Gamethread 3/14: Phillies at Yankees
Here are the lineups. For the Phillies: For the Yankees: Let’s talk about it.
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The Notes: #26 (not Utley) and Jonathan Bowlan
The final two weeks of camp are way more important than the first two but the heat is on between Dylan Moore and Bryan De La Cruz for the final spot on the 26-man roster. The 13th position player may not play much at all with how Rob Thomson has the roles aligned. Edmundo Sosa […]
WBC Day 7 wrap up
The quarterfinals have begun in the World Baseball Classic, which means we now have the best of the best playing still in the tournament. How did the first two games go? Dominican Republic 10, Korea 0 (7 innings) The other day, in the TGP Slack room, I had mentioned that I had a hot take. […]
Phillies news: Jose Alvarado, Andrew Painter, Jose Berrios
Andrew Painter’s start yesterday had some good and some bad to it. It’s important to remember that he’s still just in that third start of the spring and that he’s likely working on some things right now. Still, he’s getting outs and that’s what matters. On to the links. Phillies news: MLB news:
What does Adolis Garcia need to do to recapture his former glory?
When Phillies fans entered the off-season, most knew long-time right fielder Nick Castellanos was on his way out. The free-swinging, undisciplined and inconsistent slugger never quite gave the Phillies the type of production his five-year, 100 million contract, or his production in previous stops, warranted, and his well-documented off-field friction with Phils coaches and manager […]
Gamethread 3/13: Orioles at Phillies
Here are the lineups for today’s Grapefruit League matchup. Let’s discuss! For the Phillies: For the Orioles:
World Baseball Classic Quarterfinal Round Preview
Yesterday was an off day for the WBC, so instead of our daily recap we’ll take this opportunity to look ahead to the quarterfinal round that begins tonight and continues tomorrow. The tournament now advances to a single elimination format, with two sides of a bracket that will narrow eight teams down to two. Friday […]
Phillies News: Chase Utley, Aaron Nola, Zack Wheeler
This time next week… you will not be watching the Phillies play regular season baseball. This time the week after next… you will also not be watching the Phillies play regular season baseball. But one day before this time next week… then you’ll be watching Phillies regular season baseball. Unless opening day gets rained out […]
Our hero, Aaron Nola
Thanks in part to managerial wunderkind Mark DeRosa, Team USA found itself in a precarious position entering last night’s WBC game between Italy and Mexico. If Mexico won and scored fewer than five runs (tie breakers be wacky), they would advance to the next round instead of the Americans. Basically, Italy either needed to win, […]
Gamethread 3/12: Blue Jays at Phillies
Here are the lineups, let’s discuss! For the Phillies: For the Blue Jays:
Roster projection, 3.0
We have reached the endgame, friends. This will be the week where the cuts are made, where some options are picked up, where some decisions are made and the Phillies’ initial roster of 2026 is created. Some of these possibly logjams have been taken care of already thanks to decisions to ingest things against the […]
WBC Day 6 Wrap Up
Aaron Nola held the fate of the United States in his hands. Unlike their manager, Nola rose to the occasion and successfully bailed out Team USA with a gem of a performance for Team Italy that secured the Americans a berth to the quarterfinal round. For real this time, Mark. Meanwhile, our neighbors to the […]
Phillies News: Team USA, Bryce Harper, Garrett Stubbs
It’s hard not to think about baseball when the weather is nice. It really gets you excited for when the games begin. Well, real games, not spring training. It feels like we’ve reached the point of the spring where Opening Day has never felt further away while at the same time rapidly approaching. One can […]
Maybe protection wasn’t the problem for Bryce Harper
You might not have noticed, but one of the major narratives of the Phillies’ off season was whether or not Bryce Harper is still an elite player. After Dave Dombrowski (correctly, but curiously) said that Harper’s 2025 season was not up to his previous standard, that set off a lot of people talking, including Harper […]
WBC Day 5 Wrap Up
“Expect Everything” is the slogan for this year’s World Baseball Classic. Still, few expected Day 5 of the WBC to deliver the drama and tension that it did. That’ll teach us (and USA), I suppose. Japan 9, Czechia 0 Three years ago, Czechia delivered one of the most memorable moments of the WBC as Czech […]
Phillies news: Jesus Luzardo, Dave Dombrowski, Hunter Greene
At this point in two weeks, the Grapefruit League of 2026 will be but a memory. We usually wish these games are over as soon as possible, looking forward to the regular season commencing as quickly as possible, but the lingering question is hovering over baseball. Will these be the last spring training games we […]
What are we to make of Rob Thomson this season?
One of the major targets of criticism for the Phillies these past few seasons has been the manager, Rob Thomson. Thomson has pressed a lot of the right buttons on his journey as the manager of the team, leading them to increasingly better win totals in the regular season, yet coming up short of expectations […]
Gamethread 3/10: Yankees at Phillies
Here are the lineups. For the Phillies: For the Yankees: Let’s talk about it.
Andrew Painter’s fastball shape is a worry. Here’s why.
This past Saturday was Andrew Painter’s second start of the spring and if you looked at a box score, you’d be rather happy with the results. Three innings pitched in which he gave up no runs, even against a depleted Blue Jays lineup, is cause for optimism that corners are being turned in his development. […]
WBC Day 4 wrap up
We have some teams moving on to the next round, some teams going home without a win and some teams guaranteeing a spot in the next version of the World Baseball Classic. Let’s wrap up yesterday’s action. Korea 7, Australia 2 This was a matchup that would basically decide who would travel east with Japan […]
Phillies news: Jesus Luzardo, Justin Crawford, Alec Bohm
Max Scherzer seems like a cool dude. Maybe he’d like to pitch out of the bullpen? Huh, huh?? Phillies News: MLB News:
Report: Jesús Luzardo agrees to five-year extension with the Phillies
The deal many expected to happen this spring has indeed come to fruition, as ESPN’s Jeff Passan is reporting that the Phillies and Jesús Luzardo have agreed to a five-year contract extension that will keep the left-hander in Philadelphia through 2031. Luzardo, now 28 years old, will be 34 when his contract expires. Passan also […]
Gamethread 3/9: Phillies at Red Sox
Here are the lineups. For the Phillies: For the Red Sox: Let’s talk about it (or the WBC stuff)
No, Garrett Stubbs should not be the 26th man on the roster
When we reach this point in spring training, finding stories is often hard to do. For teams like the Phillies, teams that have a rather full roster difficult to crack for most veterans, they are reduced having to slog through games that will have very little determination on the edges of that roster. While the […]
WBC Day 3 wrap up
The games this Saturday were very good. The games on Sunday? Maybe not so much as there were some predictable blowouts. There were a few close games, sure, but for the most part these games were not that close. Japan 4, Australia 3 This was a really good game to watch. Both teams entered 2-0 […]
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