Phillies Nation • 25th February 2024 Johan Rojas debuts new batting stance in spring opener There’s not much drama this year at Phillies camp. The starting rotation is set. The bullpen is set, save a spot or two. The bench is set, except the last spot.
Phillies Nation • 20th January 2024 Will the Phillies regret not signing Josh Hader? Josh Hader’s five-year, $95 million contract with the Houston Astros, reported by ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Friday, should kickstart some movement in the free-agent reliever market. If Robert Stephenson’s subsequent agreement with the Los Angeles Angels, first reported by Jomboy Media, is any indication, that’s exactly what’s happening.
Phillies Nation • 1st January 2024 Four New Year’s resolutions for the 2024 Phils Here’s a non-exhaustive list of four 2024 New Year’s resolutions that’ll help the club get back to Broad Street.
Phillies Nation • 11th October 2023 First inning is of utmost importance in Game 3 The Phillies woke up a 104-win sleeping giant late in Game 2 of the NLDS on Monday. There are two things that can put it back to sleep: Aaron Nola and a venue known colloquially as “The Bank.”
Phillies Nation • 7th October 2023 These matchups could swing the NLDS I offered up one of these “matchups to monitor” guides ahead of the Wild Card Series, and I don’t mean to gloat — but actually, I do. I nailed it.
Phillies Nation • 3rd October 2023 Matchups to monitor in Phillies-Marlins Wild Card Series This is the time of year where every decision is magnified tenfold. Pull a pitcher one batter too late? Watch the rest of the postseason from home. Pick the wrong lefty out of the bullpen? Pick the right hotel in Cancún.
Phillies Nation • 15th September 2023 Who wants the National League Wild Card spots? You’d have thought a 2-5 stretch in the middle of a competitive September Wild Card chase, or a 5-9 stretch dating back to the last game of August, would have cost the Phillies more.
Phillies Nation • 4th August 2023 Just past season’s two-thirds mark, here’s how the Phillies’ schedule stacks up among Wild Card contenders As the trade deadline fades into the rearview mirror and with August, the penultimate month of the regular season, under way, the Philadelphia Phillies are in a good spot. That might not necessarily be true a week from now, but as things stand, they’re in a good spot.
Phillies Nation • 3rd August 2023 Was Craig Kimbrel tipping pitches in blown save? Craig Kimbrel has largely been nails for the Phillies this season, but Tuesday was not his day.
Phillies Nation • 20th July 2023 Edmundo Sosa’s uncharacteristic defensive struggles continue When the Phillies traded JoJo Romero to the St. Louis Cardinals for Edmundo Sosa three days before the 2022 trade deadline, the goal was to acquire a glove-first utilityman who can bounce around the field and, regardless of where he is, play superb defense.
Phillies Nation • 29th November 2022 Analyzing the 4 big-ticket shortstops available in free agency The defining characteristic of the 2022-23 free agent class is its depth at shortstop, and it’s no secret that the Phillies have their eyes set on that market — perhaps as the front office’s top priority.
Phillies Nation • 6th November 2022 Will the Phillies build on their World Series run, or was it a one-off? The question of whether the Phillies’ 2022 season feels more like 1993 or 2009 — the previous two Phillies teams to fall short in the Fall Classic before heading in vastly different directions thereafter — is somewhat misleading.
Phillies Nation • 9th October 2022 The Phillies Wild Card Series MVP ballot After a weekend of dominant pitching, sound defense, a few timely hits and, above all, loads of drama, the Phillies are going to the NLDS.
Phillies Nation • 6th October 2022 Six Phillies with notable history against the Cardinals or at Busch Stadium The Phillies will make their first postseason appearance since 2011 on Friday when they open up the Wild Card Series in St. Louis.
Phillies Nation • 29th August 2022 Phillies head to Chase Field with some demons to exorcize There are a few stadiums across the league that have served as houses of horror to the Philadelphia Phillies in recent years.
Phillies Nation • 2nd August 2022 Should the Phillies have beaten the Yankees’ return for Frankie Montas? When the Cincinnati Reds traded Luis Castillo to Seattle for the Mariners’ Nos. 1, 2, 10 and 26 prospects (per Baseball America) on Friday, the price of top-tier starting pitching — and even mid-tier arms — on the trading block figured to be exorbitant thereafter.
Phillies Nation • 6th July 2022 The 2022 Phillies’ midterm report card If, before this season, the average Philadelphia Phillies fan had been told their team would be 43-38 at the 81-game mark, it might not have been met with the maximum degree of enthusiasm, but it certainly wouldn’t have sounded like a disaster scenario either.
Phillies Nation • 6th June 2022 Breaking down Bryson Stott’s walk-off homer, pitch by pitch On May 25, recapping yet another Philadelphia Phillies loss, I wrote a bit about Bryson Stott looking a step behind at the Major League level, illuminated by a flawed approach and over-aggressive swing that caused the 24-year-old to come up small in a relatively big moment.
Phillies Nation • 14th May 2022 Analyzing Joe Girardi’s decision-making in Friday’s win LOS ANGELES — The impact of a manager in your typical mundane baseball game is often somewhat overstated. As it pertains to the outcome of an average contest, the manager is, more often than not, pretty unimportant.
Phillies Nation • 11th April 2022 Alec Bohm had a whirlwind of a Monday night — in many ways Alec Bohm’s Monday was, to say the least, eventful.