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• Opinion: The Phillies missed out on Jason Vargas

  17-02-2018 15:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  Photo by Jeff Dunn
  The Phillies may have missed out on the perfect opportunity to bolster a weak pitching staff Friday when they let the Mets sign Jason Vargas to a two-year, $16 million deal.
  “Wait, are we talking about the same Jason Vargas here?”
  Yup. From the available free agent pitchers left on the market at the start of the week, Vargas would have provided everything the Phillies were looking for.
  Vargas would have been the Clay Buchholz/Jeremy Hellickson/Charlie Morton signin
  
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• With 251 home runs down, could Kyle Schwarber get to 500?

  18-04-2024 23:57 via philliesnation.com
  
  Could Kyle Schwarber reach 500 home runs?(Don Otto/Phillies Nation)
  Kyle Schwarber trotted around the basepaths at Citizens Bank Park after hitting a leadoff home run in the bottom of the first inning of Wednesday evening’s Philadelphia Phillies win over the Colorado Rockies. It was his 250th career home run, and it left you to wonder whether he’s got 250 more in him.Before the night was out, he crushed his 251st career home run, a blast off the facing of the second deck. So, it&rsq
  
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• Trea Turner has gotten going on both sides of the ball for the Phillies

  18-04-2024 23:56 via philliesnation.com
  
  Trea Turner is in his second season with the Phillies. (Don Otto/Phillies Nation)
  Trea Turner‘s first season with the Philadelphia Phillies didn’t quite meet expectations. Some people not only saw him as a legitimate National League MVP candidate heading into 2023, but picked him to win the award. Things didn’t turn out that way, though.It was a dreadful start to 2023 for Turner. He wasn’t himself at the plate. He chased pitches outside of the strike zone, resulting in a
  
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• Before Johan Rojas’ best game, Trea Turner did cage work with Phillies teammate

  18-04-2024 22:03 via philliesnation.com
  
  Johan Rojas is in his second MLB season. (Don Otto/Phillies Nation)
  It’s no secret that since the start of last postseason, Johan Rojas has struggled mightily at the plate. However, in a Philadelphia Phillies clubhouse loaded with former All-Stars, the work ethic of the 23-year-old continues to impress his teammates.
  One of the teammates that appreciates how hard Rojas has worked to improve offensively is Trea Turner. And after Rojas’ finest offensive performance of the season in We
  
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• Phillies news and rumors 4/18: Aidan Miller off to fast start for Threshers

  18-04-2024 16:16 via philliesnation.com
  
  Aidan Miller was a first-round pick by the Phillies in 2023. (Tim Kelly/Phillies Nation)
  Part of the reason Phillies fans have developed such an affinity for Bryson Stott and Alec Bohm over the past few seasons is that they’re homegrown talents. That’s no knock on Trea Turner, Kyle Schwarber or certainly Bryce Harper — but watching someone rise through the ranks within the organization before making an impact at the big league level strikes a different chord.There seems t
  
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• Phillies survive nightmarish eighth inning, slug early in win against Rockies

  18-04-2024 03:05 via philliesnation.com
  
  Trea Turner was a triple shy of the cycle in the Phillies’ 7-6 win over the Rockies. (Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire)
  Final Score: Phillies 7, Rockies 6Tuesday was a perfect night of baseball. Ranger Suárez threw his second career complete-game shutout, Bryce Harper broke out of his slump and the team played its most fundamentally sound game of the season.
  If you were hoping for two straight days of fun, stress-free baseball, save that hope for later. The Phillies (11-8) had
  
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• Phillies Injury Updates: Taijuan Walker could return sooner than expected

  17-04-2024 21:30 via philliesnation.com
  
  Taijuan Walker will pitch for the IronPigs Tuesday. (Gregory Fisher/Icon Sportswire)
  The Latest Phillies Injury UpdatesTaijuan Walker (right shoulder impingement)
  Status: 15-day injured list
  Walker made his second rehab appearance on Tuesday, throwing 78 pitches for the Triple-A Lehigh Valley IronPigs over 4 2/3 innings. Though he only struck out one batter, the Phillies are encouraged with how the 31-year-old came out of his rehab outing, in which he allowed three hits and one run.
  Walker will
  
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• The evolution of Ranger Suárez continues in second career complete-game shutout

  17-04-2024 16:53 via philliesnation.com
  
  Ranger Suárez became the second pitcher in baseball to throw a complete-game shutout in 2024. (Don Otto/Phillies Nation)
  Ranger Suárez’s pitch count was at 89 as he walked to the mound in the top of the ninth inning with his second career complete-game shutout on the line.The crowd of just over 35,000 at Citizens Bank Park rose to their feet to salute a homegrown pitcher they have fallen in love with.
  Suárez made his Phillies debut in 2018. His first start at Citizens
  
