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The Diamondbacks. the D-Backs. The Snakes. The Desert Dudes. I made that last one up. Anyway, Arizona is up next. Onto the links. Phillies news Runs have been in short supply recently. Here’s a look at why. Aidan Miller’s back injury has kept him out of action, but he’s on the path to recovery. Zack […]
One of their missing pieces to their roster, the Phillies saw Zack Wheeler make his third rehab start with the Lehigh Valley IronPigs Wednesday evening. The results were better this time around, if that’s something that you’re looking at closely. The real thing to watch with Wheeler is how the stuff is coming out post […]
There will be a few baseball obituaries about Davey Lopes written in the coming days, most of them better written than this. Going over the full career of Lopes as it pertains to his playing days would require me talking about his days with the Dodgers, days in which he was part of a hated […]
It’s no secret that the Phillies offense hasn’t gotten off to the greatest of starts. Up and down the lineup you can see hitters struggling to get going to various degrees. Many, if not all, of them will figure something out eventually, but it’s the waiting for that to happen and the creeping doubt that […]
The baseball world received some sad news yesterday, as it was announced that former Phillies first base coach Davey Lopes passed away at the age of 80. A prolific base stealer, Lopes first etched himself into Phillies lore with the infamous “Black Friday” game in the 1977 NLCS, a series Lopes’ Dodgers would go on […]
Things were very different in 2013. Barry Zito was completing a wildly successful eight-year contract with the San Francisco Giants. America was falling in love with a prehistoric family called The Croods and an up-and-coming rapper from the Pacific Northwest named Macklemore. Anthony Weiner was running for mayor and Toronto mayor Rob Ford (R.I.P.) was […]
The Phillies got their obligatory series loss in San Francisco out of the way early this year, going out with a whimper in the rubber match of the series thanks to a silent offense and a back-breaking home run allowed by Aaron Nola. They have still not won a series in San Francisco since 2013 […]
The San Francisco Giants wrap up this series against the Philadelphia Phillies this afternoon from Oracle Park. Taking the mound for the Giants will be right-hander Tyler Mahle, who enters today’s game with a 7.00 ERA, 5.04 FIP, with nine strikeouts to three walks in nine innings pitched. His last start was in the Giants’ […]
After splitting the first two games of the three game series against the San Francisco Giants, on Wednesday afternoon, the Phillies will go for the rarest of feats: Winning a series in Oracle Park. Aaron Nola gets the ball for the Phillies, coming off of a strong start against the Rockies. He will be opposed […]
On Tuesday night in San Francisco, the Phillies faced left-handed Giants’ starter Robbie Ray. The 34-year-old lefty entered the contest with two solid starts under his belt, a 5 1/3 inning performance against the Yankees in which he gave up two earned runs on five hits with four strikeouts in a 3-0 loss, and a […]
Good morning, Phillies fans. You can be forgiven for being a bit bleary-eyed this morning, given that yesterday was another 9:45 eastern start. Fortunately, today’s game is a reprieve in the form of a 3:45 start. But there will be more late nights this season; a road trip to San Diego and Los Angeles in […]
That’s two nights in a row where a catchable ball in center field was not caught by Justin Crawford. There are things he’s still learning: new ballparks, longer road trips, but those balls have to be caught. On to the links. Phillies news: MLB news:
On Monday, the San Francisco Giants lost to the Philadelphia Phillies 6-4, and I crafted an entire maybe-I’m-thinking-about-this-too-much narrative to go with it. In my recap, I mentioned the sloppiness and (in)attention to detail that has plagued the Giants through this cold, hard, long two-week season, and how they appeared to rid themselves of it […]
The struggle against left-handed starters continued for the Philadelphia Phillies (6-5) as they dropped the middle game of their series against the San Francisco Giants (4-8) on Tuesday night by a score of 6-0. Christopher Sanchez had a rough night, allowing 11 of the Giants’ 12 hits, the second highest total against him in his […]
Here are the lineups. For the Phillies: For the Giants: Let’s talk about it.
The San Francisco Giants continue their series against the Philadelphia Phillies tonight from Oracle Park. Taking the mound for the Giants will be left-hander Robbie Ray, who enters tonight’s game with a 3.38 ERA, 4.39 FIP with 11 strikeouts to three walks in 10.2 innings pitched. His last start was in the Giants’ 7-2 win […]
We’re ten games into the 2026 season, which is not nearly enough to look for things that are concrete. A new approach by one player may only be just a blip on their season long radar. Drawing a conclusion from a ten game sample isn’t really going to give us a lot of information, but […]
The Phillies’ bullpen, which has been quite strong of late, is about to get another reinforcement to help shorten up games. We know the last time that Orion Kerkering set foot on a major league mound, bad things happened for him and for the Phillies. However, the way the bullpen is currently constructed, he shouldn’t […]
If you’ve been following MLB closely over the last few years, you are well aware of the general lack of starting pitching depth around baseball. There are quite a few teams who struggle to field four good options in their rotation, let alone five or possibly more to fill in as substitutes over a long […]
If you’re wondering why the San Francisco Giants have won just three of their first eight games, well, the answer is very simple: they’re playing remarkably sloppy and dispirited baseball. If you’re wondering why they’re playing remarkably sloppy and dispirited baseball, well … that answer is not so simple. The search for that answer keeps […]
It wasn’t Andrew Painter’s best start. It just wasn’t. In the four-inning, 90-pitch outing for the rookie right-hander, there was bad command, which led to hitters’ counts and good swings from the Giants offense. That San Francisco offense might not have capitalized in the first. After back-to-back singles from Luis Arraez and Matt Chapman, he […]
The San Francisco Giants welcome the Philadelphia Phillies to Oracle Park tonight to begin a three-game series. Taking the mound for the Giants is righty Adrian Houser, who makes his second start with the organization. His first start was solid, as he gave up three runs to the San Diego Padres in 5.1 innings, but […]
The Phils open up a three-game series in San Francisco with Andrew Painter on the mound for his second career start. Here are the lineups, let’s discuss. For the Phillies: For the Giants:
Coming off a 4-1 win over the Phillies on Sunday to prevent a home opener sweep, the Rockies also have more good news in the form of Ryan Feltner being able to take the mound today. Feltner looked sharp against the Toronto Blue Jays on March 31. He’d thrown three scoreless innings with four strikeouts, […]
The Mets will officially retire Carlos Beltrán’s number 15 in a pregame ceremony at Citi Field prior to the team’s game against the Phillies on Saturday, September 19. The Mets will also induct Beltrán into the team Hall of Fame. It was previously reported that the team was planning a special ceremony for Beltrán, who […]