game….. NOT!!!

[bearbryant]

Starting Lance in Game 3 would be a mistake

[bearbryant]

Javier's BAA for the season is .169

[inaltuvewetrust]

Oct 3, 2022 18:19:13 GMT -6 bearbryant said:

Javier's BAA for the season is .169

Javier is VERY good. With some more experience I think he can be ELITE.

[Saint]

Oct 3, 2022 18:13:44 GMT -6 bearbryant said:

Starting Lance in Game 3 would be a mistake

You think so? It was just one run. He's looked really good overall.

[bearbryant]

Oct 3, 2022 18:41:18 GMT -6 Saint said:

Oct 3, 2022 18:13:44 GMT -6 bearbryant said:

Starting Lance in Game 3 would be a mistake

You think so? It was just one run. He's looked really good overall.

I'm sure Dierker thought Mike Jackson looked good when he went to him in Game 1 instead of Dotel in 2001. The postseason's about going with who's better or you might regret it

[Saint]

Oct 3, 2022 18:45:56 GMT -6 bearbryant said:

Oct 3, 2022 18:41:18 GMT -6 Saint said:

You think so? It was just one run. He's looked really good overall.

I'm sure Dierker thought Mike Jackson looked good when he went to him in Game 1 instead of Dotel in 2001. The postseason's about going with who's better or you might regret it

We'll if we're talking of riding the hot hand, I have doubts about Framber. He looks tired and lacking of confidence.

[bearbryant]

Oct 3, 2022 18:49:35 GMT -6 Saint said:

Oct 3, 2022 18:45:56 GMT -6 bearbryant said:

I'm sure Dierker thought Mike Jackson looked good when he went to him in Game 1 instead of Dotel in 2001. The postseason's about going with who's better or you might regret it

We'll if we're talking of riding the hot hand, I have doubts about Framber. He looks tired and lacking of confidence.

I agree. Dusty needs to put some thought into how he sets the rotation cause it's hard to reshuffle once the playoffs are underway

[inaltuvewetrust]

The offense is going the opposite way you would want it to prior to the playoffs.

[Saint]

Oct 3, 2022 18:58:59 GMT -6 inaltuvewetrust said:

The offense is going the opposite way you would want it to prior to the playoffs.

They'll turn it up. They're mostly going thru the motions and trying not to get hurt at this point.

[Saint]

I'm just not seeing how Altuve's defensive metrics are so horrible. Obviously he doesn't have great range, but it doesn't seem that bad to warrant the numbers he's getting.

[Saint]

That .300 AVG dream is starting to fade.

[koolade2]

The offense has been missing for quite a few games thanks to the Pitching they have won those games. I disagree you can turn it on and off YOU said the same thing last year and they never got it back to where they were. Then you have said that you want to see certain things met by a couple of players well they won't do that if they Lollygag around and play these games to win.

[koolade2]

I see Texas managed to not get No-Hit in the eight. What inning do you think these guys will decide they need to show up at the plate? I say this as we have seen them disappear for several games in a row and you certainly don't want that to happen now going into playoffs.

[Saint]

Oct 3, 2022 19:16:50 GMT -6 koolade2 said:

I see Texas managed to not get No-Hit in the eight. What inning do you think these guys will decide they need to show up at the plate? I say this as we have seen them disappear for several games in a row and you certainly don't want that to happen now going into playoffs.

They've been streaky all season. A cold streak now bodes well for a hot streak to come. And they've shown for some time now that they show up when it counts.

[Saint]

Way to battle, Lance.

[Saint]

Nola is dealing. Wow.

[koolade2]

Too Bad his offense doesn't have his back. Not even a frigging walk and yet Saint says this is a good thing

[Saint]

Oct 3, 2022 19:40:38 GMT -6 koolade2 said:

Too Bad his offense doesn't have his back. Not even a frigging walk and yet Saint says this is a good thing

No, I said I'm not going to worry about them having a cold streak when there is nothing to play for. Especially when they're still beating good teams.

[koolade2]

Duh Philly is a good team and they are in the Playoffs. Once again they don't show up against an NL team.

[unionstation82]

Oct 3, 2022 19:07:21 GMT -6 Saint said:

I'm just not seeing how Altuve's defensive metrics are so horrible. Obviously he doesn't have great range, but it doesn't seem that bad to warrant the numbers he's getting.

I don’t see how Peña’s are so great.