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Phillies on the Pharm: 9/4/2026

Wood you believe that a pitcher in his first full professional season could strike out 10 in four innings? That’s one way to Gage a prospect’s progress. Scranton/Wilks-Barre 4, Lehigh Valley 3 The RailRiders walked off the IronPigs on an Oswaldo Cabrera single. Alan Rangel went 5.1 innings with four hits, two runs (one earned), […]

Phillies News: Aidan Miller, Alex McFarlane, The Farm

The Braves, at CBP, with the NL East lead on the line. Enough said. On to the links. Phillies news Is Aidan Miller making his return soon? ($) The farm system is having a moment. A rookie makes a star look silly, and the the clubhouse takes notice. MLB news Shohei Ohtani went 0 for […]

Phillies on the Pharm: 9/3/2026

With Clearwater’s game rained out, only three of the Phillies’ affiliates were in action on Wednesday. And of the three, only one emerged victorious, and that win required a late-inning comeback. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 9, Lehigh Valley 2 A rough first inning by pitcher Casey Lawrence put the IronPigs in an early hole from which they couldn’t […]

What do you think of Alex McFarlane so far?

The Phillies have been searching for consistency in their bullpen outside all season. Outside of Jhoan Duran at closer, they’ve experienced peaks and valleys, injuries, and demotions. They acquired some help at the deadline in Brooks Raley and Caleb Kilian, but the latter is injured and may miss the rest of the season while the […]

Phillies News: Bryce Harper, salary cap, Angels sale

The Phillies are finally coming home after a long but successful west coast road trip. Over that time, they’ve been able to cushion their lead in the race for the NL Wild Cards as well as narrow the deficit for the NL East. That second thing will take center stage this weekend, as the Phillies […]

I see a red door: Diamondbacks 1, Phillies 0

The final game of a lengthy road trip is always a tricky proposition. Having already secured a winning record on their nine-game western swing, it was easy to envision the Phillies going through the motions in anticipation of boarding their flight back to Philadelphia. Sure enough, the offense was silent against a bullpen game by […]

This is what elite Bryce Harper looks like

After a dominating 8-1 win over the Diamondbacks last night, the Phillies have won 15 of their last 17 games and are in search of their fifth series sweep of three or more games in their last six series. They are currently the top wild card team and suddenly just three games behind the Braves […]

What do you think of position players pitching?

Last weekend I took a break from watching Phillies baseball to travel to New York, where old friend Ranger Suarez was pitching against the Yankees. Sadly, Ranger did not have one of his better days; the result was that the BoSox found themselves putting a position player, Andruw Monasterio, on the mound to finish off […]

De-fanged: Phillies 7, Diamondbacks 1

With a new page of the calendar turned and facing an opponent that would have given them fits two months ago, the Philadelphia Phillies (79-60) continued their ascendancy in the National League playoff hunt with a 7-1 masterclass against the Arizona Diamondbacks (73-67) to push their winning streak to six games. On a night that […]

How will the Phillies finish out 2026?

We have reached September, which means it’s time to start looking ahead. The Phillies have used an August to remember to vault themselves back into contention not just for a wild card spot in the National League, but they have also made the East a division that looks winnable if they can continue to keep […]

Phillies add Rafael Marchan, Grant Holman for stretch drive

It’s September, which means rosters can be expanded a bit. Gone are the days where a ton of players move up to the big leagues, where rosters went to somewhere near 40. Instead, the team is only allowed to bring up two players. Marchan adds a third catcher to the group, meaning there will probably […]

Who will be the Phillies’ September call-ups?

Today marks the first day of September, or in baseball terms, the day MLB rosters expand from 26 to 28 players. Each team will be allowed to add one pitcher and one hitter to their active roster as reinforcements for the final stretch run of the regular season.  The Phillies will begin September in pretty […]

Get the best of The Good Phight on the new SB Nation app

It’s a big day for The Good Phight. Today, the SB Nation app is live, and it’s the best way to follow the Phillies.  You can download it by searching SB Nation for iOS or Android. I have already downloaded it and lemme tell you: it’s a much improved experience from what I’ve had to […]

Alight in August: Phillies 2, Diamondbacks 1

Aaron Nola continued his resurgence and Bryson Stott hit the bomb of his life to power the Philadelphia Phillies (78-60) to a 2-1 victory in the series opener against the Wild Card rival Arizona Diamondbacks (73-66) for their fifth straight win and 14th in their last 16 games. Nola notched his sixth win of the […]

Which prospect has impressed the most this season?

Earlier in the week, I put a post on The Feed asking about which prospect has impressed the most in the Phillies’ minor league system this year. My original idea was Bryan Rincon since he came from so far down the team’s prospect list to put himself in contention to at least be considered for […]

Ketel me why: Phillies vs. Diamondbacks series preview

The Phillies might not have swept most teams this past weekend, but fortunately, they got to go against the Angels and came away with three victories. They likely won’t have it as easy this week when they travel to Arizona to play the Diamondbacks. (Wins rarely seem to come easy for the Phillies at Chase […]

Phillies on the Pharm: 8/31/2026

Syracuse 8 – Lehigh Valley 7Syracuse 6 – Lehigh Valley 0Syracuse 8 – Lehigh Valley 0 Good news for baseball fans in the ABE area: Lots of potential Saturday baseball to enjoy. Bad news for baseball fans in the ABE area: Most of this wasn’t very enjoyable. The star of game 1 was Otto Kemp, […]

Three up, three down: week of Aug. 24-30

The week that started out not so hot ended up being a solid week for the Phillies, the team going 4-2 against the Mariners and Angels. Now they head on to Arizona for a big wild card showdown. Three up Bryce Harper – I think one day, we’ll appreciate a little more the dedication Harper […]