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• Ranger Suárez throws shutout, Bryce Harper gets going as Phillies clinch series win

  17-04-2024 02:49 via philliesnation.com
  
  Ranger Suárez threw a complete-game shutout on Tuesday. (Cody Glenn/Icon Sportswire)
  Final: Phillies 5, Rockies 0With the Phillies offense in a rut to start the season, Ranger Suárez delivered a masterful performance that needed as little support as possible. But Bryce Harper, in need of a kick start, provided some backup anyway.The ever-calm left-hander Suárez threw a complete-game shutout against the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday night at Citizens Bank Park, lifting Philade
  
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• Johan Rojas OK after scary moment following Cristian Pache’s walk-off hit

  17-04-2024 00:19 via philliesnation.com
  
  Johan Rojas is in the lineup after a scary moment following Monday’s game. (Grace Del Pizzo/Phillies Nation)
  Phillies fans held their breath as they watched the team stream out of the dugout after Cristian Pache hit a walk-off single to give his team a 2-1 series-opening win against the Colorado Rockies on Monday.
  As players congratulated Pache in right field, Johan Rojas, who ran out of the dugout with his teammates, was leaning over and appeared to be in pain. Brandon Marsh offered his
  
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• Struggling Whit Merrifield out of Phillies lineup against left-hander

  16-04-2024 23:16 via philliesnation.com
  
  Whit Merrifield is in his first season with the Phillies. (Doug Murray/Icon Sportswire)
  Whit Merrifield is out of the Phillies lineup on Tuesday amidst a rough beginning to his career in Philadelphia.While the team signed the utility man in a reserve role, the former All-Star has started a majority of the games against left-handed starting pitchers so far this season. Merrifield is not in the lineup as the Phillies face the Colorado Rockies and lefty Austin Gomber at Citizens Bank Park at 6:40
  
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• Phillies’ energy guy Edmundo Sosa stays ready in reduced role

  16-04-2024 16:46 via philliesnation.com
  
  Edmundo Sosa is in his third season with the Phillies. (Cheryl Pursell/Phillies Nation)
  You don’t need Edmundo Sosa’s walk-up song to let you know that people love Sosa.But, like Chief Keef’s “Love Sosa” that he uses before at-bats, the fan and clubhouse favorite hasn’t been heard from much this season.Sosa, a 28-year-old utility infielder, has complemented a star-studded Phillies roster since he was traded to Philadelphia in July 2022. The right-handed batte
  
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• Pitching, defensive highlight set stage for Cristian Pache’s walk-off as Phillies beat Rockies

  16-04-2024 03:39 via philliesnation.com
  
  Aaron Nola was spectacular against the Rockies on Monday. (Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire)
  Final: Phillies 2, Rockies 1The Phillies are not hitting like they should be, so for a night — even against one of the worst teams in baseball, the 4-12 Colorado Rockies — they had to pull out all the stops in every other facet of the game to come out on top.They did. Aaron Nola was brilliant, allowing one run over 7 1/3 innings, José Alvarado stranded his runner on two pitches, and Sera
  
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• Phillies Injury Updates: Taijuan Walker to make rehab start in Triple-A

  15-04-2024 23:20 via philliesnation.com
  
  Taijuan Walker will pitch for the IronPigs Tuesday. (Gregory Fisher/Icon Sportswire)
  The Latest Phillies Injury UpdatesTaijuan Walker (right shoulder impingement)
  Status: 15-day injured list
  After making a rehab assignment for Single-A Clearwater last Thursday, Walker is scheduled to start for Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Tuesday night at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. He’s set to go around five innings and 80 pitches, according to manager Rob Thomson. The right-hander could still make another rehab
  
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• Phillies news and rumors 4/15: Andrew McCutchen praises Philadelphia fans after 300th home run

  15-04-2024 14:54 via philliesnation.com
  
  Andrew McCutchen hit 47 homers across three seasons with the Phillies. (Cheryl Pursell)
  Barring an almost unprecedented late-career run, 300 will be the last round-number home run milestone for Andrew McCutchen. He’s relieved to finally have the chase behind him, and it’s fitting that he became the 160th member of the 300 club while wearing a Pirates uniform.McCutchen accomplished the feat with a double-whammy of nostalgia, though, hitting No. 300 in Philadelphia, where career homer
  
