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You aren’t excited about the defense
Sometimes, when I pose these questions to you, I can more or less figure out what the results will be before I even publish it. This one was no exception. The plan that the team has in place in order to shoehorn Luis Arraez into the lineup is fine except there has to be some […]
Phillies on the Pharm: 8/8/2026
Thank goodness for the Threshers taking a doubleheader. Otherwise, we’d be looking at a clean sweep of the organization on Friday night. Let’s look at how the kids did. Worcester 5, Lehigh Valley 4 In the last minutes of the trade deadline, the Phillies made a small deal by sending Seth Johnson to the A’s […]
If you Could Build a 5 Pitch Arsenal from Phillies Pitchers, What Pitches are you picking?
Build a five-pitch arsenal among the Pitchers who are currently on the Phillies. No one else, just the thirteen pitchers currently on the roster (or Phillies pitchers on the injured list because someone might get hurt by the time this comes out). You will get the pitch traits, their arm slot for that particular pitch […]
Phillies news: Chase Utley, Luis Arraez, Dave Dombrowski
What a night for an all-time Phillies great. Chase Utley gave his Wall of Fame speech on a night that was a little delayed by rain and he was finally immortalized among the team’s greats, as he should be. Next stop: Cooperstown. On to the links. Phillies news: MLB news:
Chase deserved better: Blue Jays 5, Phillies 4
On a night when the Phillies inducted Chase Utley onto the Wall of Fame, neither the weather nor the team performed up to the standard of the former star. The game was delayed almost two hours due to rain, and once it was played, Zack Wheeler had a shaky start, and the offense couldn’t take […]
Gamethread 8/7: Phillies vs. Blue Jays
After taking three out of four from the Nationals, the Phillies welcome the Blue Jays to Citizens Bank Park for a three-game series. In Friday night’s opener, the Phillies’ starter will be Zack Wheeler. Wheeler is coming off two abbreviated starts – one due to ineffectiveness, the other due to rain – and the Phillies […]
Japanada: Phillies vs. Blue Jays series preview
For the second straight series, the Phillies will face a team that sold at the deadline. The defending American League champions have endured a massively disappointing season, and now players like Daulton Varsho, Kevin Gausman, and Jeff Hoffman have been sent elsewhere. (Good luck to the Twins if they hope to use Hoffman in high […]
Phillies on the Pharm: 8/7/2026
How did the kids do? Worcester 10, Lehigh Valley4 Remember Tommy Pham? I completely forgot that that guy was in Lehigh Valley with the Phillies. I know that they needed solid depth to help in the minors in case whatever they had at the major league level had a problem. Well, Pham homered last night, […]
Has Andrew Painter turned a corner?
Andrew Painter was a bit of a surprise call-up last week, as the 23-year-old was preparing to make another start in Triple-A when the Phillies decided to bring him back to the majors after a two-month demotion. He performed well in that spot start last Friday, going six innings while allowing two runs on just […]
Phillies News: Bryce Harper, Chase Utley, Field of Dreams
It’s Alumni Weekend at Citizens Bank Park. The Blue Jays are in town, and a familiar face will be joining the Wall of Fame. On to the links. Phillies news A Phillies fan won the chance to do the radio broadcast for an inning of Wednesday’s game, and knocked it out of the park. ($) […]
Double Impact: Phillies 7, Nationals 3
The Phillies offense pounded out eight doubles on 16 total hits to dispatch the Nationals and take the four-game series with a final score of 7-3. It was the most doubles Philadelphia has had in a game since September 6th of 2024 when they also had eight in a game against Marlins. Bryson Stott led […]
Gamethread 8/6: Nationals at Phillies
Here’s a quick one
The Phillies had one of the worst extra innings ever
On the Phillies’ last trip to Washington, DC back in June, they forced the Nationals to endure one of the worst series in that franchise’s history. Three straight 9th inning victories against a beleaguered Nationals bullpen, all of them in crushing fashion. Too add more insult to insult, the Phillies staged another late-game comeback in […]
Trust Aaron Nola at Your Own Risk
Aaron Nola stepped off the mound on Monday having delivered another quality start, his third in his last six games. He allowed three runs over six innings and departed with the Phillies down 3-0. But Nola had kept the Phillies stagnant offense in the game long enough for them to come alive against the Nationals […]
Phillies on the Pharm: 8/6/2026
After the Phillies’ disastrous eleventh inning on Wednesday, I hope you weren’t looking for good news from the farm system. The Phillies’ affiliates had a similarly bad day on Wednesday with all four teams suffering defeats. Rochester 10, Lehigh Valley 1 It was a bad game for both the IronPigs’ offense and pitching staff on […]
What’s your concern level about Kyle Schwarber’s health?
Kyle Schwarber has been arguably the Phillies best and most consistent hitter this season, but even he too is not immune to slumps. In Schwarber’s case, he has not homered since July 18th and has hit only three round trippers since the start of July across a total of 112 plate appearances. To his credit, […]
Phillies News: Luis Arraez, Jhoan Duran, Alumni Weekend
The Phillies are scheduled to play tonight, but the weather looks dicey at best, with the possibility of a pop-up thunderstorm looming. Hopefully it won’t be another Baltimore situation where the game is played amidst mud piles before a long delay burns one of the Phillies’ ace starting pitchers. On to the links. Phillies news: […]
Extra Unfortunate: Nationals 10, Phillies 4
There is no sugarcoating it: this was a deeply unpleasant game. It didn’t look that way for most of it. Early on there was a charming, cheering, homer clanging off the foul pole from a most unlikely hitter, and later on the Phillies looked like they were in position for a walk-off thriller. But it […]
Gamethread 8/5: Nationals at Phillies
Here are the lineups. For the Phillies: For the Nationals:
It’s time to call Jesus Luzardo a true Phillies ace
For all the hand-wringing (much of it deserved) over the moves the decisions the Phillies made, the players acquired and the Trade Deadline moves not made, the core strength of the team have never been in doubt. Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper are star sluggers. Jhoan Duran is an elite closer. And the top three […]
BreakingT has some merch for Luis Arraez and Derek Hill
He has injected energy and contact ability into the Phillies lineup already and it’s only been one game. Luis Arraez is a player straight out of the 1980’s with the ability to put the bat on the ball and should be a player that is loved in this city. Here is some merch that you […]
Luis Arraez: The Anti-Schwarber
In the fourth episode of the second season of Star Trek, the crew members of the good ship Enterprise find themselves confronted with evil doppelgängers from another dimension. Though only Spock’s malicious counterpart had a beard, with the sinister versions of James T. Kirk, Dr. McCoy, and others remaining clean-shaven, the idea of evil imitators […]
Phillies on the Pharm: 8/5/2026
Rain wouldn’t have been a problem for the Clearwater vs. Tampa game, since both teams have nicknames of the aquatic variety. But neither Fightin Phils nor Flying Squirrels do well in water; it’s a shame their contest was the one that faced a deluge. Lehigh Valley 10, Worcester 5 What a day for Felix Reyes: […]
What are your thoughts on the new batting order?
A new hitter means a new batting order. Sure, the change in the lineup created by the addition of Luis Arraez is far less shocking than the changes it created for the defense. But there’s still plenty to discuss. Arraez batted cleanup last night. He’s far from the prototypical cleanup hitter, but baseball has been […]
Phillies news: Luis Arraez, defense, George Lombard, Jr.
It’s amazing what happens to a lineup when people aren’t constantly getting struck out with men on base and less than one out. I know the defense is going to be wonky, but the addition of Luis Arraez to the lineup is going to be great. On to the links. Phillies news: MLB news:
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