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

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lol they’re cutting the fan audio of the boos

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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

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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?

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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.

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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?

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

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Ethan Witte @witteethan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

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

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

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Ethan Witte @witteethan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Someone please introduce Trea Turner to pine tar spray

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Ethan Witte @witteethan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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

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Ethan Witte @witteethan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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

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Ethan Witte @witteethan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

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

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Ethan Witte @witteethan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

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

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Ethan Witte @witteethan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I could be mistaken, but I think the Phillies are bad at baserunning

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Ethan Witte @witteethan.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Alex Cora would never allow this bad of fundamentals

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Ethan Witte @witteethan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Obviously not the end for Wheeler, just reminds me of that

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Ethan Witte @witteethan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The only thing I can think of watching Wheeler pitch like this is endgame Roy Halladay.

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Ethan Witte @witteethan.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Wrote this today. Small sample size, of course, but the team defense has been just fine

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Ethan Witte @witteethan.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

One thing that is going to annoy me is how expensive Renteria’s Bowman first auto cards are going to be

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I’m probably wrong about all of this, but I just don’t think it’s the catastrophic calamity some are making it out to be.

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The bullpen is better, depending on if you believe Painter is actually mostly fixed, maybe the rotation will be fine. (7/)

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Should they have done something different? Sure. Taylor Ward might have been better for the defensive fit, but he hasn’t really hit for power this year. We sure that’s gonna just flip on were he to arrive here? Arraez is like a metronome with his ability (6/)

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In the lineup, Arraez over Rincones/BDLC is a win. Maybe the latter duo could get hot for a bit, but how often do we complain this lineup strikes out too much? (5/)

Harper to RF: this might be the worst one, but again, Crawford/Hill should be able to take some of the CF/RF gap and cover that. Plus, Harper’s speed might better be utilized in RF than 1B. If anything, I'd be more worried about the injury risk he is taking on (4/)

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Stott to 3B: even as rough as it could be, Bohm was no great shakes. I'll take Stott’s athleticism and ability to move side to side and think he can at least be what Bohm was (3/)

In regards to the defense: Bohm to 1B: if Harper has been so bad statistically, how much more worse can it really get? He should be able to at least equate what Harper is now (2/)

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Sent this over on the other site, so here goes. I’m probably the contrarian on all of this, but I believe the Phillies are fine with what they did at the deadline. (1/)

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So far today, I’m at: Arraez/Kilian deal: B- Raley deal: B

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What was their point? I genuinely do not know.

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For those that wish the Phillies to enter a rebuild, let me remind you, rebuilds are not as fun as you think they are.

Anyway, trade Orion. He’s cooked here without a third pitch when the other two aren’t that good

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Again I ask: where is the offense in games? One hit after the Realmuto home run. One!

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I’m not saying he’s not bad at this, that he shouldn’t be fired after the game tonight. But Kerkering made some bad pitches. Thats on him

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Listen, he’s not good, at all, at managing a bullpen. But some of this has to fall on the pitchers for being bad at execution of pitches

But yeah, Donnie, keep telling us how Bryce shouldn’t say that this team needs help.

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We can place a lot of the blame on Mattingly for his pitching moves….bur where is the offense to pile on runs?

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