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• Here’s how much the Braves and Dodgers were willing to offer Aaron Nola

  25-11-2023 21:03 via philliesnation.com
  Phillies general manager Sam Fuld (left) and president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski (right) celebrate Aaron Nola’s new contract.
  The winning bid for Aaron Nola in free agency turned out to be seven years and $172 million, with the Philadelphia Phillies celebrating the new contract with their homegrown ace this past Monday.
  However, it does appear that two other National League contenders had legitimate interest in Nola, which is perhaps why it didn’t always feel like the 30
  
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• Phillies avoid arbitration with 3 players, tender contracts to 5 more

  18-11-2023 02:30 via philliesnation.com
  Dylan Covey and the Phillies avoided arbitration. (John Adams/Icon Sportswire)Prior to Friday evening’s deadline to tender contracts to arbitration-eligible players, the Philadelphia Phillies announced a series of roster moves.
  OF/1B Jake Cave, catcher Garrett Stubbs and RHP Dylan Covey each settled with the Phillies, agreeing to terms for 2024 contracts. Joel Sherman of The New York Post obtained the exact details of each contract.Jake Cave signed for $1M with the Phillies.— Joel Sh
  
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• Bryce Harper wins third Silver Slugger Award

  10-11-2023 01:00 via philliesnation.com
  
  Bryce Harper is a three-time Silver Slugger Award winner. (Photo by John Adams/Icon Sportswire)Bryce Harper is a three-time Silver Slugger Award winner.
  Harper, who was nominated as a designated hitter, was announced as one of 10 winners in the National League for 2023.
  Trea Turner, Kyle Schwarber and J.T. Realmuto were nominees at their respective positions. Schwarber was nominated as an outfielder.
  Harper qualifying to win the award is an accomplishment in and of itself. A player has to appear
  
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• Rhys Hoskins Rumors: MLB insider connects Hoskins to Blue Jays, Cubs

  09-11-2023 23:37 via philliesnation.com
  
  Rhys Hoskins is a free agent. (Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire)Rhys Hoskins is now a free agent after spending the first seven years of his career with the Philadelphia Phillies.
  Despite missing all of 2023 with a torn ACL, Hoskins’ market is expected to be robust considering the shortage of top bats in free agency.
  He is not expected to return to the Phillies as Bryce Harper was named the team’s everyday first baseman moving forward.
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• The top 5 moments of Rhys Hoskins’ Phillies career

  09-11-2023 17:56 via philliesnation.com
  
  Rhys Hoskins is a free agent. (Don Otto/PhilliesNation)
  With the news of Phillies star Bryce Harper sticking at first base defensively moving forward, Rhys Hoskins’ time in Philadelphia appears to be over.
  Hoskins was a mainstay in the lineup from the end of 2017 when he burst on the scene as a rookie through 2022 before an ACL tear cost him the entire 2023 season. It’s an unfortunate likely end to a Phillies career for the now free agent that deserved a more fitting close.
  Hoskins w
  
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• Report: Phillies open to trading Nick Castellanos

  09-11-2023 16:23 via philliesnation.com
  
  Nick Castellanos signed with the Phillies prior to the 2022 season. (Cheryl Pursell)While speaking at MLB’s general managers’ meetings in Scottsdale, Ariz., president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski indicated to reporters that the Phillies are “pretty well set” on the position player side.
  That doesn’t preclude Dombrowski from making a big trade.
  According to MLB.com‘s Mark Feinsand, the Phillies are open to trading right fielder Nick Castellanos.
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• 5 potential landing spots for Rhys Hoskins in free agency

  09-11-2023 02:53 via philliesnation.com
  
  Rhys Hoskins is a free agent. (Don Otto)
  Philadelphia Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski didn’t entirely close the door on Rhys Hoskins returning to the team in 2024, but with his Wednesday announcement that the team plans to proceed with Bryce Harper as their full-time first baseman, the longest-tenured position player on the team will likely be wearing a different uniform in 2024.
  Had Hoskins put up his typical 30-home run, 85-RBI season in 2023, he may very well h
  
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• Phillies plan to have Bryce Harper play first base; Rhys Hoskins’ tenure with team likely over

  08-11-2023 23:52 via philliesnation.com
  
  Bryce Harper’s shift to first base has likely ended Rhys Hoskins’ time with the Phillies.(Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire)There is an answer to perhaps the most important question surrounding the future of the Philadelphia Phillies lineup: Bryce Harper is going to be the team’s first baseman in 2024, and presumably for the foreseeable future.
  President of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski revealed the news — which will have a ripple effect on the rest of the lineup
  
