It's Over. 

Met fan here- This guy is passionate and very knowledgeable. Great commentary

Time to bring up the young bats. There is a reason we didn’t trade them. We may need to eat money to get rid of these older player contracts.

Mets fan living near and working in Philly for decades. I never have spent time listening to Philly sports talk or anything, but I went down that rabbit hole the other day, and boy was it a dark one. That said, having found this podcast and a couple others (Cherry Pinstripes, I think one was called), I gotta say that I appreciate that your analysis isn't swayed or skewed by your passion for the Phils. You're more reasoned and less emotionally-biased than the guys on TV (Barkann, Botalico, etc). Lots of respect, and thanks for the good wishes the Mets' way.

Love seeing passionate yet positive Phil’s fans. From a Mets fan big respect. I find the Phillies fascinating not going to lie.

Phillies, ultimately were out played by the Mets! And if anyone watched their final regular season series with them, showed what was going to happen!

As a diehard Born and raised in South Philadelphia 2nd St. 10 mins walking distance to CBP , and a season ticket/ game package partner since 2013 with my family ( I'm 32). A guy who tries to watch all 162 and if i miss I watch highlights, I DID NOT WANT TO PLAY THE METS. I said it after the last game before the All Star break Vs the A's loss 18-3 giving up 8 homers at home that we were COOKED, DONE! We peaked in June. Along with that and poor Management of our Bullpen all season long, this team just wasn't a world series caliber team. Rob is a big problem. Finally time to overhaul the bullpen. Also need a 3rd Baseman. Rob's poor bullpen management easily lost us a dozen games this year. We should've won 106 games.

We shared Lennie Dykstra, foerever connected! This chased the demons of 1988 away for a Met's fan.

I had to hit that sub button. You were spot on with your analysis, and dude, take a breath! My man just went IN for 12 straight minutes 😂

How that line up didn’t hit 226 million dollar pay roll I’m floored.

Excellent job. Class act.

It starts from the top, clean house.😮

Bohm and Marsh need haircuts. They can’t see the ball.

I was 13 years old in '64 and saw the Phils blow a 6 1/2 game lead with 7 games left to the Cards to start a 35 year drought. They had the same problem as these Phils have had for the last 3 years .NO HEART. P.S. your the most fair and knowledgeable Pilly analyzer on the internet. Thanks for your honesty.

Not even surprised. 2 months ago I knew this was going to happen. Same song

Trey Turner is the Tobias Harris of Philadelphia Baseball. Also Rob needs to go, He showed me that last year when he went back to Craig after Craig blew game 3 for them. He proved it again this year when he let jeff Hoffman after a 20 min inning come back out for another inning. and then proved again when he decided to put in Carlos in a bases loaded jam when Sanchez, Strahm and Wheeler where all "able to go" if needed.

I agree with everything you are saying!

mets kept playing and staying hot while the phils did nothing for a week i mean i was really hoping this wasnt going to happen but it did

Sean you are a young man, I have seen Richie Allen and Johnny Callison hit them out of Connie Mack Stadium. I have seen Mike Schmidt and Steve Carlton at the Vet. I've seen Roy Halladay and Jim Thome at Citizens Bank Park . The Fighting's are just the Phillies. May you live to feel the generational frustration.

Red October seemed to be from the SMACK THE MIRACLE METS GAVE YA!! LFGM

New subscriber ; great analysis by Sean regarding the Phillies collapse. Wish I knew about his YT channel sooner. Better be😅 a lot of changes in the off season

Fun little stat here Harper+Casty 10-28 357 avg 7xbh 5bb Everyone else 10-100 100 avg 2xbh

Thanks for a thrilling series. I earned a lot of respect for the Phillies players after hearing their postgame comments. You guys still have a ton of talent and will continue to contend

Well put. You’re exactly right. People are so quick to just say “They stink!” And “overpaid jerks!” I looked at the team around 40 games in and thought they had a good chance of winning it this season. My thoughts were that they had too many good hitters to lose a series because they failed to score runs, but in the Mets series too many bats went cold at the same time. The pitching staff starters were very strong early on but the BP was surprisingly good. The starters were definitely good enough in this series to give them a chance to win every game. Unfortunately, the Pen imploded. We didn’t see that coming. And you are correct about the Manager. I’m not going to bash him. You’re going to make mistakes. But every move he made in this series did not work out. I’m they were all bad decisions, but there were absolutely bad decisions that had me scratching my head.

