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• Shred Hate program gains 5 new MLB teams

  15-08-2018 17:06 via mlb.mlb.com
  The Angels, Dodgers, Phillies, Pirates and Rangers are the latest teams to join the Cubs, White Sox, Twins and Nationals as Shred Hate clubs in the effort to prevent bullying. Select schools in club markets will use the No Bully methodology that has remediated more than 90 percent of bullying incidents since Shred Hate's launch in January 2017.
  
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• Another big hit from Bryce Harper lifts Phillies to series sweep of Giants

  07-05-2024 00:33 via philliesnation.com
  
  Bryce Harper hit a three-run homer for a second straight game. (Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire)
  Final Score: Phillies 6, Giants 1It took a while, but the Phillies were able to get to Giants rookie starter Mason Black. Bryce Harper hit a three-run home run for a second straight day and Zack Wheeler returned to dominance in a 6-1 win over the San Francisco Giants on Monday to secure a rare wrap-around series sweep and sixth straight win.
  Consider the fifth inning rally a reward for the Phillies&rs
  
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• With Trea Turner out, who will hit second for Phillies on J.T. Realmuto’s off days?

  06-05-2024 20:11 via philliesnation.com
  
  J.T. Realmuto is going to be off Tuesday. (Cheryl Pursell/Phillies Nation)
  J.T. Realmuto will hit second for the Philadelphia Phillies for the third day in a row Monday, a spot he figures to occupy in manager Rob Thomson’s lineup quite frequently while Trea Turner recovers from a left hamstring strain that is expected to sideline him for “six weeks or so.”
  However, the problem with having your catcher fill such an important role in the lineup is that the demand that comes with
  
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• Taijuan Walker gives honest thoughts about rotation situation

  06-05-2024 05:18 via philliesnation.com
  
  Taijuan Walker allowed three runs over 6 1/3 innings in Sunday’s win against the Giants. (Grace Del Pizzo/Phillies Nation)
  Spencer Turnbull had one month to make an impression in the Phillies rotation. He was there to keep the seat warm for Taijuan Walker, who missed the beginning of the season with a shoulder injury.Walker was always going to get his spot back. He threw 172 2/3 innings for the Phillies in his first season with the club. He pitched consistently deep enough into games to b
  
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• Early runs prove important as Phillies defeat Giants

  06-05-2024 04:08 via philliesnation.com
  
  Bryce Harper hit his seventh home run of the season on Sunday. (Grace Del Pizzo/PhilliesNation)
  Final Score: Phillies 5, Giants 4Scoring early has been one of the Phillies’ strengths this season. As an offense, their .279/.359/.501 slash line in the first three innings of games was one of the best in baseball entering Sunday. Their combined 79 runs scored in the first, second and third innings led all of Major League Baseball.The Phillies scored nine runs in the first two innings of their
  
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• Phillies Injury Updates: Luis Ortiz shut down ‘for the time being’

  05-05-2024 23:00 via philliesnation.com
  
  Luis Ortiz has been shut down with an injury. (Cheryl Pursell)
  The Latest Phillies Injury UpdatesLuis Ortiz (right shoulder inflammation)Status: 15-day injured listOrtiz has been on the injured list since March 31 with a left ankle sprain. He has progressed from that injury, even making two rehab appearances for Single-A Clearwater. However, the most recent came on April 25. That’s because he’s dealing with right shoulder inflammation and has been “shut down for the time being
  
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• Phillies news and rumors 5/5: Jayson Werth’s horse has OK showing at Kentucky Derby

  05-05-2024 17:05 via philliesnation.com
  
  Jayson Werth spent four seasons with the Phillies.(Photo by Rich Kane/Icon Sportswire)
  The start of Saturday’s Phillies game was delayed due to rain, leaving many with a little more than an hour of free time on their hands. One thing fans did to pass the time was tune into the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby.The race consisted of 20 horses. One of those horses was a three-year-old colt named Dornoch. The colt, who entered Saturday without great odds to win the race, is linked to the P
  
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• Phillies stay hot on first night without Trea Turner, blow Giants out

  05-05-2024 04:16 via philliesnation.com
  
  Bryson Stott and Edmundo Sosa each drove in runs Saturday night. (Don Otto/Phillies Nation)
  Final Score: Phillies 14, Giants 3The Philadelphia Phillies found out Saturday afternoon that they’re looking at life without Trea Turner — one of the faces of the franchise — for over a month. But for at least their first night without the $300 million man, the red-hot Phillies didn’t skip a beat.
  After a 70-minute rain delay, the Phillies hung nine runs on the San Francisco Gian
  
