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The Winter Meetings, or how I learned to love baseball transactions again. Personally, I’m excited to see how many rumors are floated that are incredibly wrong or inaccurate. If we had to create a leaderboard for who had the most incorrect rumors around, which writer would lead the pack? My guess would be Ralph. On […]
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The winter meetings take place early next week and hopefully that forces more action in free agency. Dylan Cease got a massive contract from Toronto but there hasn’t been much else outside of a few relievers. Who is going to sign Kyle Tucker? Mets Off-season so far This is a Phillies blog but it is […]
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The baseball Winter Meetings begin this weekend, which means the chances of the Phillies actually doing something within this timeframe are more heightened than ever. This is the place where business usually happens at a pretty steady pace and the Phillies are no stranger to that. The Winter Meetings is where Trea Turner agreed to […]
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To fully understand the whirlwind that was Mick Abel’s 2025 season, you have to start with how his 2024 season ended. The then 22-year-old Abel finished his first full season at Triple-A and “disaster” would hardly be the word for it. Abel started 24 games and finished with a 3-12 record to go with a […]
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Last week in honor of Black Friday, we took the opportunity to discuss some of the best bargain contracts the Phillies ever agreed to. Today, in honor of post-Black Friday buyer’s remorse and the Athletic’s recent article ranking the worst contracts in MLB, we’ll take the opportunity to discuss the worst contracts in Phillies history. […]
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Well, it’s the holiday season. Christmas music, twinkling lights, the works. When will the Phillies find a free agent under their tree? Will we have to wait until the 25th? We’ll see. Onto the links. Phillies news Per the Seattle Times, the Mariners are interested in Matt Strahm. Who are the main non-Phillies suitors in […]
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Well, we’ve always known that the Phillies wanted to make headway in the Japanese market. Might they be aiming high? I mean, if you’re going to go high, then go to the top! Again, as we know, Jon Heyman is a mouthpiece for Scott Boras and Boras is the agent for Imai. He’s trying to […]
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For a moment, let’s imagine the unimaginable. Kyle Schwarber signs with the Cincinnati Reds. Or the Boston Red Sox. Or, the nightmare of all nightmares, the New York Mets. Let’s imagine Schwarber, the NL MVP runner-up, signs somewhere other than Philadelphia. Aside from losing the leader of the clubhouse and the glue that has held […]
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The Phillies were in need of relief in July. While the trade for Jhoan Duran helped fortify the bullpen, the team knew that he wouldn’t be enough. So, they turned to free agency where an old friend was waiting. David Robertson originally signed with the Phillies as a free agent before 2019, and it was […]
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Earlier this week, it was reported by Katie Woo of the Athletic that St. Louis Cardinals’ 1B/catcher Willson Contreras has become more open to waiving his no-trade clause to facilitate a trade out of St, Louis. It comes in the wake of former teammate Sonny Gray doing the same thing and in turn being traded […]
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We are currently in one of the deadest periods of the dead MLB offseason, but fear not! The Winter Meetings are on the horizon, and with them will come some singings and trades as well as numerous “team is interested in player” reports that seem to regurgitate the same information you’ve read for months. On […]
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The MLB Hot Stove is finally ready to start heating up. In one week, every front office in baseball (yes, even the Marlins and Pirates will probably attend!) will head to Orlando for the start of the Winter Meetings, MLB’s annual shopping bazaar. Free agents will sign. Trades will be consummated. Scott Boras will hold […]
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I appreciate the gamble. I appreciate seeing an asset that maybe was on the buy low side of things and thinking that maybe – just maybe – something could be done to get a player on the cheap(ish). However. 2025 stats 49 G, 42 2/3 IP, 8.23 ERA (5.39 FIP), 25.1 K%, 9.1 BB%, 2.11 […]
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Erwin Schrödinger once presented a thought experiment about a cat and a box. The cat, you see, is both alive and dead until the box is opened, and its true fate is revealed. A free agent is sort of like that: he is both signed and unsigned until the box is opened. We hope that […]
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It’s December now. The cold days are ahead of us, the dreary ending to the baseball season behind us. Soon, we’ll have the hot stove set aflame with rumors from the Winter Meetings, things that will occupy us for days on end. For now, we have little. Except mailbag questions! Those are always fun! On […]
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In 2019, the Phillies traded relatively unknown prospect Curtis Mead to the Rays in exchange for relatively unknown prospect Cristopher Sanchez. Wanting to know as much as I could about this kid at the time, I looked up his minor league stats and was thrilled to see he’d spent time with the Bowling Green Hotrods […]
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It’s easy to love the trio of Andrew Painter, Aidan Miller and Justin Crawford. They represent the best chances the team has at adding an actual impact bat/arm from within their own player development system. The wheels of that system have been rusted for quite a while, causing the need to spend on free agent […]
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The series against the Dodgers ended in defeat, Orion Kerkering literally throwing away any chance the Phillies had at bringing the series back to Philadelphia for a fifth and deciding game. It was a bitter disappointment to take, another opportunity wasted with the core they have in place. Yet, as we’ve seen something emerge from […]
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Today, over at BreakingT, they are having Cyber Monday sale on all MLB gear. Not only are they doing baseball, but other sports are involved. Just click on this link to go and find Phillies gear for that special someone! Don’t forget to use the code CYBERMONDAY when you checkout.
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There was a time when Lou Trivino was considered a rising relief star. Drafted by the Athletics in 2013, after an inconsistent start to his career, the righthander eventually became the A’s closer and was named American League Reliever of the Month in June 2021. Things quickly went downhill after that. He lost effectiveness to […]
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Yesterday morning, Jim Bowden, warmly referred to around these parts as Ralph, went on his radio show on Sirius XM and talked about J.T. Realmuto. I find it interesting that this isn’t the first time Realmuto has been connected with a deal that is only two years in length. One would probably assume that he […]
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I’m not a huge college football fan. I like watching the playoffs, the bowls, but following a team for a whole season is just something this local college boy never really did. So all of this news about Lane Kiffin just makes me sad for the state of athletics at the collegiate level. Do I […]
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Ryan Helsley reportedly agreed to a two year, $28 million contract with the Orioles that includes an opt out after the first year. Earlier in the offseason, the Phillies picked up their option for the 2026 season on Jose Alvarado at $9 million, making him a free agent after the season has concluded. It makes […]
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