Gamethread 2/21: Phillies at Blue Jays
What a glorious day for baseball! Here are the lineups. For the Phillies: For the Blue Jays: Let’s talk about it.
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The “Last Man In” free agent tournament: Quarterfinals part two
In the first quarterfinal matchup of the “Last Man In” free agent tournament, Jeff Hoffman squeaked by Jose Contreras by just two votes. In the second matchup, Brad Miller was victorious over Jake Arrieta. Here are the next two quarterfinal matchups: 1.Cliff Lee, 2011 In 2011, Cliff Lee gave up three total earned runs across […]
Is Bryce Harper still Elite?
It’s been a few months since Phillies GM Dave Dombrowski made public comments questioning Bryce Harper’s status as an elite player. Harper certainly didn’t have an elite season in 2025, but is that enough to demote a player entirely? Harper has admitted to still being baffled by the comments, but the good news is that […]
Phillies news: Justin Crawford, Adolis Garcia, Cristopher Sanchez
Today is the day. There will be actual baseball on our TV screens (if you’re lucky enough) and we can commiserate together on what the team’s 47th ranked relief prospect looks like in the 8th inning of a spring training game. I can’t wait. On to the links. Phillies news: MLB news:
BreakingT has a new shirt just for you!
BreakingT always takes the timely things, the things we’re talking about, and competently turns them into merchandise. Take this latest one for example. The take on the comments made by Dave Dombrowski this offseason, you can find this and all other merchandise by clicking on this link to find them all. There’s a lot of […]
The Good Phight’s Community Prospect list: #17 – Devin Saltiban
Listen folks, we’re getting to the end of the list here, but c’mon. Even squinting doesn’t really make this one make sense. Devin Saltiban – 88Griffin Burkholder – 23Keaton Anthony – 11Carson DeMartini – 11Seth Johnson – 10Yoniel Curet – 8Alex McFarlane – 7Mavis Graves – 5Ramon Marquez – 4Zach McCambley – 2 Yeah, I […]
Who is your favorite Phillies Spring Training MVP?
Every year we get excited for the start of the Spring Training schedule of games. A long winter without baseball finally ends, even if the games don’t count. Then we quickly remember that the spring games are usually for the players we’ve never heard of or may never hear from again, as anyone important is […]
Phillies News: Bullpen, BayCare Ballpark, J.T. Realmuto
Welcome to the last Friday without Phillies baseball for a while. Well, that’s not strictly true: there’ll be a Friday off after the home opener. But you know what I mean. Onto the links. Phillies news: For those of us lucky enough to go to Clearwater, the Phillies announced the fan amenities you can expect […]
The Good Phight is hiring!
The 2026 season is in the foreground, rapidly approaching. That means our coverage here at The Good Phight is also going to ramp up. We’re excited for the season ahead, ready to bring you more of the news, analysis and opinion writing that you’ve come to know. We’re also looking to expand to our staff […]
The battle to be the third left hander in the bullpen
The Phillies traded Matt Strahm this winter in an effort to lower payroll get more long term flexibility with their bullpen options. Once the trade was finalized, a ripple effect of that trade, unforeseen or not, was that the depth chart from the left handed side of the bullpen took quite the hit. Those three […]
How will you remember Nick Castellanos?
Today marks one week that the marriage between the Phillies and Nick Castellanos officially came to an end. Both sides have since appeared to move on, as the Phillies look to their new starting right fielder in Adolis Garcia and Castellanos has agreed to a deal with the San Diego Padres. The end of the […]
Phillies News: Jesús Luzardo, Justin Crawford, MLBPA
The bats are cracking. The gloves are popping. The fans are arguing over uniforms. Brandon Marsh’s hair is wet. Baseball has arrived. On to the links. Phillies news: MLB news:
The Good Phight’s Community Prospect list: #16 – Dylan Campbell
Last January, the Dodgers were chasing Roki Sasaki and needed more international signing bonus money. That led them to utilizing their deep farm system to trade Dylan Campbell to the Phillies in return for some of that international money. Now the Phillies have an interesting prospect. Dylan Campbell – 80 (I promise you, that’s not […]
What’s your favorite stadium giveaway?
Baseball is coming soon. Hot dogs, green grass, the crack of the bat and the sharp cry of “safe!” from the umpire… you can’t have a baseball game without these things. You can, however, have a baseball game without a stadium giveaway. But isn’t it better when there is one? A new season means new […]
Phillies news: Adolis Garcia, cleanup hitter, Tony Clark
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The “Last Man In” free agent tournament: Quarterfinals part one
With Cliff Lee getting past Michael Saunders, round one of the “Last Man In” free agent tournament is complete. We’ll begin the quarterfinal round with a pair of matchups: 4. Jeff Hoffman, 2023 Jeff Hoffman became an out of nowhere success story for the Phillies, so I understand why Phillies fans liked the guy, but […]
Alec Bohm, Adolis Garcia, it doesn’t matter who hits cleanup. Just use the best one!
When the big stars arrive in camp, there is a rush to get their first on camera interview of the season out of the way. As the biggest of stars in Clearwater, whenever Bryce Harper makes his first appearance, one knows it is going to be news worthy. His interview touched on a myriad of […]
Prospect expectations check: What’s realistic and what’s fantasy?
Let’s assume for a second that Andrew Painter and Justin Crawford are going to make the Opening Day roster. While it’s not completely a sure thing, outside of some unforeseen circumstance that fells one or both of them, they’re going north with the Phillies. That makes this question applicable to many of the other prospects […]
Phillies news: Kyle Schwarber, Zack Wheeler, Lucas Giolito
Phillies News: MLB News: BONUS: Chase Shugart looking elite in BP
Three storylines to follow in Phillies spring training
With spring training opening up this week, many people are going to start remembering that baseball is about to begin. Hearing the pitchers and catcher popping mitts again is always the best sound reminder that we have that our blessed game is around the corner and soon after that, position players will return. Then we’ll […]
The Good Phight’s Community Prospect list: #15 – Cody Bowker
Listen, I really liked the idea that the Phillies recognized that developing their own starters and relievers is the proper way to build and develop. Spending at the top of free agency each year is fine, but there has to be some counterbalance to what is being done. So spending higher draft picks on pitchers […]
Which player do you expect to take a leap forward this season?
Spring training is the time for optimism for all people involved. It still feels like the Phillies have a chance to win a World Series since everyone is (mostly) healthy and showing up in the best shape of their lives. Everyone still has the sense that things are alright and that negativity about either the […]
Phillies news: Bryce Harper, Edmundo Sosa, Zac Gallen
Today is the day. Pitchers and catchers have already begun their workouts, but the players are coming. A bunch of them are already there, eager to run it ba— Get better for the season. Today, though, today is the marker in the sand. The one where it truly feels like spring is underway. On to […]
The “Last Man In” free agent tournament: Cliff Lee vs. Michael Saunders
To nobody’s surprise, Bryce Harper earned more votes than Dustin McGowan in their matchup of the “Last Man In” free agent tournament. We’ve come to our final first round matchup: 1. Cliff Lee, 2011 Stats with the Phillies: 118 games, 48-34 W-L, 2.94 ERA, 813 K, 124 BB, 20.7 bWAR The Phillies traded for Cliff […]
Let’s take a trip through PECOTA, pitching edition!
Yesterday, I looked a few things that were off interest to me where the PECOTA projections were concerned. For the most part, I would agree with what was said in this article that talked about the release of PECOTA and how it is pretty accurate these days. The only downside, of course, is that PECOTA […]
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