Dan Plesac

I was surprised they weren't hitting.

The defense was lousy.

I'm a huge Rob Thompson fan, but I kind of agree with Dave Dombrowski that, listen, you could keep going status quo and be seven to eight games under .500 or say this.

The Philly situation is different than a lot of teams.

They're in win now mode.

They've brought back Schwarber.

They have a lot of big long-term contracts.

They're going to be paying out contracts.

for the next five, six years, big ticket guys.

They had to salvage right away.

And I thought it was a move that had to be made as much as I love Rob Thompson.

I think they were in need of another voice.

I do feel this way of the teams that were eight to 10 games under 500 at the time, the Phillies and the Mets, the Phillies roster is so far superior to

So all the teams in baseball that are under 500, I think you look around the diamond.

Schwarber, I mean, Bryce Harper, Bryson Stott, Alec Baum is finally starting to hit, J.T.

Romucho, and I still think they're starting pitching, if not the best, one of the best staffs in all of baseball.

Zach Wheeler was brilliant last night.

He shut down the Red Sox, took them 19 pitches to get through the first three innings.

Aaron Nola's been a little hit and miss.

Andrew Painter, a young guy they have, he's had more miss than hit.