I genuinely don't understand how Phillies fans think the team has a shot at Soto. Both NY teams have deeper pockets, he already lives in NY, and both of them have a smaller payroll sheet than the Phillies. The Phillies just extended people and signed people to immovable contracts for YEARS. Wheeler. Nola. Harper. Trea. Castellanos. Taijuan. And then there's people still due next year. JT. Schwarber. All of the arbitration raises. Suarez estimated at 11 mil. You'd be looking at like a $330+ mil payroll next year, and not getting terribly better anytime soon

Weird how the Phillies are all acquired players. Always had a few of the faces of the franchise be home grown, but all the Phillies biggest players are ex-Mets and ex-Nationals. Odd really.

Bryce Harper says there's gonna be changes and three names that come to mind??? Bohm, Marsh & Rojas. I dont think it makes sense to bring in any big time third baseman with Aidan Miller in the prospect pool. With that being said I dont think they kick the tires on Alex Bregman & honestly I'm fine with that. Will Aidan Miller be ready next season though??? Idk. Now as far as our Outfield. Two names to look at... Plan A Mike Trout. Wouldnt be suprised if The Phillies & Angel's worked out a trade. Dombrowski has done business with them for the last two years. I wouldnt be shocked if Mike Trout was a Phillie on opening day. Plan B Cody Bellinger. The Phillies & Bellinger have been linked in the past. He will definitely be a Phillie if Mike Trout doesnt get done. Say what you want about Trout however we all know Dombrowski will go HEAVY after him. As far as Juan Soto? The Phillies will be in the mix however he either becomes a Met(especially with them in the NLCS) or stays a Yankee. As for Stott.. he just had a down year. I expect Stott to bounce back next year. Plus hes good in the field and he is one of our guys that actually is patient at the plate.

I hate the mets but they were the better team. I think Rob should go and they need to blow the roster up as much as possible.

Turner hasn't done anything.

Perhaps it was already mentioned in the comments but a telling stat I saw earlier was since June 1st the Mets went 62-36 whereas the Phillies went 50-48. If not for the scorching hot first 2 months who knows if they would have even made it. Also Atlanta having so many hurt stars was in our favor as well. So with that said I'm not shocked by the outcome although it's still very disappointing.

I thought the bullpen would have to be better after a terrible first 2 games. They were terrible all 4 games & Thompson completely mismanaged them.Turner has to be off the team before next season, and no, he is not an MVP candidate. Next year, the manager they bring in has to give signals during bats that MUST be followed, and if the whole team is swinging at every first pitch, fine/bench them. Austin Hayes was rotten, despite us being told he has massive power that he could not take advantage of in Baltimore. Trading Bohm, or sending him down is the only thing they must not do. Give Stott & Bohm another season; they have both only been up a couple seasons, and Bohm was a top 50 prospect when drafted, and was one of the better hitters in the game 1st half. His hand injury killed his season, and you'll never get value for him after his slump the last month or so. Let Bohm get his head straight in the offseason. Players do have month or longer slumps; Harper had 1 earlier this year. Like the Eagles with Hurts, however, Phils may be stuck with Turner because other teams will laugh if the Phils bring up his availability for a trade. So top moves have to be dumping Turner, in any way possible, dumping Austin Hayes, firing Thompson & replacing him with a real "bell--buster" who will bench players who always swing at the first pitch, and replacing Marsh with a major league level player. Wouldn't complain if they gor rid of Realmuto either, especially if he shows at the start of the season that resting & healing have not approved his offense. Only players I am ok with their performance in this series are the starting pitchers, Harper & Castellanos. I now doubt they'll win the NLEast next year, but if they do, anyone suggesting another post game drunken celebration for doing so must also be fired. They were never the same after that idiotic celebration, which also cost them home field advantage throughout the playoffs.