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• Phillies promote Preston Mattingly, Brian Barber to assistant GM roles

  08-11-2023 21:28 via philliesnation.com
  
  Preston Mattingly was promoted to Phillies assistant general manager, player development. (Cheryl Pursell)Following a season in which the Phillies reached the National League Championship Series on the big-league side, the club rewarded some key members of its player development and scouting staffs.Preston Mattingly, who joined the organization as Philadelphia’s farm director in September 2021, has been promoted to assistant general manager, player development. Brian Barber, the franchise&
  
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• Phillies connected to starter Sonny Gray in free agency

  08-11-2023 20:11 via philliesnation.com
  
  Could Sonny Gray replace Aaron Nola in the Phillies rotation? (Photo by John Adams/Icon Sportswire)The Phillies appear to be putting together a contingency plan in case starting pitcher Aaron Nola leaves the team in free agency.Philadelphia has interest in free-agent right-hander Sonny Gray as an alternative rotation option should the club fail to re-sign Nola, according to a Wednesday report by Jon Morosi of MLB Network.
  The Phillies are interested in Sonny Gray, sources say, and will be a top
  
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• Phillies news and rumors 11/7: Matt Klentak promoted in Brewers’ front office

  07-11-2023 10:36 via philliesnation.com
  
  Matt Klentak is the former general manager of the Phillies. (Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire)The Milwaukee Brewers’ non-player personnel group saw a significant change on Monday, an earth-shattering move that had the collective baseball world’s undivided attention immediately upon its announcement:Matt Klentak was promoted. He’s now an executive advisor to the general manager.In all seriousness, while Klentak’s promotion (and those of three other front office members now name
  
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• Aaron Nola Rumors: MLBTR predicts ace will leave in free agency

  07-11-2023 01:40 via philliesnation.com
  
  Aaron Nola is a free agent. (Cheryl Pursell)Philadelphia Phillies righty Aaron Nola is one of the top free-agent pitchers available this offseason. While both Nola and Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski have expressed a desire to continue their relationship, it’s evident that there will be a slew of other suitors for the former first-round pick’s services this offseason.
  This tracker will be updated throughout the course of the offseason as Nola’s market
  
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• Phillies acquire right-handed pitcher in trade with Rays

  06-11-2023 23:49 via philliesnation.com
  
  Citizens Bank Park has been home to the Phillies since 2004. (Tim Kelly/Phillies Nation)The Philadelphia Phillies announced Monday evening that they have completed a trade with the Tampa Bay Rays.
  In the deal, the Phillies acquired RHP Michael Mercado from the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for RHP Adam Leverett and cash considerations.
  Mercado was a second-round pick by the Rays in 2017, but has yet to make his Major League Debut. The 24-year-old posted a 4.79 ERA in 52 games between Double-A Montg
  
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• Phillies extend $20.325 million qualifying offer to Aaron Nola

  06-11-2023 23:04 via philliesnation.com
  
  The Phillies have extended the qualifying offer to Aaron Nola. (Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire)The Philadelphia Phillies have extended the $20.325 million qualifying offer to RHP Aaron Nola as he tests free agency for the first time in his career, Jon Heyman of The New York Post reports.
  Rhys Hoskins — who missed the entire 2023 season after tearing his left ACL in Spring Training — did not receiver the qualifying offer, per Heyman.
  Phillies Nation has confirmed that validity of Heyma
  
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• Phillies reportedly decline to extend qualifying offer to Rhys Hoskins

  06-11-2023 22:59 via philliesnation.com
  
  Rhys Hoskins is a free agent. (Cheryl Pursell)The Phillies are not extending a qualifying offer to Rhys Hoskins, according to a report from Jon Heyman of the New York Post. Heyman adds that there is a “decent chance” Hoskins could be back with Phillies.
  The qualifying offer, which is a one-year, $20.35 million contract for 2024, can be extended to pending free agents. Hoskins would have been an obvious candidate to receive the offer if he was healthy in 2023, but he missed all of las
  
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• Phillies reportedly claim lefty Josh Fleming from Rays

  06-11-2023 21:55 via philliesnation.com
  
  Citizens Bank Park has been home to the Phillies since 2004. (Tim Kelly/Phillies Nation)The first official move of the Phillies offseason is here.
  The team has claimed left-handed pitcher Josh Fleming off waivers from the Tampa Bay Rays, reports Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times.
  Fleming, 27, was drafted by the Rays in the fifth round of the MLB Draft in 2017. He missed about two months in 2023 with elbow issues. Fleming spent time in the big leagues as a multi-inning reliever/bulk starter, pit
  