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• Phillies insist Bryce Harper is healthy amid slow start

  15-04-2024 01:40 via philliesnation.com
  
  Bryce Harper is off to a slow start in 2024. (Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire)
  Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Bryce Harper homered three times and drove in six runs in a win over the Cincinnati Reds on April 2. In the two-time NL MVP’s other 54 at-bats this season, he has just eight hits, zero home runs, a lone RBI and 16 strikeouts.
  But even after Harper went just 2-for-16 in a four-game series split against the Pittsburgh Pirates, manager Rob Thomson insisted that the seven-time All-
  
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• Grand slam, lack of run support dooms Wheeler in loss to Pirates

  14-04-2024 22:10 via philliesnation.com
  
  Zack Wheeler surrendered a grand slam in a loss to the Pirates on Sunday afternoon. (Cheryl Pursell/Phillies Nation)
  Final Score: Pirates 9, Phillies 2The line score says otherwise, but Zack Wheeler pitched another gem — and was the losing pitcher for a third straight start in a 9-2 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday.
  The Phillies ace struck out 10 batter over five innings, but after an error from Alec Bohm, a walk and a single, the bases were loaded with nobody out in the sixth. Ma
  
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• Orion Kerkering set to rejoin stacked Phillies bullpen

  14-04-2024 18:54 via philliesnation.com
  
  Orion Kerkering has returned from the injured list. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
  The wait is over: Orion Kerkering (right forearm strain) has been activated from the injured list ahead of Sunday’s series finale against the Pittsburgh Pirates.Kerkering rose from Low-A Clearwater to the big leagues in 2023 and impressed in a short stint with the Phillies in both the regular season and postseason. His high 90s to 100 mph fastball along with a devastating sweeper makes him one of the most exciting
  
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• Phillies walk it off for first time this year, beat Pirates

  14-04-2024 01:21 via philliesnation.com
  
  Nick Castellanos had two RBIs on Saturday. (Cheryl Pursell/Phillies Nation)
  Final Score: Phillies 4, Pirates 3After falling behind in the top of the first inning on Saturday, the Phillies scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the first to take the lead. Kyle Schwarber, who had a big day at the plate (3-for-3 with two walks), hit the 33rd leadoff home run of his career to tie the game.You’re not supposed to be able to hit the ball this far in the cold of April. pic.twitter.com/sEI7riqK1e&
  
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• What’s kept Phillies pitching so healthy? Zack Wheeler and Aaron Nola weigh in…

  13-04-2024 18:42 via philliesnation.com
  
  Zack Wheeler is in his fifth season with the Phillies. (Kyle Ross/Icon Sportswire)
  You almost don’t want to even mention it, out of fear that you’re jinxing someone’s health. But as pitchers have dropped like flies in recent days, weeks and years, the Philadelphia Phillies seem to have something special atop their rotation in terms of the durability that both Zack Wheeler and Aaron Nola have demonstrated.Wheeler and Nola are entirely different types of pitchers. Wheeler is a t
  
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• Spencer Strider to miss remainder of 2024 after undergoing UCL surgery

  13-04-2024 16:24 via philliesnation.com
  
  Spencer Strider will miss the remainder of the 2024 season. (Photo by Gregory Fisher/Icon Sportswire)
  The Atlanta Braves on Saturday announced that pitcher Spencer Strider will be out for the remainder of the 2024 season after undergoing surgery to repair the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow with an internal brace.
  Strider, 25, reported elbow discomfort in his last start against the Diamondbacks on April 5. He was feared to have needed a second Tommy John surgery. He missed all of 2
  
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• Phillies debut City Connect uniforms, lose in ugly fashion

  13-04-2024 03:48 via philliesnation.com
  
  Yunior Marte struggled in the Phillies’ 5-2 loss against Pittsburgh. (Don Otto/Phillies Nation)
  Final Score: Pirates 5, Phillies 2“This is the ugliest low-scoring game I’ve ever seen,” John Kruk said as Yunior Marte loaded the bases on his second pitch clock violation of the inning.
  Kruk has seen a lot of baseball in his life, so that’s saying something. He wasn’t wrong.
  The Phillies bats struggled against former teammate Bailey Falter, and the pitching staff
  
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• Phillies Nuggets: Alec Bohm says he’s grown ‘a lot’ as player and person

  12-04-2024 15:56 via philliesnation.com
  
  Alec Bohm is now a veteran on the Phillies. (Cheryl Pursell)
  It’s unclear if Alec Bohm knew that Thursday was the two-year anniversary of his “I f—– hate this place” game or not, but after he helped lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a 5-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates, the third baseman was in a reflective mood.
  Now 27, Bohm was asked postgame how much he feels that he’s grown both as a player and a person over the last year or two.
  “A lot,”
  
