All year long we’ve talked about how bad the Philadelphia Phillies bullpen has been. And boy has it been bad, with an MLB worst 7.11 ERA. Their bullpen acquisitions of Brandon Workman, Heath Hembree, and to a lesser extent David Hale, have been an unmitigated disaster. Workman blew yet another save in game two of Tuesday’s doubleheader against the Washington Nationals. But it’s …

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 …

Based on high hopes of the young core during the 2018 Phillies season, their shortcomings could be blamed on youth and inexperience. The 2019 season was plagued by injuries and the lack of making a big splash at the trade deadline. The Phillies are betting on adding marginal depth and staying healthy in 2020, while the soft luxury tax appears …

The Philadelphia Phillies’ 2019 season is down to its final month, and barring some sort of miracle – the Phillies actually playing consistently good baseball for a stretch or the Chicago Cubs struggling and losing their hold on the second Wild Card spot – they will miss the postseason for the eighth straight season. The good news is reinforcements are available …