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• Trea Turner to miss extended time with hamstring injury

  04-05-2024 22:07 via philliesnation.com
  
  Trea Turner is going on the injured list. (Don Otto/Phillies Nation)
  Trea Turner is going to miss some time.
  He was placed on the 10-day injured list with a left hamstring strain prior to Saturday’s game against the San Francisco Giants. Kody Clemens was recalled from Triple-A Lehigh Valley to take his spot on the roster.A visibly frustrated Turner told reporters inside the Phillies clubhouse on Saturday that he will miss “six weeks or so.” He said he knew something was wrong
  
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• Rob Thomson announces Phillies’ current, somewhat complicated, rotation plans

  04-05-2024 22:00 via philliesnation.com
  
  Cristopher Sanchez and Spencer Turnbull are competing for the last spot in the starting rotation. (Don Otto/Phillies Nation)
  “It’s a great problem to have and a tough decision to make.”
  Those were the words Philadelphia Phillies manager Rob Thomson used in his office Saturday after to describe the team having six starting pitchers for five rotation spots currently. Thomson teased a decision on the future of Spencer Turnbull in the starting rotation Friday, but Saturday’s
  
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• Trea Turner to be re-evaluated Saturday, expects to miss ‘at least a couple days’

  04-05-2024 04:35 via philliesnation.com
  
  Trea Turner left Friday’s game with an injury. (Don Otto/Phillies Nation)
  Trea Turner made the type of heads up play on the basepaths Friday night against the San Francisco Giants that makes him one of the most exciting offensive players in the sport. But it may have come at a cost.The Philadelphia Phillies shortstop scored from second on a passed ball in the bottom of the fourth inning, using a strong secondary lead and world-class speed to, no pun intended, steal a run.
  Trea scored on t
  
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• Bullpen shines again, Marsh delivers big hit as Phillies take opener from Giants

  04-05-2024 03:47 via philliesnation.com
  
  Brandon Marsh hit a big two-run single for the Phillies on Friday. (Don Otto/Phillies Nation)
  Final score: Phillies 4, Giants 3The Phillies have not played particularly clean baseball this week, and Friday was no different. But the Phillies have done a lot of winning the past couple weeks, and Friday was no different.Despite four walks in one inning, two mental errors that could’ve proved costly, a separate physical error and just six hits, the Phillies won their third straight game behin
  
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• Phillies Injury Updates: Yunior Marte lands on IL

  03-05-2024 23:00 via philliesnation.com
  
  Yunior Marte was placed on the injured list Friday. (Don Otto/Phillies Nation)
  The Latest Phillies Injury UpdatesYunior Marte (right shoulder inflammation)Status: 15-day injured list, retroactive to May 1Marte “felt a little something” after his scoreless appearance against the San Diego Padres on April 28, manager Rob Thomson said. After the feeling went away, it really “flared up” during his appearance against the Los Angeles Angels on April 30. He wasn’t availab
  
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• Former Phillies Friday: Ex-pitching prospect is throwing 100 out of bullpen for Giants

  03-05-2024 17:35 via philliesnation.com
  
  Citizens Bank Park has been the home of the Phillies since 2004. (Don Otto/Phillies Nation)
  One of the nastiest relievers in the San Francisco Giants bullpen was once a highly regarded Philadelphia Phillies prospect.Erik Miller, who was drafted by the Phillies out of Stanford in the fourth round of the 2019 Draft, made the Opening Day roster for San Francisco and is off to a solid start. His 4.88 ERA is inflated by two rough outings in two of his first three games, but he’s allowed only t
  
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• Could this minor leaguer be Phillies’ next long man?