So happy I’ve found your channel! Loving this!❤

The majority of fans that welcomed Trea w open arms was hilarious. Learn nothing from Ryan Howard’s contract. Dansby Swanson was also available that offseason. Could you imagine w the 60% discount what those savings could have went to the rest of the team? Def not wasting cash on Whit Merrifield and Austin Hayes and we’d have a SS who can make plays in the field.

Imagine what we got to do to build this team to get a world series win like who we keep and get rid of

I'm a life long Mets fan and I just want you to know that your commentary was terrific sorry for your loss but as a Mets fan since 1962 I know what you're going through

“Run it back?” 😂

I am shocked the Phillies went down pretty easily to the Mets. Thought they might have won the World Series this year. But the Mets are playing well. Have to give them credit. But Am I sad the Phillies lost? Not at all. I am a Yankees fan. Plus, the 11-year Trea Turner contract will come back to bite the Phillies, I think. Phillies still have a good team. Nice channel.

This team will fail again without doing this. Fire Thompson, blow up the outfield, trade bohm, do something about turner...not sure what they can, but needed. The pitching is fine, not worried there. It was pitching that got us this far, the hitting died. Go after Luis Roberts this off-season

Nice video and yes they should keep trying to get bigger and stronger names !!

OMG LETS GO METS OMG!!

Priorities: - Painter in inning limits for 5th starter nxt yr. - find a decent CF and LF. someone who can hit a f ball regularly. - trade Bohm. He’s not 3B for this team. He’s weak. Unstable. Breakable mentally. - stabilize the bullpen. Bring Hoffman back it’s a good start. Let Estévez be overpaid somewhere not here. - new manager. Rob can’t get the job done. Too f stubborn. He cost us the championship last year. Dave this is for you; seems like you have all the money in the world to bring the championship back to Philly (ie tried hard to sign Yamamoto)… the fate of this team relies only on you. 300M for an average SS. 72mil for an unplayable pitcher. Pitiful trade deadline acquisitions. Yep. It’s on you.

The pitchers of today are weak armed , a few years ago guys like Carlton, Gibson , Koufax , Ryan , Seaver and I could go on , would never come out of a game . If a coach went out for a mound visit , they would ask him what he wanted , otherwise get lost . It was never more evident with Zach Wheeler , first I would never have taken him out of game one with the Mets after going seven complete innings only giving up two hits . Here’s the ball , now go finish it . Also going back he would have started game four . I know you can remember when Aces pitched first , fourth and seventh games , them guys wanted the ball . Carlton said in an interview that today’s pitchers don’t throw enough that’s why they have weak arms . He said he threw more warm up pitches then they threw in a game . This is just my observation even though it makes sense .

Video was good just veryy upset with the Phillies!

Thank you for pointing out how bad "Topper" has been at pushing the right buttons.... Definitely manages scared and allows too laid back a culture to be elite IMO

Black October

What the Phillies need this season was a Ben zobrist type of player. But the game from 10 years ago had change so much that is their a Ben zobrist player even around in 2025. I watch the Red Sox win 4 World Series in my life by walking and take those close pitches that the Phillies was swinging at. But the Phillies were chasing everything. This off-season, you need tougher obp players who will take a walk or have those tough at bats that drive the pitch count up. Quintana had 5 walks, it could have been 7-8 if the Phillies wasn’t swing at everything. Sean manera is a good middle rotation guy, so is Quintana, but the Phillies made them look like bob Gibson. The bullpen was terrible as well, 11 era? The bullpen choke, we know the Phillies can’t hit when it counts. But that bullpen could have saved game 1, and they give up 6 runs.

