David Esser

The Philadelphia Phillies cause me agony.

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Randal Grichuk is one of those cheap-yet-interesting bats the Phillies should be trying to acquire this summer.

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@brendanfratis13 But look at the curve!

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And there's our new everyday right fielder -- go get it done @Dombrowski

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Padres DFA’d Nick Castellanos.

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We are starting to see some red on the Nola savant page.

#monitoring

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The Phillies will make the playoffs if Nola starts pitching the way he did his last two starts.

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@richkerr1 They have not

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The Phillies should deploy the "2021 Braves" trade deadline tactic this year.

They don't really have the ammo to go star hunting, and it's probably not in their best interest to mortgage the future anymore.

Just go grab like 4 cheap, interesting bats and see what happens.

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@BradyConnolly28 Knowing Dombrowski, probably

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This is the first year in quite possibly forever where I don't think the Phillies need to be in the market for bullpen help.

An extra starter would be nice, though.

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@Phillys29878983 Hays and Bader are great examples of them going after *one* bat to solve their lineup issues, which is not what my tweet is advocating for

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@ExplainingPhils I agree

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@Phillys29878983 They've added multiple bats each deadline for the past 10 years? 🤨

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@YoButch2020 My first reply was referring to the RF position -- it's the most obvious spot they can upgrade:

https://t.co/yN4jwpurLt

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The absolute worst outcome is moving one of their better prospects for a single .750ish ops RHH and thinking that will be enough

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@spongebobbbby2 Whoever is swinging the hottest bat, to be frank

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@Castellanos4MVP Kepler, Garcia and Hays were all examples of them trying to solve one big issue with one mid-level player.

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@FrankKlose Respectfully, he is definitely done

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@tapintomacdfs This was in reference to the RF spot "just needing one single RHH in the cleanup hole"

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@bradleyryder @VMxRG He was mashing LHP last year but the metrics were brutal. Definitely a missed opportunity to cash in

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@VMxRG Garcia, Marchan, Stubbs and Kemp/Reyes/Berroa are 4 spots you can easily replace/upgrade.

I don't think they need to be married to Sosa either.

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@DVDbargainbin I don't think it has been -- they've largely targeted *one* notable, mid-tier bat each deadline

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@Basedball_cpa This is not true