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I believe we face right handers the rest of this week. If they want defense it will be McKenna. And, I can see that. I hope it's Kjerstad however cause I think we need that extra potential pop and let Crowser and Hayes cover center. Be great experience for Kjerstad even if it is short term. They can't aford to go day to day this time.

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In several years we are all going to look back fondly at the few weeks of awesomeness we got from Aaron Hicks. Soak it in while it lasts.

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Phillies manager on why they didn’t challenge Hicks’ catch:

“We couldn’t tell because everything was behind us,” Thomson said. “We went to the replay room and the angle that we needed didn’t come in until after the 10 second time limit was up. So I had to waive it off. Then, two or three seconds later, they got it. They found it. It came in. Not much you can do about it.”

https://www.philliesnation.com/2023/07/philadelphia-phillies-rob-thomson-challenge/

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18 minutes ago, hutchead said:

McKenna or Kjerstad? I know Elias likes to see his guys get at least 200 at bats at each level and Kjerstad only has 125 but that should be enough when you're hitting .344 and OPSing over 1.000!

I'm pretty confident that Kjerstad isn't on the 40-man and won't be this year. Look for McKenna if they bring someone up.

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3 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Phillies manager on why they didn’t challenge Hicks’ catch:

“We couldn’t tell because everything was behind us,” Thomson said. “We went to the replay room and the angle that we needed didn’t come in until after the 10 second time limit was up. So I had to waive it off. Then, two or three seconds later, they got it. They found it. It came in. Not much you can do about it.”

https://www.philliesnation.com/2023/07/philadelphia-phillies-rob-thomson-challenge/

Can’t blame him but you could tell even from the bad angle that Hicks was gathering the ball in after it came out of his glove.  You just couldn’t see it.  

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9 minutes ago, RarityFlaherty said:

I think it would have to be McKenna. We’d need someone who could play CF. 

I have to think it's going to be McKenna too unless the team is comfortable enough having Cowser and Hays play CF until Hicks or Mullins return. Maybe we'll see a trade for a better caliber of player that can play CF over the likes of McKenna and Hicks.

Hicks has been a good story, but he's hurt now and has put up a .637 OPS in July. And with Mullins perhaps being out for an extended stretch now is the time to get a quality outfielder.

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2 minutes ago, Malike said:

I'm pretty confident that Kjerstad isn't on the 40-man and won't be this year. Look for McKenna if they bring someone up.

Tony said that Kjerstad has to be added this winter for rule 5 purposes so there isn’t a lot of reasons for not adding him if you want to.   I do expect to see McKenna before Kjerstad.

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It would be kind of You Can't Predict Baseball funny if the absence stopping the first day of a Cowser-Mullins-Kjerstad alignment I think we'll see a lot in the coming years (sorry, Austin) is Mullins'.

It is nice the boys are putting pressure on Elias to take a think if marginal PA 129-250 might be a worthy investment this season.     Right this minute I suppose he has about 6 more hours of playing chicken with Jackson Baumeister before getting back to his Perry Minasian texts.

Can you picture OPACY Friday night if Kjerstad is in the lineup for Grayson's turn opening a homestand with the Yankees in town?    I'd bet against it but I suppose it is conceivable Saturday that Gerrit Cole at age 32.9 faces:

Gunnar, Adley, Santander, O'Hearn, Hays, Cowser, Westburg, Kjerstad and "an infielder".     We know who that infielder will be in another minute.

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Just now, RZNJ said:

Tony said that Kjerstad has to be added this winter for rule 5 purposes so there isn’t a lot of reasons for not adding him if you want to.   I do expect to see McKenna before Kjerstad.

I just don't know who they drop if they add him. I personally feel like they'll just go with McKenna, also.

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6 minutes ago, Malike said:

I just don't know who they drop if they add him. I personally feel like they'll just go with McKenna, also.

With Logan Gillaspie and Bizardo currently on the 40 man, I don’t see a problem finding a spot.

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17 minutes ago, Too Tall said:

I believe we face right handers the rest of this week. If they want defense it will be McKenna. And, I can see that. I hope it's Kjerstad however cause I think we need that extra potential pop and let Crowser and Hayes cover center. Be great experience for Kjerstad even if it is short term. They can't aford to go day to day this time.

Suarez in game 3 vs the Phillies is a lefty.  

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