Ever since replacing Joe Girardi as the Phillies manager just over a year ago today, Rob Thomson was always described as calm, cool, and collected. At the time of his interim hiring last season, the Phillies were 22-29. The Phils won the next 8 games with their new skipper and catapulted themselves back into the playoff race. Of course, no …
Memorial Day is typically the first checkpoint in the marathon season that is Major League Baseball. Entering the first weekend series of June, the Phillies sit eight games back in the NL East with a record of 25-31. They are just one game above the last-place Nationals. To right the ship in 2022, the Phillies parted ways with their manager, …
After his 53rd strikeout of the season in his 44th game in a Phillies uniform, Trea Turner was on the receiving end of the Citizens Bank Park boobirds in the Phils’ series-opening loss to the Chicago Cubs. Turner, who signed a lucrative 11-year, $300 million contract with Philadelphia in December last offseason, has been underachieving in red pinstripes. It comes …
No matter if you are new to baseball or you’ve been watching for decades like my pops, baseball has changed. There is no question that what the game was like just ten years ago is entirely different than it is today and what it will be in years to come—the main reason for this change; is Sabermetrics. Sabermetrics is a …
If much of anything stands out from the first 40 games of the Philadelphia Phillies’ season, it’s that maddeningly inconsistent. A six-game losing streak was immediately followed by a five-game winning streak, which after taking two out of three from the Colorado Rockies this past weekend, has landed them at 20-20 roughly a quarter of the way through the regular …
This weekend, the Phillies got back a much-needed arm to their starting rotation. Ranger Suarez returned in the Fightins’ weekend series against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. Suarez allowed three runs and seven hits through four innings of work, but another added pitching piece gives the Phils more depth in the rotation. As a team, Phillies starting pitchers rank …
To say the 2022 season was a disappointment for Nick Castellanos is an understatement. But this story actually starts at the end of 2021. Baseball was locked out, and Nick was coming off his career-best season in Cincinnati, hitting a career-high 34 home runs, an OPS of .939, and was voted to his first MLB All-Star Game. With an unusual …
As the season has progressed, the Phillies still have not played to their potential. After years of “rebuilds” and September collapses, they finally got into the playoffs. After missing out on postseason baseball for a decade, it felt like the Phillies of old were back. Early Struggles The off-season addition of Trea Turner added a whole new level of excitement …
When you think of a leadoff hitter in baseball, you typically think of a short, speedy, contact hitter. Usually, they aren’t huge home run hitters. Instead, they are players designed to reach base to start rallies and make room for the power hitters who come up to the plate shortly after. When you ask who the Phillies’ leadoff hitter should …
On Monday, May 8, 2023, D.G. Yuengling & Son, Inc, America’s Oldest Brewery, and Phillies ace-pitcher and Yuengling brand ambassador Aaron Nola are teaming up to host a special charity bowling tournament benefitting Team Red, White & Blue (Team RWB), a nonprofit dedicated to enriching veterans’ lives and forging America’s leading health and wellness community for veterans. Aaron Nola, alongside his Phillies …