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• Zack Wheeler becomes first Phillies pitcher in 42 years to win Gold Glove

  06-11-2023 17:29 via philliesnation.com
  
  Zack Wheeler won his first Gold Glove. (Cheryl Pursell/Phillies Nation)For the first time in 42 years, a Phillies pitcher has won the Gold Glove Award.
  Zack Wheeler was announced as one of 20 Gold Glove Award winners, the league announced on Sunday night. J.T. Realmuto, Bryson Stott and Taijuan Walker were finalists at their respective positions.
  Wheeler committed only one error during the 2023 season and finished with +4 defensive runs saved.
  He is the first Phillies pitcher to win a Gold Glove
  
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• Bryce Harper’s camp continues to hint at desire for contract extension with Phillies

  05-11-2023 21:17 via philliesnation.com
  
  Will the Phillies extend Bryce Harper’s contract this offseason? (Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire)Phillies Nation continues to follow a not-so-under-the-radar storyline that’s extremely pertinent: Bryce Harper and his camp aren’t hiding that he would like his current contract to be extended, and it does appear possible they would like things to come to a head this offseason.
  Harper dropped hints at various points throughout this past season that he would like his contract &mdas
  
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• ‘Several GMs’ predict Rangers will sign Aaron Nola

  05-11-2023 18:37 via philliesnation.com
  
  Could the Texas Rangers sign Aaron Nola? (Cody Glenn/Icon Sportswire)The Texas Rangers are one of the few franchises in baseball that’s been willing to spend as aggressively as the Philadelphia Phillies in free agency the last few offseasons, and they have no reason to abandon said strategy after it recently landed them on a parade float.
  In fact, multiple unnamed general managers predicted to USA Today‘s Bob Nightengale that the defending World Series Champion Rangers will sign Aaro
  
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• Some GMs reportedly believe Phillies will let Aaron Nola walk, pivot to Blake Snell

  05-11-2023 16:54 via philliesnation.com
  
  Will the Phillies re-sign Aaron Nola? (Gregory Fisher/Icon Sportswire)Both the Philadelphia Phillies and Aaron Nola have indicated a desire to continue their relationship, but at least some in the sport think that the former first-round pick has made his final start in red pinstripes.
  According to Bob Nightengale of USA Today, there’s a belief in league circles that Nola will depart in free agency, while president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski and the Phillies will end up pivoting
  
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• Phillies Nation Roundtable: Aaron Nola contract predictions

  04-11-2023 15:08 via philliesnation.com
  
  Aaron Nola is a free agent. (Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire)After nine seasons with the Philadelphia Phillies, Aaron Nola is officially a free agent.
  The Phillies have a five day exclusive negotiating window with Nola before other teams have a chance to speak with his camp.
  He’s expected to be one of the most coveted free agents on the market. The Phillies say signing Nola is the priority, but other pitching needy big market clubs are expected to be in the bidding. The St. Louis Ca
  
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• Phillies promote IronPigs pitching coach, former reliever Cesar Ramos to major league staff

  03-11-2023 20:03 via philliesnation.com
  
  Cesar Ramos will be the Phillies’ new bullpen coach. (Cheryl Pursell)The Phillies are promoting IronPigs pitching coach Cesar Ramos to the major league staff.
  Ramos will serve as the team’s new bullpen coach, replacing Dave Lundquist.
  Ramos, 39, spent the last two seasons as Lehigh Valley’s pitching coach. He was previously the club’s rehab pitching coordinator in 2021 and a player information assistant in 2020.
  A former major league reliever, Ramos spent eight years in t
  
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• Former Phillies Friday: Didi Gregorius set to play in Dubai’s ‘Baseball United’

  02-11-2023 23:13 via philliesnation.com
  
  Didi Gregorius spent parts of three seasons with the Phillies. (Gregory Fisher/Icon Sportswire)Former Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Didi Gregorius‘ MLB career is likely over, but his baseball journey will continue overseas.
  Gregorius was the No. 3 overall pick in Baseball United’s 10-round draft, getting selected by the Wolves, one of four franchises slated to compete in the league based in Dubai.A Didi glimpse of what's to come
  Tickets available for the November 24th and 25th All-
  
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• Four Phillies named Silver Slugger Award finalists