Good game bro

It was over when we couldn’t clinch the NL East last time we’re at Citi Field. Zero urgency!

Trea turner blows

Enjoy your show

this goes back to too many days off... that's why the bats were not there plus goes into the bullpen guys... the hot teams are the ones that are on the line. when u have this time off you are out of the mix. needs to be a 1 game for the wild card that is it. 5 games off is too long.

Ive wasted alot of time and money watching the Phillies.....and they repeat cycles. Im 100% done with the phillies if they dont fire Thomson. Hes a cheerleader not a manager. Sometimes these millionaire babies need a manager throwing equipment around clubhouse and cursing at them. (not all the time but certainly as this team started tanking at seasons end!!!!) They probably wont fire him. The phillies will decline more, and then after a couple more seasons they will fire him and rebuild. Harper gets to finish out contract and try to land on a winning team when hes 40.....or he retires having never won the big one. Thats their future. I been down this road a few times with them. Im not giving them a pass for winning 2 pennants and a world series in 2008 and 2009....thats ridiculous...its ancient history.

Why can’t the Phillies perform under pressure?

I'm not a Phillies fan but the Phillies need to keep this team together . Phillies tried their best they really did , this notion that they didn't try is absurd. Problem was they ran into a super hot team , it happens .

Swinging at the first pitch time after time. Swinging for the fences time after time. Home Run or nothing time after time. No small ball. No get them on, get them over, get them in.

How many good players have the Phillies farm system produced in last ten years ? 1 maybe 2 ?

Its wasn't the bullpen. They lost because they couldn't score runs. Cold bats.

Here we go again. A Phillies and Sixers’s fan already ready to run people out of Philadelphia. This same bs was said when the Sixers lost to the Knicks. It’s the same every year. I bet you next year he’ll be back on here talking about how Paul George wasn’t the right player for the Sixers when they lose in the first round.

Met fan here. You guys have aging players on giant contracts and you guys have e NEVER had a bullpen. Was just waiting years for this to happen. Your window has closed. NL East belongs to NY (finally have a smart office) and Atlanta (smart office) next 5 years plus.

Typical Philadelphia team blows it as usual and their favorite saying they’ll see it next year

I'm not convinced this is a better team than the Mets. Mets have the best record in baseball over the past 4 and a half months now. Phillies final 100 games of the regular season they were barely over .500. They're just not that good. The team you saw in the postseason is who they were for the majority of the season. Gotta be very worried about the direction of this team. Huge names signed to huge deals, all of them aging and in their 30s now. Turner contract is shaping up to look really bad especially as his defense continues to decline. He's a speed guy with a high chase rate so his aging curve is likely to be brutal, and he's signed for 10 more years. Phillies could be entering a very dark period.

Turner blows!!!! Worst contract ever!!! Bullpen blows!!!!! Clear it out!! Topper, see ya. Shwarber, Harp, Wheeler, Ranger, keep. Nola is a mid reliever at best. Pick and choose the rest.

Bohm, Marsh, Rojas, Hayes. Maybe JT, although I doubt it. Not honestly sure Topper and his coaches are still here. The bullpen needs an almost complete rework. This is just ugly. Team coasted in the 2nd half, and it bit them in the ass. JT all but admitted it. Not good. Mets were just better, is what it is. They are playing very well, and are a real threat to win it all. Phillies have a lot of work to do for sure.

Phils coaching staff needs to go. The analytics department needs to go. Regular season 3 run homer philosophy doesn't work in the playoffs. That's why this team fails in the post-season again and again and again

Consequences! Get rid of all the bums on this team.

You mad! Coming from a Mets fan, " you gettem next year"😂😂😂

Time to clean house. Schwarber, Bohm and Castellanos GONE

Lighten up. You could be my Cardinals. 🤢 Me wondering what happened to Bohm.

Hoffman flat out choked....

