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Is this the end for Mad Max?: Phillies 7, Blue Jays 4
Over the course of his long, illustrious career, future Hall of Famer Max Scherzer has had many dominant performances against the Phillies. Tonight was not one of them. The Phillies victimized the 41-year-old Scherzer in his first start back from the injured list, teeing off for five runs and two home runs off of their […]
Gamethread 6/10: Phillies at Blue Jays
Here are the lineups. For the Phillies: For the Blue Jays: Let’s talk about it.
Ranking which Phillies are most likely to be All Stars
With the Phillies finally on track and playing better baseball, it seems clear the fanbase won’t have to endure an All Star Game as dreary as the last one played in Philadelphia. In 1996, Veterans Stadium was on the verge of falling down. Stray cats ruled the concourses. The scent or urine hung high in […]
Don Mattingly has done a good job with this team
You know who has done a really good job this year? No, not me <hold the applause>. No, it’s been Don Mattingly! Weirdly enough, when the team fired Rob Thomson, everyone knew that it wasn’t truly his fault that the team was struggling at the time. They weren’t playing well, the issues ultimately lying with […]
Phillies on the Pharm: 6/10/2026
Tuesday was a rough day on the Pharm, with only one win for a Phils team. Here’s how the games shaped up. Lehigh Valley 2, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 5 Early scoring gave the Railriders the win in the opening game of this series, with five runs in three innings. Carter Kieboom’s two-out, two-run double in the seventh […]
Do you think Adolis García has turned a corner?
Adolis García’s start in Philadelphia wasn’t a torrid one. In April he slashed .237/.330/.355. In May, that became .125/.218/.182. Offense tends to get better as the weather heats up. But García’s gotten a lot better with the bat in June. In this sixth month of 2026, he’s slashed .269/.269/.654. He’s hit three homers this month; […]
Phillies news: Brandon Marsh, Aaron Nola, Luis Lara
Batted ball luck, when going against the team you choose to root for, is the worst thing to watch. The Blue Jays had quite a bit of luck in that final frame against Jhoan Duran, but the guy was simply going to show a crack in the armor at some point. On to the links. […]
Blunders never Cease: Blue Jays 3, Phillies 2
The Toronto Blue Jays (32-35) got some help from Jhoan Duran’s faulty PitchCom as they walked it off against the Philadelphia Phillies (36-30) by a score of 3-2 in game two of the series. Zack Wheeler and Dylan Cease went punch for punch as two of the best starters in the game, each allowing one […]
Gamethread 6/9: Phillies at Blue Jays
Here are the lineups for game two against the Blue Jays. Let’s discuss. For the Phillies: For the Blue Jays:
The Phillies: easy playoff team?
On April 26, the Phillies lost to the Atlanta Braves, 6-2. The lonely two runs scored by the team were thanks to a home run by Kyle Schwarber, but it felt like an exercise in futility. Aaron Nola had given up six runs in the initial two innings of the game, a game that was […]
Who is the bigger concern for 2026: Aaron Nola or Andrew Painter?
Yesterday, Ethan asked you to put on a scale your confidence level in each of the Phillies starting pitchers. Today, we’re going to take that one step further and discuss the two pitchers who, without even looking at those replies, one can surmise made up the consensus on the lower end of the confidence scale. […]
Phillies news: Brandon Marsh, prospects, Tarik Skubal
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Southpaw Dominates North of the Border: Phillies 5, Blue Jays 2
Some years ago, I learned that Canada has a fast food chain known as New York Fries. I am from New York, and I do not know of any particular connection between that fair city (state? I assume it’s named for the city?) and fries. I have always been somewhat baffled by this. Sort of […]
Gamethread 6/8: Phillies at Blue Jays
Here are the lineups for game 1 in Toronto. Let’s discuss. For the Phillies: For the Blue Jays:
Opposition research: Jeff Hoffman
Phillies fans can be complicated. As we saw this past offseason, “running it back” with players who have failed in previous seasons – particularly the playoffs – is not a popular strategy. On the other hand, there was a lot of angst about the team allowing Jeff Hoffman to leave as a free agent after […]
Three up, three down: week of June 1-7
Alright, that is how the team should be playing at home. Going 5-1 against some good competition was a nice salve for the home issues they have had and before you say the Padres and White Sox aren’t good competition, they were both over .500 coming into this week. The bats woke up a bit […]
Phillies on the Pharm: 6/8/2026
It was a day of completing series for the minor league teams. How did the team’s youngsters do? Rochester 7, Lehigh Valley 6 Part of a looming issue facing the big league team right now is depth. What if there was a major injury of some kind, particularly to the pitching staff? Is there someone […]
Give your confidence level in each pitcher in the rotation
Let’s say that you had to set up a playoff rotation. We all know what the first two options would be as Cristopher Sanchez and Zack Wheeler have shown again they are the best 1-2 punch in the game right now and it really isn’t that close. However, there would have to be someone else […]
Phillies news: Andrew Painter, Brad Keller, Max Kepler
The playoff odds are climbing for the Phillies. They’re over 70% on Fangraphs, 52% on Baseball Reference and over 80% on Baseball Prospectus. They’ve decided to not play like garbage at home, which makes me think this is actually something. Impressive considering how bad it was a little over a month ago. On to the […]
Overcoming Aaron: Phillies 9, White Sox 5
The series against the White Sox was not a strong one for the Phillies’ starting rotation. All three of their starters struggled, including Aaron Nola on Sunday. Fortunately, the Phillies’ lineup – particularly Brandon Marsh – did not struggle. For the second time in three days, the offense was able to overcome shaky pitching and […]
Gamethread 6/7: Phillies vs White Sox
The Phillies and White Sox have split the first two games of their three-game set, and the series winner will be decided on Sunday afternoon at Citizens Bank Park. The Phillies will give the ball to Aaron Nola. After a rough start to the season, the veteran righthander has pitched better of late, allowing four […]
Compared to Atlanta, the Phillies are on the Outside Looking…Outside?
Hello, and welcome to the MLB Team Dating Game! Today we’ve got two highly eligible MLBachelors, two clubs looking for their Special Somefan. Here’s how it works: we’ll give you some information about the teams, and you’ll pick the club you want to go on a date with. Only after you choose do you find […]
Phillies on the Pharm: 6/7/2026
It wasn’t exactly the type of night to brag about the hitting prospects that are on the farm for the Phillies, while two injuries occurred that are both something the team is going to want to be careful with in the coming days. Let’s see how the kids did. Lehigh Valley 3, Rochester 2 Alan […]
Should Andrew Painter make his next start?
Disappointing is probably the best way to categorize Andrew Painter’s season. No one really expected ace-hood from him straight out of the gate, but he has struggled this year. Like any other pitcher, he’s exchanged good starts with poor ones, but those poor ones are far too often. His last five starts have shown this […]
Phillies news: Trea Turner, Jhoan Duran, Tarik Skubal
That loss is the perfect embodiment of a loss. Everything kind of stunk, so they just move on. On to the link. Phillies news: MLB news:
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