  02-11-2023 18:36 via philliesnation.com
  
  Trea Turner is a 2023 Silver Slugger Award finalist. (Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire)Bryce Harper, Kyle Schwarber, J.T. Realmuto and Trea Turner have been named 2023 Silver Slugger Award finalists.
  Schwarber, Realmuto and Turner are all looking to win their second consecutive Silver Slugger Award. Harper was nominated, but fell one game short of eligibility to win the award in 2022.
  Turner’s nomination is a testament to his impressive bounce back over the last two months of the reg
  
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• Salary arbitration projections for 8 Phillies

  02-11-2023 17:29 via philliesnation.com
  
  Alec Bohm will be arbitration eligible for the first time in 2024. (Photo by Don Otto)MLB Trade Rumors has come out with its annual salary arbitration projections, which includes figures for eight Phillies.
  MLBTR points out that these figures are in no way meant to be used in negotiations by teams, players or agents in negotiations, and that many of the final agreed-upon salaries will likely end up above or below these estimates when teams and players settle before heading to arbitration.
  That s
  
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• Phillies news and rumors 11/2: Should the Phillies give Rhys Hoskins a qualifying offer?

  02-11-2023 16:42 via philliesnation.com
  
  Rhys Hoskins can become a free agent. (Cheryl Pursell)The Phillies have a decision to make on Rhys Hoskins.With an ACL tear in spring training costing him his entire 2023 season — his final of arbitration — the veteran first baseman may have played his last game for Philadelphia; Hoskins, 30, can hit free agency this offseason for the first time.
  The Phillies will have the opportunity to extend a qualifying offer to Hoskins if they chose to do so, which would bring him back on a one-
  
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• Four former Phillies from 2021 team could get World Series rings with Rangers

  01-11-2023 19:14 via philliesnation.com
  
  Former Phillie Travis Jankowski had two hits for the Rangers in Game 4 of the World Series (Kyle Ross/Icon Sportswire)Former Phillie Travis Jankowski had the game of his life in his first career postseason start.The Lancaster, PA native replaced the injured Adolis Garcia in the Texas Rangers’ lineup. As the No. 9 hitter, Jankowski recorded a pair of two-out hits in key situations to flip the lineup over. His second inning single and third inning two-run double kept the rally going for Texa
  
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• Phillies Nuggets: Could Johan Rojas open 2024 in Triple-A?

  31-10-2023 15:35 via philliesnation.com
  
  What will Johan Rojas’ role with the 2024 Phillies be? (Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire)The Philadelphia Phillies might have the best defensive player in Major League Baseball in the form of Johan Rojas. It also became apparent during the postseason that Rojas isn’t yet an MLB-caliber hitter, which makes how the Phillies proceed with him of interest.Play of the Yearpic.twitter.com/Eq30HBoTEL— Phillies Nation (@PhilliesNation) July 15, 2023
  Rojas was promoted from Double-A Reading
  
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• Phillies hope for ‘better’ Gregory Soto after disappointing first year with Phillies

  30-10-2023 23:32 via philliesnation.com
  
  Gregory Soto had a 4.62 ERA in his first season with the Phillies.(Melissa Tamez/Icon Sportswire)The Phillies have an entire offseason to think about their failure to put away the Diamondbacks in Games 3 and 4 of the NLCS.
  The bats deserve the blame for scoring one run in Game 3, but Game 4 is going to sting for a long time.
  The Phillies had a 5-2 lead in the bottom of the seventh. There’s something to be said about only getting two runs in the sixth with the bases loaded and nobody out, A
  
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• 5 trade candidates for Phillies to consider if Aaron Nola departs in free agency

  30-10-2023 13:58 via philliesnation.com
  
  Could Corbin Burnes be a trade target for the Phillies this offseason? (Nick Wosika/Icon Sportswire)On multiple occasions throughout the course of the postseason, Aaron Nola indicated a desire to remain with the Philadelphia Phillies beyond the 2023 season.
  The interest is mutual, but president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski did acknowledge in last week’s year-end press conference that the Phillies need to be prepared for the possibility they will have to replace Nola if the two si
  
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• Phillies news and rumors 10/29: Taijuan Walker ‘not going anywhere,’ commits to winning championship in Philly

  29-10-2023 17:40 via philliesnation.com
  
  Taijuan Walker has three years remaining on his deal with the Phillies. (Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire)It’s safe to say right-hander Taijuan Walker wasn’t too happy after the Philadelphia Phillies were eliminated by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the National League Championship earlier this week, posting about “disrespect” and liking replies that were critical of his manager on social media following a playoff exit in which he did not make an appearance.But Walker assured tha
  
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• Phillies don’t plan to flip Trea Turner, Bryson Stott in middle infield

