This is why I roll my eyes at the Philly fanbase. All this city cares about is names. Period. No one cares about fit & evaluation of skill sets. Why people believe this Jaylen Brown trade is great is mind boggling to me. The Sixers now have a bunch of small, ball needy guards.
@Philly__Nation It’s so sad the lack of baseball knowledge of Philly fans but you already knew that when you posted this. Yes this outfield would be awful if that’s what the Phils decide to do. I’ve said this forever but current version of baseball has passed Dombroswki by.
@AlexCarrMLB No they didn’t. This whole notion that teams have to pay players for what they did is preposterous. You need to be paying them for what you believe they are going to do. Going 5 years at $150 mill for a DH is asking for trouble.
@JackFritzWIP Only in Philly will a guy like Jack, a self proclaimed knowledgeable baseball guy, put out a ridiculous offer that the diamondbacks would hang up and laugh at.
@TheGoodPhight What are we defending this loser for? Philly loves to defend loser players to the end just because of some stereotype that they fill as a “Philly” type player. Show me where in his production we should be excited for with his $25MM/yr contract
@SixersAdam Just read your article and Marcus Hayes message on X about his lede. He had an opportunity to apologize to Embiid and essentially apologized to his readers and thanking them for “constructive criticism” like it was a journalistic error he was correcting. He deserved it.
@AlexCarrMLB lol it’s always something with Taijuan. One inning, 1 out, 1 play. He’s simply a very below average pitcher getting overpaid. I mean it’s not like he’s got some tremendous upside or statcast metric to get excited about either.
@JackFritzWIP JRoll had 1 (!) elite offensive year (2007). He’s a career 95 wRC+ hitter, which is below average. His whole value was tied into his defense. Chase was an elite defender and an elite O hitter. JRoll wishes he could be Chase Utley.
@JackFritzWIP Absolutely mind boggling how idiotic the Philly fan base is especially in baseball. Saying the guy who had 5 consecutive years of 7+ WAR seasons and trying to compare him to JRoll and Ryan Howard is a joke. What are we doing here people? Go look at splits, go look at def
@Ike58Reese No!!!! When you start drafting players because of the name on the back of the jersey, that’s not good. Please tell me on tape what he’s done to show anyone he’s a NFL LB
@PhilsTailgate It’s really not complicated. Let Zack play out his final season and then let him walk. Simple. It’s his age 34 season coming up. Like why does anyone want to pay him from his age 35 season onward?
@DingersLiss@TheGoodPhight He’s got the worst swing profile to last into his 30s much less his 40s. He’s got a violent backside swing that projects very poorly when he loses bat speed.
@NathanAckerman_ Phillies shouldn’t extend his deal at all. His contract runs thru his age 38 season already. Stop the nonsense just because he wants more $
@RealDGunn Do Philly fans follow anything outside of Philly? Seriously these fans are delulu. Ekler? Henry? Dillon? Why do people like over the hill players? Is it just the name recognition?
@SSN_Eagles You don’t use a top 15 pick on a 2 down run stopping DT. Period. Not in today’s football. Howie gets away with bad picks. He makes good ones too. But he’s got to get these types of picks out of his system
@thomasrp93 Easy. He is one of the most aggressive 4th down callers in the league, consistently giving his team small edges in expected win % over his counterparts. Overreaction and wanting to fire coaches in every sport is so on point with Philly
@WordOnTheBirds This fanbase is gutless. I’ve always said Jimmy Rollins was right. It’s a bunch of front running bandwagon fans. Yes they are not playing well and likely 1/out. But firing a coach after a SB berth and a 11+ win season? This fanbase deserves its misery.