  03-05-2024 17:30 via philliesnation.com
  
  Michael Mercado has stood out in Triple-A. (Grace Del Pizzo/Phillies Nation)
  The Phillies’ future long man in the bullpen might be starting games in the Lehigh Valley.Michael Mercado, a 25-year-old right-hander, has quickly emerged as someone to watch in his first season in the Philadelphia organization. Acquired in an offseason trade from Tampa Bay, he’s enjoying a tremendous start to the year in Triple-A. Mercado has served in a hybrid role for the IronPigs and excelled at it
  
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• Phillies news and rumors 5/3: Pat Burrell reveals what he told Chase Utley before World Series speech

  03-05-2024 04:00 via philliesnation.com
  
  Pat Burrell is a Phillies Wall of Famer. (Icon Sportswire)
  Philadelphia Phillies Wall of Famer Pat Burrell is back in town this weekend as the San Francisco Giants will visit Citizens Bank Park for a four-game series. Burrell is one of two hitting coaches in his first year on Bob Melvin’s staff for the Giants.
  Prior to heading to the visiting dugout to coach against the Phillies this weekend, Burrell joined Ruben Amaro Jr., Jim Salisbury and Todd Zolecki for a lengthy interview on “
  
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• With hot start, Alec Bohm already has hit new career-high in WAR

  02-05-2024 20:06 via philliesnation.com
  
  Alec Bohm has had a great start to 2024. (Don Otto/Phillies Nation)
  Over the last several years, people have been waiting for, and expecting, an Alec Bohm breakout season. It didn’t happen in 2022 or 2023. Bohm was a good player in each of those seasons. He was a contributor on two good Phillies teams. But neither were breakout campaigns.But Bohm is off to a great start this year. It’s still too early to tell whether or not this is the year he finally breaks out, putting together a
  
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• Phillies news and rumors 5/2: Kyle Schwarber handles first opportunity in left field of season

  02-05-2024 16:16 via philliesnation.com
  
  Kyle Schwarber played in left field for the first time this season on Wednesday. (Keith Gillett/Icon Sportswire),
  Kyle Schwarber is a Designated Hitter with a capital D and a capital H.His defense last season was disastrous, and the Phillies lineup has made much more sense since the slugger slid into the DH role once Bryce Harper was cleared to play first base last summer.Still, Schwarber seems to take pride in giving the outfield his best shot, and Philadelphia gave him his first chance to do
  
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• Wheeler battles, bullpen goes four scoreless as Phillies win rubber match vs. Angels

  02-05-2024 01:02 via philliesnation.com
  
  José Alvarado threw a scoreless eighth inning on Wednesday. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire)
  Final score: Phillies 2, Angels 1ANAHEIM — The Phillies aren’t sure what they’ll do with their starting rotation. “TBA,” Rob Thomson said Wednesday morning. They could piggyback two pitchers every fifth day. They could even alternate who gets that fifth start each time through the rotation.Part of the reason they won’t keep a six-man is to preserve t
  
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• Jeff Hoffman thrives in high leverage — because SEALs have taught him to breathe

  01-05-2024 22:23 via philliesnation.com
  
  Jeff Hoffman is one of the Phillies’ best relievers. (Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire)
  ANAHEIM — Nick Castellanos and Johan Rojas had just provided perhaps the most thrilling moment of the Phillies’ young season and Jeff Hoffman had to calm down. So he channelled his inner SEAL.“SEAL-type breathing” is a method the 31-year-old reliever employs before high-leverage outings, a tool he’s picked up from guest speakers — including Navy SEALs &md
  
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• Nick Castellanos, Johan Rojas strike late as Phillies stun Angels

  01-05-2024 06:38 via philliesnation.com
  
  Johan Rojas (center) and Nick Castellanos (right) each hit clutch home runs in the ninth inning on Tuesday night. (Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire)
  Final score: Phillies 7, Angels 5ANAHEIM — Sometimes you win games because your best players play well, you make routine plays and you hold on to the comfortable lead those things gave you. Other times, you win games because you are the West Coast Phillies, and for the West Coast Phillies, mayhem rules.Mayhem came in two exceedingly u
  
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• Managers, former teammate react to Mike Trout injury news: ‘It stinks’

  01-05-2024 03:47 via philliesnation.com
  
  Mike Trout will miss extended time after tearing his meniscus. (Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire)
  ANAHEIM — No one raised an eyebrow at Mike Trout during the Angels’ 6-5 win over the Phillies on Monday night. There was no reason to. Trout went to the plate all four times the leadoff spot came up for Los Angeles. Manned center field all nine innings. Stole a bag. Scored from second on a wild pitch. The biggest abnormality for the future Hall of Famer was the zero in the hit column. 
  