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• Phillies slug three home runs, Ranger Suárez deals in series-opening win over Pirates

  12-04-2024 03:11 via philliesnation.com
  
  Brandon Marsh hit his fourth home run of the season on Thursday. (Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire)
  Final Score: Phillies 5, Pirates 1The Phillies entered Thursday night in a slugging slump as a team. They hadn’t laced an extra-base hit since Monday night in St. Louis — an Alec Bohm RBI double in extra innings. After that double, 16 of their next 16 hits were singles. Their first three hits tonight were also singles. Altogether, the Phillies went 91 plate appearances without an extra-b
  
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• Amid pitcher injury crisis, Rob Thomson admits Phillies have to be ‘really’ careful with Spencer Turnbull

  11-04-2024 20:50 via philliesnation.com
  
  Rob Thomson is the manager of the Phillies.(David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire)
  Taijuan Walker will pitch three to four innings Thursday night for Single-A Clearwater, with the plan for the Philadelphia Phillies righty to throw 60-65 pitches in his first rehab appearance.
  Where the 31-year-old’s next rehab appearance will take place at is unclear, but unlike Orion Kerkering — who will pitch Thursday evening at Clearwater also, and could return to the Phillies as soon as Sunday —
  
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• Phillies news and rumors 4/11: Despite recent hits, team still needs more from Nick Castellanos

  11-04-2024 15:03 via philliesnation.com
  
  Nick Castellanos has a .163 slugging percentage to start the season. (Cheryl Pursell)
  The day after recording his first multi-hit performance of the 2024 season, Nick Castellanos stepped to the plate on Wednesday and shot a ground-ball single through the right side and into right field for an RBI base hit. The right-handed hitter delivered a sixth-inning insurance run that proved to be the difference as the Phillies escaped a rainy day in St. Louis with a 4-3 win and a series victory at Busch S
  
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• Aaron Nola battles, offense comes through as Phillies secure series win over Cardinals

  10-04-2024 22:42 via philliesnation.com
  
  Aaron Nola pitched six innings on Wednesday. (Brandon Sloter/Icon Sportswire)
  Final Score: Phillies 4, Cardinals 3The Phillies have had to battle some tough weather conditions so far this season. Today was no different. A constant rain fell at Busch Stadium in St. Louis for most of the club’s series finale against the Cardinals.
  Despite the tough conditions, Aaron Nola, without his best stuff, battled through six innings of work. Meanwhile, the offense picked up four hits with runners in
  
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• Phillies Injury Updates: Orion Kerkering close to return

  10-04-2024 19:00 via philliesnation.com
  
  Orion Kerkering is on the IL. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
  The Latest Phillies Injury Updates
  J.T. Realmuto (neck contusion) is in the lineup for Wednesday’s series finale against the Cardinals. He left Tuesday’s game early after taking a bouncing pitch to the neck/throat area.Phillies news and rumors 4/10: J.T. Realmuto has bruised neckOrion Kerkering (right forearm strain)Status: 15-day injured list — Expected to return soon.
  Kerkering is scheduled to make one final minor league r
  
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• Phillies news and rumors 4/10: J.T. Realmuto has bruised neck

  10-04-2024 15:57 via philliesnation.com
  
  J.T. Realmuto was removed from Tuesday night’s game. (Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire)
  In the bottom of the seventh inning at Busch Stadium on Tuesday night, J.T. Realmuto attempted to block a pitch by Zack Wheeler that ended up in the dirt. Instead of bouncing off of Realmuto’s chest protector, the ball hit him in the throat/neck area.
  Here’s J.T. Realmuto taking a pitch to the throat. Yikes. pic.twitter.com/J75h3nbwmj— Phillies Nation (@PhilliesNation) Apr
  
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• Phillies offense continues early-season struggles as Cardinals even series

  10-04-2024 04:30 via philliesnation.com
  
  The Phillies struggled on Tuesday night. (Zac BonDurant/Icon Sportswire)
  Final score: Cardinals 3, Phillies 0Some opportunities presented themselves, but Philadelphia’s offense continued its early-season struggles on Tuesday night.The Phillies scattered eight hits but grounded into three double plays and struck out 13 times as they fell to right-hander Sonny Gray and the Cardinals, 3-0, in a shutout loss at Busch Stadium. Gray, in his season debut, tossed five scoreless innings to help St
  
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