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Digging a Holman: Braves 12, Phillies 2
For three innings, things were going well for the Phillies. Despite being forced to utilize a bullpen game, they had a 1-0 lead over the Braves. By the time the fourth inning ended, they found themselves trailing 8-1 as Grant Holman had a debut he (and everyone else) would like to forget. The rest of […]
Gamethread 9/12: Phillies at Braves
Here are the lineups. For the Phillies: For the Braves: Let’s talk about it.
Do the Phillies still have a homefield advantage in October?
We’ve gotten to a point in the Phillies’ recent playoff history where we can rank the crushing losses they have experienced at home over the last three Octobers. Here’s my ranking from least-to-most devastating: From the start of the 2022 playoffs through Game 2 of the 2023 NLCS, the Phillies’ homefield advantage at Citizens Bank […]
Do you care about home field advantage in the playoffs?
In these next few weeks, as the season winds down and playoff teams are put into their proper place in the bracket, a lot of words will be spoken about home field advantage. Our own John Stolnis will be talking about this in a little bit and you have probably already seen some things pop […]
Phillies news: Trea Turner, Bryson Stott, Luis Robert
Jose Alvarado’s appearance last night probably solidified what Don Mattingly is thinking in the playoffs. He and Alex McFarlane are going to be the bridges to Jhoan Duran. Jonathan Bowlan looks like he is struggling to handle to pressure as it continues to mount with each appearance that gets closer to September, so maybe those […]
Four leads, then a funeral: Braves 6, Phillies 5
What looked like a good night for the Phillies, a night in which they were able to sneak a few runs across the plate against Chris Sale, turned into a bullpen nightmare. It started off a little rough for the Phillies, Aaron Nola serving up a home run to Matt Olson that somehow clanged off […]
Gamethread 9/11: Phillies at Braves
The Phillies begin a three-game series against the Atlanta Braves at Truist Field on Friday night. The teams split a four-game series in Philadelphia last weekend. Aaron Nola will start for the Phillies. When he faced the Braves last weekend, he allowed just one run in seven innings. Chris Sale will be the Braves’ starter. […]
Softest fans in baseball: Phillies vs. Braves series preview
After the Phillies dismissed the Braves in the 2023 NLDS, I wrote a “fond” farewell to the Braves and their fans, in which I pointed out how soft the fans are and lamented that General Sherman didn’t do a good enough job in destroying the city. Little has changed since then. We didn’t hear quite […]
The Phillies are always chasing
Well, it was fun while it lasted. In Thursday’s 2-1 loss to the Astros at Citizens Bank Park, the Phillies offense put together perhaps the most undisciplined displays of hitting MLB has ever seen. They faced Christian Javier, Houston’s right-handed starter who is a shell of the pitcher that famously threw six no-hit innings against […]
Phillies on the Pharm: 9/11/2026
Summer is coming to an end, and so is the season for the Phillies farm teams. The IronPigs and Fighting Phils still have regular season ball to play, but the Threshers and BlueClaws have played their last game of the year. Worcester 7, Lehigh Valley 4 A five run first put the IronPigs in a […]
Where do you think the possible MLB expansion teams will be?
Earlier this week, ESPN’s Jeff Passan wrote about the possibility of MLB expansion, noting that there are already a few cities in the lead to possibly receive new franchises. Those cities are Salt Lake City, Nashville, Raleigh, Portland, Orlando, and Montreal. Of course, the impending fight over a new collective bargaining agreement will be an […]
Phillies News: J.T. Realmuto, Prospects, IronPigs
This time last week, the Phillies were preparing to face the Braves, with huge divisional stakes But now…they’re preparing to face the Braves, with huge divisional stakes. The more things change, the more they stay the same. But we hope they’ll change at least a little, standings-wise. Phillies news NBC Sports Philadelphia puts together their […]
If you Didn’t have School or Work Today, this Game did not make you More Productive or Smarter: Astros 2, Phillies 1
Was this the dumbest baseball game ever played? No, that would be a stretch. But if you didn’t have school or work today and decided to watch this one, your brain would be in danger. From Alec Bohm hesitating at second base on a groundball to his left or Astros shortstop Jeremy Peña getting caught […]
Gamethread 9/10: Astros at Phillies
The Phillies and Astros will wrap up what has been a bizarre series on Thursday afternoon. In both of the previous games, the Phillies fell behind early, and while their comeback fell short on Tuesday, they were able to surge ahead on Wednesday. Zack Wheeler will start for the Phillies. The righthander has given up […]
Phillies on the Pharm: 9/10/2026
It wasn’t a good night for Lehigh Valley, but the news was much better out of Reading, where Gage Wood was backed by four home runs, and the Fightin’ Phils reached the precipice of a spot in the Eastern League playoffs. Worcester 8, Lehigh Valley 3 The IronPigs fell into an early hole on Wednesday, […]
How would you use Jesús Luzardo in a potential Wild Card series?
Jesús Luzardo has been one of the best pitchers in baseball the second half of this season. After being awarded NL Pitcher of the Month for August with a 3-0 record and 1.31 ERA, Luzardo began September with the first complete game shutout of his career. His step forward into becoming an elite starter has […]
Phillies News: Postseason, Orion Kerkering, Aaron Judge
Well, last night was certainly one of the weirdest Phillies wins of the season. It appeared at times as though both teams were actively trying to lose through the first six innings. But then as it so often happens, Kyle Schwarber put things on the right track with a monumental home run, this time a […]
Mine cart madness: Phillies 11, Astros 7
After falling frustratingly short of a comeback last night in the series opener, the Philadelphia Phillies (82-64) tamed a wild game with one zaddy of a swing against the Houston Astros (74-71) in an 11-7 rollercoaster of a baseball game. The pitchers’ duel between Cristopher Sanchez and Hunter Brown proved to be anything but, as […]
Gamethread 9/9: Astros at Phillies
Here are the lineups for today’s matchup against Houston. Let’s discuss! For the Phillies: For the Astros:
Orion Kerkering cannot have high leverage innings again
As October draws near for teams in playoff contention, they are starting to use this time to put their bullpen in a pecking order. They have had a season’s worth of data and observation to determine which of the players in the bullpen are worthy of logging those high stress innings that come with pitching […]
Phillies on the Pharm: 9/9/2026
Playoffs have begun for at least one farm team. How did the kids do? Lehigh Valley 5, Worcester 4 Otto Kemp. Jack of all trades, master of none. It was pretty funny that the Phillies thought they could make something out of Kemp when they haven’t properly developed a hitting prospect in years. Thinking that […]
How worried are you about the baserunning?
Last night was frustrating, and a bit more so than a one-run loss typically is. In part, that’s because the Phillies found their seventh inning comeback attempt cut short thanks to an atypical double play, in which J.T. Realmuto lined a ball straight to Jeremy Peña at shortstop, who then tossed the ball back to […]
Phillies news: Aidan Miller, bullpen, expansion
The fundamentals of this team are going to sink them in at least one key spot. There were at least three last night that cost them – the Brandon Marsh double play, whatever it was the Alec Bohm did running the bases and Edmundo Sosa watching the ball out of the box – that cost […]
What a stupid game: Astros 6, Phillies 5
Considering how poorly they played for most of Tuesday’s game, the Phillies probably should have been blown out. Instead, they decided to tease the fans by getting just close enough before their multitude of mistakes finally did them in. The end result was a supremely frustrating 6-5 loss to the Astros. Andrew Painter got the […]
Gamethread 9/8: Astros at Phillies
Here are the lineups for game 1 against Houston. Let’s discuss! For the Phillies: For the Astros:
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