October 11, 2021 Morning Edition: Phillies News Roundup
This is your Phillies Stats, News, Rumors, and Commentary Roundup for the Morning of October 11, 2021.
A Look at Phillies Pitchers Last Week
Now onto the News, Rumors, and Commentary…
“The Phillies haven’t yet had any talks with manager Joe Girardi about his contract, though president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski admitted to media (including The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Scott Lauber) earlier this week that he “didn’t even know” about the Phillies’ club option on Girardi for 2023 until asked by a reporter. 2022 is the…”
“That means they will need someone to take over as the #2 catcher and provide something more than a 5 WAR dropoff, the difference between Realmuto and Knapp this year. The bad The bad constitutes pretty much everything else Knapp did on the baseball diamond this season. Rafael Marchan is ready to take over as the backup catcher to Realmuto and Logan O’Hoppe isn’t far behind that. Looking at his defensive numbers, he was pretty much league average behind the plate.”
“Don’t worry though; it’s doubtful that we’ll ever see anything like that again in the postseason. Phillies news: An important piece of new for the franchise in that the team settled their lawsuit regarding the Phanatic over the weekend. MLB news: Jim Kaat used a racially insensitive remark on air and yesterday apologized for it. For those that don’t like the rule, too bad.”
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