🔥 ULX ALT SIM — MARLINS @ PHILLIES 🔥

🔥 ULX ALT SIM — MARLINS @ PHILLIES 🔥

8/18/26 | Citizens Bank Park

Cade Gibson (LHP) vs Zack Wheeler (RHP)

This one is interesting as hell because we have three different ULX angles colliding: Wheeler’s K matchup, Phillies bats against a vulnerable lefty, AND our new 8/18 Center Field experiment. Today’s matchup is confirmed as Gibson vs. Wheeler; Wheeler enters with a 2.89 ERA, while Gibson is at 5.61.

SIM SCORE: Phillies 6 — Marlins 3

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🐟 MIAMI SIM

J. Marsee — 1-4 | 1 BB | 1 R | 1 SB 🔥

X. Edwards — 2-4 | 1 R | 1 SB

O. Lopez — 1-4 | 1 2B | 1 RBI

G. Conine — 1-4

H. Hernández — 1-4

A. Ramírez — 1-4 | 1 RBI

O. Caissie — 0-4 | 2 K

J. Sanoja — 1-4

B. Navarreto — 1-3 | 1 BB

🚨 Wheeler’s strikeout matchup is legit: Caissie carries a huge strikeout profile, while Wheeler’s current arsenal has generated elite swing-and-miss.

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🔔 PHILLIES SIM

K. Schwarber — 1-3 | 1 BB | 1 HR | 2 RBI

T. Turner — 2-4 | 1 2B | 2 R | 1 SB

B. Harper — 2-4 | 1 2B | 1 RBI

L. Arraez — 2-4 | 1 R

A. Bohm — 2-4 | 1 2B | 2 RBI

B. Stott — 1-4 | 1 R

B. Marsh — 1-4

J.T. Realmuto — 1-4

J. Crawford — 1-3 | 1 BB | 1 SB

PHI CEILING

🔥 Schwarber — HR / 2+ TB

🔥 Turner — 2+ Hits / SB

🔥 Harper — 2+ TB

🔥 Bohm — 2+ Hits / 2+ TB

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⚾ PITCHING SIM

ZACK WHEELER

6.2 IP | 6 H | 2 ER | 1 BB | 8 K

🎯 K RANGE: 7–9

💣 CEILING: 10 K

This is one of my favorite pitching environments from the games we’ve run.

Wheeler 6+ K — STRONG

Wheeler 7+ K — ULX PLAY

Wheeler 8+ K — CEILING PLAY

CADE GIBSON

4.0 IP | 7 H | 5 ER | 3 BB | 3 K

I’m much more interested in attacking Gibson with Philadelphia hitters than trying to ladder his strikeouts.

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💣 HR EXTRACTOR

S-TIER

🔥 Kyle Schwarber

🔥 Bryce Harper

A-TIER

🔥 Trea Turner

🔥 Alec Bohm

SNEAKY

💣 J.T. Realmuto

6–9 SNAGGER

🥷 Brandon Marsh (#7)

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🏃💨 SB EXTRACTOR

1. Trea Turner 🔥🔥🔥

2. Xavier Edwards 🔥🔥

3. Jakob Marsee 🔥🔥

4. Justin Crawford 🔥

BEST: Turner

VALUE: Edwards

SNEAKY: Crawford

MULTI-STEAL UPSIDE: Edwards

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🚨🚨 8/18 CALENDAR POSITION ALERT 🚨🚨

Remember:

8 = CENTER FIELD

And look what this game gives us:

🔥 JAKOB MARSEE — MIA

LEADOFF + CF

This might be our cleanest Calendar Position Theory candidate yet.

#8 POSITION ✔️

8/18 ✔️

LEADOFF ✔️

MAX PA ✔️

SPEED ✔️

SB PATH ✔️

JUSTIN CRAWFORD — PHI

#9 + CF

He qualifies too.

#8 POSITION ✔️

8/18 ✔️

SPEED ✔️

LINEUP TURNOVER SPOT ✔️

So BOTH center fielders enter the experiment.

🎯 MARSEE — 1+ HIT / SB

🎯 CRAWFORD — 1+ HIT / SB

And Marsee jumps pretty damn high on my experimental CF board because he’s leading off.

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💎 DOUBLES

1. Harper

2. Bohm

3. Turner

4. Otto Lopez

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🚨 BEST ALT LINES

🔥 Wheeler 6+ K

🔥 Turner 1+ Hit

🔥 Harper 1+ Hit

🔥 Bohm 1+ Hit

🔥 Marsee 1+ Hit

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💣 ULX GAME NUKE

Wheeler — 6+ K

Turner — 1+ Hit

Harper — 1+ Hit

Marsee — 1+ Hit

⭐ TWO CEILING SHOTS

💣 SCHWARBER HR

🏃💨 MARSEE SB

And I’m officially adding Marsee to our 8/18 experiment. We need to keep that one circled. 👀

8/18 CF WATCH so far:

🔥 Rafaela

🔥 Marsee ⬆️

🔥 Lawlar

🔥 Grisham

🔥 Mullins

🥷 Taveras

🥷 Crawford