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• After a trade everybody won, Brandon Marsh and Logan O’Hoppe are pulling for each other

  30-04-2024 16:57 via philliesnation.com
  
  Brandon Marsh is off to a strong start in 2024. (Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire)
  ANAHEIM — There aren’t many trades in sports history that qualified as win-wins once hindsight offered its two cents. On Aug. 2, 2022, the Phillies and Angels completed one of them.Now, with Brandon Marsh returning to Anaheim for the first time since that trade, and with Marsh and Logan O’Hoppe each established as productive regulars for their respective club, everyone involved would be hard-pressed
  
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• What options do the Phillies have with struggling Seranthony Domínguez?

  30-04-2024 16:56 via philliesnation.com
  
  Seranthony Dominguez has struggled in 2024. (Rick Ulreich/Icon Sportswire)
  The Philadelphia Phillies have a problem with reliever Seranthony Domínguez, but a solution isn’t so simple.While Domínguez was initially a victim of some bad luck on soft contact by Los Angeles Angels hitters in Monday night’s Phillies loss, he eventually unraveled in the bottom of the seventh inning. The play that ultimately allowed the winning run to score came on a wild pitch by Domín
  
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• Phillies’ early lead slips in ugly fashion, late rally squandered in opener loss to Angels

  30-04-2024 06:29 via philliesnation.com
  
  Alec Bohm had a big hit early but couldn’t come through late against the Angels. (Brandon Sloter/Icon Sportswire)
  Final score: Angels 6, Phillies 5ANAHEIM — It was too good a script. The Phillies had two men in scoring position with one out in the ninth, a single away from tying it. First chance: Alec Bohm, the NL Player of the Week who’s built the best start to a season of his career largely on the strength of hitting with runners in scoring position. Second chance: Bran
  
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• The Phillies rotation is not normal

  30-04-2024 01:04 via philliesnation.com
  
  Aaron Nola and Zack Wheeler are off to strong starts. (Grace Del Pizzo/Phillies Nation)
  The Phillies rotation is off to a truly special start.
  Through 29 games, the staff ranks second in the league in ERA (2.36), third in strikeouts-per-nine innings (9.44) and first in FanGraphs WAR (4.4). The rotation is also first among all MLB teams in innings pitched at 175 1/3, 12 1/3 more innings than the second-place Kansas City Royals.As the rest of baseball yearns for the days when starters consistentl
  
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• Phillies pitching prospect off to breakout start in Clearwater

  29-04-2024 17:08 via philliesnation.com
  
  George Klassen is in Single-A Clearwater. (Cheryl Pursell)
  Phillies fans may want to remember the name George Klassen.Because if he pitches anywhere near the way he has through four professional starts, the young right-hander will certainly make an impact on the organization in one way or another.Klassen, a sixth-round pick in the 2023 draft, has excelled as a starter for Single-A Clearwater so far this season. The hard-throwing 22-year-old has yet to allow an earned run through four outings wh
  
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• MLB, Nike will make corrections to uniforms after months of complaints

  29-04-2024 16:05 via philliesnation.com
  
  Brandon Marsh is in his third season with the Phillies. (Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire)
  Sometimes the best thing you can do to make sure an issue is addressed is complain. And keep complaining. And then complain some more.That strategy appears to have worked in regards to the much-maligned Nike Vapor Premier jersey template that MLB switched to this season, which has been widely panned by players, fans and pretty much everyone not collecting a paycheck from one of those two corporations.
  
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• Taijuan Walker makes season debut, Bryson Stott homers twice as Phillies sweep Padres

  29-04-2024 00:52 via philliesnation.com
  
  Bryson Stott hit two home runs Sunday. (Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire)
  Final Score: Phillies 8, Padres 6Taijuan Walker was an important piece to the puzzle for the Phillies last season. He started 31 games, covered 172 2/3 innings and kept the team in games when he pitched. The Phillies went 21-10 in his 31 starts a season ago. The right-hander didn’t pitch in the postseason, though. Then, the start to his 2024 season was delayed after being diagnosed with an impingement in his throwing sh
  
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• Phillies news and rumors 4/28: Prison baseball story time with John Kruk

  28-04-2024 18:37 via philliesnation.com
  
  John Kruk is a Phillies Wall of Famer. (Icon Sports Media)
  Sometimes on West Coast games, you count on the broadcasters to make things interesting enough to keep fans on the East Coast awake for the entire game.
  With dominant performances from Ranger Suárez and Alec Bohm in a Philadelphia Phillies win over the San Diego Padres Saturday, the game was plenty entertaining enough. But John Kruk still did his part in the NBC Sports Philadelphia broadcast booth to make sure fans were hanging o
  
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