Small victories, large defeats.
Ah yes, the dream of spring. With a major winter storm barreling down on the Philadelphia area this weekend, thoughts of Clearwater are most welcome. The Phillies have obliged by giving us their list of non-roster invitees that will make the trek to spring training. Lots of interesting names here. Justin Crawford and Aidan Miller […]
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Alright, now is when the fun really begins. Aroon Escobar – 104Dante Nori – 52Francisco Renteria – 42Gabriel Rincones – 34Moises Chace – 10Matthew Fisher – 6 The Phillies don’t have a deep farm system. On this, we can all agree. You can blame some of it on poor player development, where they have struggled […]
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Earlier this week, the newest members of the Baseball Hall of Fame were announced in Carlos Beltrán and Andruw Jones, who will join Jeff Kent to make up the 2026 class of new inductees. But more importantly for Phillies fans, there was a good deal of movement with some former Phils greats on the ballot. […]
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If we’re being perfectly logical, the Phillies right now have not been completely successful in their offseason plan as they did not reel in the big fish in Bo Bichette. However, the word “completely” is doing a lot of heavy lifting here since we can still term this offseason successful by looking at what they […]
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It was a good year for Phillies on the Hall of Fame ballot. As expected, Chase Utley did not get elected in this, his third year on the ballot. Neither did Jimmy Rollins, Bobby Abreu, or newcomer Cole Hamels. Again, no surprises there. However, Utley’s stock increased greatly in 2026, seeing a 19.3% increase from […]
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Baseball is a young man’s game. And all who play it at the major league level are young; at least compared to the members of other professions. There are doctors in their seventies; there are no shortstops at that age outside of Old Timer’s Day. But age is relative; while none of the boys of […]
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For the first time in quite some time, the Phillies are primed to have some of their top prospects play real roles on the Major League team. The Big Three of Justin Crawford, Andrew Painter, and Aidan Miller all have paths to playing on the Phillies in 2026 that are varying degrees of open. But […]
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Nothing quite warms the soul like reading about baseball and spring training on a cold winter’s morn. Now let’s check that weekend forecast! On to the links. Phillies news: MLB news:
1 day ago | 1 read
In honor of the Philadelphia Phillies playing host to the 2026 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Citizens Bank Park, we here at The Good Phight are launching a yearlong series that focuses on the history of the Phillies and the All-Star Game. Check back regularly for posts about the Phillies participation in (or lack […]
2 days ago | 3 reads
Alright, we’re done the top four. Gage Wood – 87Dante Nori – 36Aroon Escobar – 34Francisco Renteria – 23Gabriel Rincones – 21Matthew Fisher – 1 Now comes a mad scramble. Not that I’ll say drafting Gage Wood in the first round of the 2025 MLB Draft was a surprise, but it sure wasn’t what I […]
3 days ago | 1 read
Yesterday, the team held a few Zoom conferences with members of the organization. The more prominent one was with J.T. Realmuto as he talked about coming back to Philadelphia to be a member of the Phillies and how he tries to extract whatever he can to help his fellow catchers. An admirable quest for him, […]
3 days ago | 1 read
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3 days ago | 2 reads
The Phillies are #RunningItBack in 2026! After missing out on Bo Bichette and re-signing J.T. Realmuto – barring any unforeseen moves between now and the start of the season – Dave Dombrowski has said that the 2026 Phillies are going to look very similar to the 2025 edition of the team. The consensus on social […]
3 days ago | 1 read
Dreaming about potential roster moves is always fun, especially in the trenches of the off season. I’ve always had a list of players I’d want to join the Phillies in a perfect world. Some were because of the way they played (like David Wright and Albert Pujols) and some were more for their personalities (like […]
4 days ago | 0 reads
Is it time for pitchers and catchers yet? Phillies News: MLB News:
4 days ago | 2 reads
There were a number of lessons to take away from the Phillies’ failure to haul in Bo Bichette to a seven-year, $200 million contract last week. Like with most teams, the luxury tax remains a self-imposed impediment to the Phils’ willingness to spend. The Dodgers and Mets are the two teams who will hold their […]
4 days ago | 0 reads
The thumb went on the scale, folks. There is no result because the results were skewed. How skewed? When closing responses, there were 548 collected. 86.6% of people claimed Dante Nori was the team’s third best prospect. No disrespect to Nori intended, but there is a consensus among the scouting community who the team’s top […]
5 days ago | 2 reads
To state the obvious: the mood in the Phillies fandom has not been overly sanguine in the past few days. The Phillies missed a chance to get better with Bo Bichette, while their rivals in Queens did not. There are still plenty of reasons to believe in the Phillies as a major contender for next […]
5 days ago | 3 reads
It’s a new week! Also a holiday. If you have the day off from work, enjoy the time off. If you don’t, I hope it’s an easy day at work. Onto the links. Phillies news MLB.com’s Mike Petriello looks at why Bryce Harper wasn’t quite elite in 2025, and what could make him elite again […]
5 days ago | 1 read
Welp, this is attempt number three at writing this post. The first version was written on Thursday before the Dodgers had agreed to terms with Kyle Tucker. And the second version was written on Friday morning before Bo Bichette agree to terms with the Mets. Hopefully, I can get this version published before somebody signs […]
6 days ago | 1 read
This weekend was the weekend of the aftermath of anger. Thursday night saw the Dodgers value Kyle Tucker at $60 million per season, handing him the short term contract he desired to play baseball in a low profile. Bo Bichette decided to take a player friendly deal with the Mets over the security of a […]
6 days ago | 1 read
Are y’all done crashing out yet? No? Ok, let me know what you’re done. On to the links. Phillies news: MLB news:
6 days ago | 1 read
For the past week, we have been inundated with news that the team was circling Bo Bichette is the free agency chase. The pursuit of his services had obsessed the fanbase this entire week, memes and threats and promises circulating around social media, mental health threatened should he decide to ply his trade somewhere other […]
7 days ago | 1 read
To call yesterday something of a whirlwind would probably be an understatement. The Phillies went from a team that was seemingly on the verge of adding a huge free agent to their roster on one hand to bringing back a key piece of their team and it being something of a disappointment on the other, […]
7 days ago | 2 reads
Bo Bichette: Citizens Bank Park enemy #1. On to the links. Phillies news: MLB news:
7 days ago | 1 read