Small victories, large defeats.
Happy Thanksgiving Eve! It’s everyone’s favorite equine writer at the Good Phight continuing with his tradition of providing you with a Thanksgiving post. And for the second straight year, I’ve brought Jared Frank along for the ride. Maybe you’re too tied up with Thanksgiving festivities to want to read much about the Phillies, but let’s […]
Sometimes over the course of a long baseball season, opportunities arise and something unexpected happens. The Phillies experienced something along those lines in August when they learned that Zack Wheeler had a blood clot that ultimately required thoracic outlet surgery and kept him out for the rest of the season. It was a blow to […]
It happens every couple of years. It’s like the Olympics, but it involves baseball. Although the Olympics sometimes have baseball. So disregard that. The point is, the World Baseball Classic is coming. And some Phillies will be playing in it. Phillies featured prominently on the 2023 runner-up edition of Team USA, with Kyle Schwarber, Trea […]
Thanksgiving is still one day away and it’s a perfect time to ask those who celebrate. When do you start listening to Christmas music? I wait until after I’ve had dinner on Thanksgiving. Is that a good strategy? Bad one? Who cares! I don’t know. On to the links: Phillies News MLB News
It’s rumor season and that means people are starting to move. We’ll start hearing about players that are on the trade block for a variety of reasons, but this one is interesting. Marte, as you know, has been a force lately while playing second base for the Diamondbacks. 2024 saw him land a top three […]
Much has been made already this offseason about the two Japanese hitters that have entered the free agent pool and the Phillies possible chances of signing either of them. Munetaka Murakami and Kazuma Okamoto are sure to pull in multi-year, high value MLB contracts, and the Phillies have been connected to both in one way […]
Yesterday, we took an at bat by at bat look at how the Phillies were trying to attack Shohei Ohtani in the NLDS this season. Today, we’ll continue by looking at Game 2 of the matchup, one in which now, Ohtani can focus solely on his hitting. The yoke of his pitching the same game […]
Der Mensch tracht, un Gott lacht—“Man plans, god laughs”, when translated from Yiddish into English. Aaron Nola and the Phillies planned for seven seasons of steady, successful starts when they mutually agreed to the contract extension that will keep the Louisianan in Philadelphia through 2030. Then whatever divinity or divinities doles out pastime-related fates looked […]
Let’s put our GM hats on for a second. Tarik Skubal is arguably the best pitcher in the game right now. He should be considered a cornerstone for any franchise that employs him. He is also theoretically on the trade block since he is in the final year of arbitration and does not have an […]
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This was yet another momentous season for the Phillies. It was a season that ended in their getting another earlier than anticipated vacation, but for 162 games, they were entertaining to follow. We can dwell on the ending that halted their march to a title, but instead, let’s think back through the whole season. Using […]
Each year the Phillies have gotten to the playoffs since their surprising run to the World Series in 2022, it has ended in somewhat bitter defeat. The 2023 NLCS is one that feels like it should never be spoken of again, the 2024 exit at the hands of the Mets was disappointing thanks to the […]
If you’re the type who likes to take those “Name all the members of the 2025 Philadelphia Phillies” quizzes to see how many obscure players you can name, then I will be really impressed if you can come up with Donovan Walton. The utility player was purchased from the Mets in June, played 50 games […]
There was something of a blockbuster yesterday in baseball with the Rangers and Mets reportedly finishing a trade that sends Brandon Nimmo down south to Texas and Marcus Semien up to Queens to improve their defense. There are sums of money that need to be exchanged, but it looks like for the most part, the […]
There are times when the baseball calendar crawls to a stop. Employees working for the team are people too and they are likely using some of the time this week to take a break and do family things. Makes sense. The last major transaction in baseball that I can remember during Thanksgiving week was when […]
Let’s assume for a minute that the team isn’t going to moving any of their big four. Andrew Painter, Aidan Miller, Justin Crawford and Gage Wood are probably all as close to untouchable as prospects can get being as how they all look possible to debut in 2026. That means there are a number of […]
We’re here in silly season, where everyone knows what the perfect offseason for the Phillies will be. Search anything about the team and you’ll find the clickbait people telling you why the team is rumored to be signing “this former All-Star” or that “former MVP candidate”. It’s hard to put players with this team until […]
Friday was the deadline for teams to tender a contract for the 2026 season to players on their roster that were arbitration eligible. Whenever this deadline hits, there are several surprise players that are cut loose, but most of the time, it’s a chance for teams to move on from players that are projected to […]
The deadline to give players a contract for the following season is always fun. Names that you wouldn’t expect to be free agents are suddenly there for the signing for any team willing to give them a deal. This year is no different. Several “big” names have been nontendered by their now former teams, those […]
The tender deadline has come and gone, players have been protected from the Rule 5 draft and now the fun can begin. We know who will be free agents completely now as opposed to just those that filed once the World Series was over. It makes it that much more interesting now that we know […]
The deadline to tender contracts to eligible players has passed, and the Phillies have made their decisions. Alec Bohm, Edmundo Sosa, Bryson Stott, Brandon Marsh, Jhoan Duran, Tanner Banks, and Jesús Luzardo were those tendered contracts. Michael Mercado and Daniel Robert were not tendered contracts, and are now free agents. Next up is salary negotiations […]
The Phillies are making moves today. Bringing back Stubbs is a wise move for a team that is woefully short on catching depth, especially at the level closest to the major leagues. Stubbs can serve as an emergency reserve should something catastrophic happen to whoever the starter may be. They also claimed an outfielder off […]
When the Phillies acquired Gregory Soto in exchange for Matt Vierling and Nick Maton before the 2023 season, Kody Clemens was considered an afterthought. The infielder best known as “Yeah that is Roger’s kid” had only played in 56 career MLB games to that point despite turning 27 years old in 2023. But over the […]
Earlier this week, ESPN’s Jeff Passan published a large preview of the MLB offseason that touched upon many of the top storylines to keep track of over the winter. Within it, Passan added some reporting regarding the early stages of the markets for many of the top free agents, including Kyle Schwarber and J.T. Realmuto. […]
It’s less than a week until Turkey Day. Why don’t they have a Phanatic balloon in the Thanksgiving Day Parade? It seems like a huge oversight. Onto the links. Phillies news The Phillies signed outfielder Bryan De La Cruz, who played a few games for the Braves last season, to a minor league contract. The […]