With the Mets’ acquisition of Francisco Lindor and Carlos Carrasco, are they too far ahead for the Phillies to catch up? Before the Francisco Lindor trade, the Mets were already a better team than the Phillies. The Phillies finished two games ahead of the Mets in the regular season, but while the Phillies have only gotten worse this offseason, the …

There’s been so much negativity surrounding the Phillies recently, and rightfully so. After rumors of star pitcher Zack Wheeler being on the trading block were shot down by John Middleton, fans still haven’t settled down. Those rumors were so believable that it feels like we’re just all waiting for something bad to happen. But let’s pretend nothing bad happens and think positively for …

Hope is a dangerous thing. It twists our perceptions and misguides our thoughts, all too often a coping mechanism for delaying an inevitable letdown. In the cruel world of Philadelphia Phillies fandom, it seems that our beloved organization uses hope maliciously, teasing us with the promise of a playoff berth only to defer that dream till the next season. While …

The Phillies currently stand at a very solid 21-18 and are right in the thick of things in the National League playoff race, and for good reason. We know where their strengths and weaknesses have lied so far through the first 39 games of this shortened 60-game season. The bullpen has been a weakness, and the starting pitching has been …

It’s the beginning of July, and baseball is back. As weird as that is to say, it feels so good. With teams set to report to Spring Training 2.0 in their home cities on July 1, it looks like we’re going to try to get in a season. At only 60 games, and with a slew of rule changes and …

When the news came down on March 12th that Major League Baseball – and pretty much every other sport in America – was suspending operations indefinitely due to the coronavirus, it came as quite the blow. Here we were just a few weeks away from Opening Day, only to have the rug pulled out from beneath us, wondering when baseball …

A disappointing Phillies season draws to a close – disappointing is a huge understatement – and the team will once again find themselves on the outside looking in come October. And while a lot of fans are talking doom and gloom and dwelling on all of the negatives this year, there were quite a few positives that should give even …

When the Phillies traded for Jay Bruce in the beginning of June, they had no idea how much they would rely on him, nor how valuable his bat would end up being to a then-first-place team. But the day after trading for him, the team would lose their starting LF and leadoff man, Andrew McCutchen, to a torn ACL. The …

The Phillies as of late have been plagued with injuries to key players. Andrew McCutchen’s torn ACL is the most recent injury to add to the growing Injured List. César Hernandez will do his best for the foreseeable future to provide quality at-bats from the leadoff position. The two players who will see the most time because of the McCutchen …

This one hurts. It was announced on Tuesday that center fielder Andrew McCutchen is out for the season after tearing his ACL in Monday night’s game against the San Diego Padres. McCutchen was a key part of the Phillies’ success through the first two-plus months of the season. In the leadoff spot, McCutchen hit .256/.378/.457, and also contributed with 10 home …