4/3: The Phillies Come To Town

[jon abbey]

Swept in TEX and missing Harper and Hoskins, the Phillies come to town hungry for their first win. NY seems to have lined up their rotation for this, with their three top current guys scheduled (Cortes, German, Cole), whereas NY misses Zach Wheeler.

Some fun subtexts in this series, Volpe had a double and triple against Nola a week ago and Nola was very complimentary after, they will see each other again on Wednesday.

Also Taijuan Walker starts for PHI tonight, Judge has 4 HRs against him in 11 career ABs, here is a 453 ft blast from last August:

View: https://youtu.be/oUsy3g8XyFc

 

[jon abbey]

Hicks and Franchy get their first starts of the season, Cabrera and Donaldson sit:

LeMahieu 3B
Judge CF
Rizzo 1B
Stanton DH
Torres 2B
Cordero RF
Hicks LF
Trevino C
Volpe SS

 

[jon abbey]

Franchy really shines in BP, 490 just now.

View: https://twitter.com/chriskirschner/status/1642996029820739584?s=46&t=0GHHaPVUX26Io0V2HIcS0g

 

[terrynever]

Volpe really takes charge on pop ups.

 

[Wingack]

Great back up there by Cortes. Saved himself a run and maybe a big inning.

 

[terrynever]

Franchy set that up with his airmail throw from right over head of Trevino.

 

[terrynever]

Franchy‘s 2-run double makes it 7-1 in fifth.

 

[ThePrideofShiner]

Who in the heck is Ian Hamilton?

 

[terrynever]

Who in the heck is Ian Hamilton?

They told a sad story about Hamilton, who suffered multiple facial fractures when hit in the dugout by a line drive in 2019. So tonight was a big deal for him.

 

[jon abbey]

Who in the heck is Ian Hamilton?

He is a 27 year old who was a White Sox prospect before getting hit in the face by a line drive in 2019 and it fucking him up for years, eight surgeries!

NY picked him up this winter, he was great this spring and squoze him onto the roster today in Brito's spot, NY with 9 relievers for now. He was great in the spring and has a unique pitch called the 'Slambio':

“Slambio,” Boone said on Monday with a grin. “It’s a combination between a slider and a change, or a cambio. Slambio!”

 

[jon abbey]

Franchy set that up with his airmail throw from right over head of Trevino.

I was behind but was going to say that it was a hilarious 'outfield assist', he did throw a strike to Nestor. Franchy always one step ahead!

 

[jon abbey]

The Phillies staff is already a bit of a mess in game 4, they gave up 16 runs on Saturday to TEX and have a few guys out.

 

[jon abbey]

Franchy gets another AB! Cult hero!

 

[jon abbey]

Weak first pitch groundout, situation wasn't big enough for him.

 

[jon abbey]

Nice play by Volpe.

 

[jon abbey]

Phillies with a lot of weak contact hits tonight but no walks from Yankee pitching meant that their 11 'hits' only resulted in 1 run, solid game.

 

[jon abbey]

9-0 in walks tonight for the two teams, that doesn't happen very often.

 

[Murderer's Crow]

Most things clicking right now. Would be good to see Holmes string together a good April because I really still have my doubts from the second half of the year.