Phillies: Tommy Pham, we have better options than you to help our ailing offense. Stay in Triple-A White Sox: hey Tommy! Wanna bat fifth in an ALDS game we really want to win!??!?!?

I think right now, if I needed a pitcher to make a start that would determine life or death for me, I’m taking Yamamoto to make that start

All of your anger at Mattingly should be directed at Dombrowski for not giving him the personnel that could pitch the middle innings

Consider how this season would have gone had Zack Wheeler not gotten back to his Ace-level self.

lol they’re cutting the fan audio of the boos

Remember: as this team loses a game in which they decided that having a bullpen game was the best route to a badly needed victory, they knowingly and willingly decided to play a pitcher down by not putting an injured Jonathan Bowlan on the injured list. That’s egregious

And it’s not just a major league change that needs to occur. Serious developmental change needs to happen at the minor league level as well. It’s a tough needle to thread, so the real question is: does Middleton have the stones to give the reins to someone else?

The roster mess is of course of Dombrowksi’s creation, but the onus will be on Middleton to see that something must change. If not, if he thinks that a mere managerial change is enough, then these next few years is going to be quite rough.

The most important person of the Phillies right now is Middleton. Does he recognize that change needs to happen, or does he simply keep throwing blind trust in Dombrowski?

As badly as this roster needs a change, there may not be enough time to fix it.

The worst part that is looming about the Phillies is that with the lockout, they’ll have effectively a month to figure out how to fix the roster. Once the lockout ends, they’ll probably start spring training right away and no one will be making moves during that time period

My conspiracy theory: Dodgers tanked the Padres series because they want the Phillies out of the playoffs. The Dodgers are scared of the Phillies

Someone please introduce Trea Turner to pine tar spray

Just gonna leave this here. Draw your own conclusions about Bryce Harper.

Death, taxes, Bryce Harper getting a challenge wrong in the first inning

Brandon Marsh probably shouldn’t be in the lineup any longer, regardless of who is on the mound

Kerkering shouldn’t be on the postseason or 2027 Phillies roster