And the exciting Re-tool begins!

The Phillies seemed to lack passion, seemed flat.

The Phillies were scared shirtless of the Mets at home

We need a management change

Had a whole freaking year to get a better bull pen and look what we ended up with!

Mets fan here I know how you feel. 1st time viewer I must say you have a great show very knowledgeable. Add me as a new subscriber

Bryce Harper will nvr win a championship!! He’s bad luck to any team!!

Also feel Philly needs to move Schwarber down to DH ...hitting 7th in the order. Need more contact hitters at top of lineup..Turner needs to hit 8th.

What went wrong was the Mets. We thrashed you guys 1:04

As a ardent Met fan. The Phillies are a fine team, they just need a few more players.

Sosa wouldn't be playing for any other team. Let me explain the reality of why the Phillies failed..,.....the bottom of the lineup is pathetic and it affects the rest of the lineup. Schwarber home runs are often solo shots because nobody 6-9 gets on base. That also puts added pressure on the middle of the lineup to swing and produce runs. Its that simple!!!!

I forgot they were playing

I'm done with Philadelphia sports. I'm tired of the choking

Mets fan here: Thank you.

If Turner didnt have a 10 year/250 mil contract...move him too...average fielder with no idea at the plate.

This is not new. NOt so Bryce struck out with men on base to send Wash to the World Series when they were the best team in baseball. Against St. Louis the next year the same thing . MLB hides his LOB numbers. My fandom ended and the nextyear he bombed out 240 ending up at 260,. Yeah, I had been a huge fan. Chk it out.

If it was atlanta, u guys woulda played flawlessly and castellanos woulda been babe ruth

Phillies got overrated by Phillies fans and the Mets were disrespected. Phillies were 50-48 in their last 98 games and Mets were 62-36. This was not a fluke. The Mets were the better team.

Man it sucks to be a Philly fan!! First the 76ers with Embid and now the Phillies wow it really sucks. Sorry. Not sorry

Get rid of Bohm, Stott, Estevez, Hoffman, Rojas, Kirkering, Hays, Stubbs. Id get rid of Turner as well but his contract is an albatross. He is awful in the field and he has no plate discipline. And I wouldnt lose sleep if they got rid of Thomson. They need another Dallas Green. Their window is closing.

The pessimism of this commentator is apparent! The Phillies are an old team, but not dead yet. The bad luck with Andrew Painter was a bad roll of the dice. Next year he will or will not make a difference!

Philly bullpen/hitters who failed last 1/2 of season all need moved...Bohm/Marsh/Realmuto/Rojas/Stubbs/Alvarado/Hoffman all need moved...cant hit/pitch.

Phillies stupid team spend stupid money. Alec Bohm should be dropped in the lineup. Trey Turner & JT Realmuto both overpaid imo. They need both LF & CF. Mets play as a team.

I have been a Bryce Harper defender with my family, but when you wear a headband that says, "Showman" and all you show is your ass, I'm done with him.

Guys Longtime NYM fan, but not the type of vulgarian who goes around saying LFGM Phillies have nothing to be ashamed about. You've got a solid, balanced team Are the Phillies better than the Mets? Objectively? Well, hell F-ing yes... I mean, certainly Phils ran into a juggernaut - likely to be unstoppable, until somebody stops them I suspect San Diego will be the Mets' last stop this year And truthfully, the Phils will be in the hunt next year, likely to the very end Now that I think about it, a 3 out of 5 series - after playing 162 games to get there - is pretty STUPID This playoff structure cheapens the game

Trump 2024

GET RID OF BOHM AND MARSH

Philadelphia Phillies gotta make big changes, The Phillies need more people of color 😔😔😔

When the Nationals unloaded Bryce Harper the Nationals finally won the World Series . The Phillies will never win with him

Too many long unmovable contracts.

Third place next year.

Trade bohm, marsh, Nola they are all disposable stott needs to be a utility extra guy he’s not a starter