  28-10-2023 20:35 via philliesnation.com
  
  Trea Turner and Bryson Stott make up the middle infield for the Phillies. (Cheryl Pursell)Trea Turner struggled defensively at shortstop in the first season of an 11-year/$300 million deal with the Philadelphia Phillies, but there’s no plan to move him to second base and have Bryson Stott resume playing his natural position of shortstop.
  In his year-end press conference this week, Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski explained why the team will continue to play Turner
  
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• Dave Dombrowski: Phillies ‘hope to have Zack Wheeler in our organization for years to come’

  27-10-2023 23:35 via philliesnation.com
  
  Zack Wheeler is entering a contract year. (Kyle Ross/Icon Sportswire)The Philadelphia Phillies fell just short of reaching the World Series for the second consecutive year, despite Zack Wheeler going 3-0 with a 1.95 ERA across 27 2/3 postseason innings in 2023.
  And just like that, Wheeler — who admitted in September that he feels like his time with the Phillies has flown by — is entering a contract year again.
  Over the first four seasons of his five-year/$118 million deal, Wheeler ha
  
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• Dave Dombrowski on Aaron Nola: ‘He’s our priority’

  27-10-2023 12:01 via philliesnation.com
  
  Aaron Nola is set to become a free agent. (Photo by Andy Lewis/Icon Sportswire)It sounds like re-signing Aaron Nola is priority No. 1 for the Philadelphia Phillies this offseason.
  In an end-of-season press conference on Thursday at Citizens Bank Park, president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski said that the Phillies’ No. 1 area of need is a “starting pitcher of quality.” It will either be Nola or someone else.
  The Phillies previously tried to sign Nola to a contract exten
  
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• Rob Thomson, Phillies will discuss future together beyond 2024, but interest sounds mutual

  27-10-2023 10:11 via philliesnation.com
  
  Rob Thomson is entering a lame-duck year as Phillies skipper, until further notice. (Don Otto / Phillies Nation)Sixty is generally not an age notorious for 180-degree reversals in career trajectory, yet that’s about where Rob Thomson finds himself. Life has come at him fast, and in a good way. Less than a year and a half ago, Thomson had effectively made up his mind that 2022 would be his last season before retirement. It was a good run, 34 years of coaching in professional baseball, but i
  
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• Phillies don’t believe Taijuan Walker relationship is fractured

  27-10-2023 02:14 via philliesnation.com
  
  Taijuan Walker didn’t appear for the Phillies in the postseason. (Cheryl Pursell)Taijuan Walker‘s first season with the Philadelphia Phillies was a strange one.
  On one hand, he won 15 games during the regular season, racked up 172 2/3 innings pitched and is a Gold Glove Award finalist. On the other hand, Walker posted a 4.38 ERA and 4.54 FIP in 31 starts during the regular season. He finished the season with a 7.04 ERA in the first inning, often struggling to find velocity early in h
  
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• Bryce Harper’s defensive future is the great mystery of the Phillies offseason

  27-10-2023 00:23 via philliesnation.com
  
  Will Bryce Harper remain at first base in 2024? (Brandon Sloter/Icon Sportswire)Aaron Nola’s future will be the No. 1 topic surrounding the Philadelphia Phillies this offseason, but it could be argued that where Bryce Harper fits in defensively in 2024 could have just as many long-term consequences as whether or not the ace is retained.
  After undergoing Tommy John surgery last offseason, Harper returned as a DH for the Phillies in early May. With Rhys Hoskins out for the season after teari
  
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• Phillies dismiss 2 coaches

  26-10-2023 23:32 via philliesnation.com
  
  Two coaches on Rob Thomson’s staff were dismissed. (Cheryl Pursell/Phillies Nation)The Phillies announced Thursday that bullpen coach Dave Lundquist and assistant hitting coach Jason Camilli will not return in 2024.
  The remainder of the coaching staff, which includes hitting coach Kevin Long, pitching coach Caleb Cotham, infield coach Bobby Dickerson, first base coach Paco Figueroa and third base coach Dusty Wathan, will return next season.
  “We just want to tweak some responsibilitie
  
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• Phillies Nation Podcast: Shocking NLCS collapse ends Phillies’ season

  26-10-2023 20:07 via philliesnation.com
  
  Brandon Marsh and Kyle Schwarber were two bright spots of an otherwise dreadful Phillies offense in the NLCS. (Don Otto/Phillies Nation)It’s all over. The Phillies’ season, once seemingly destined for greatness, ends with a shocking, crushing loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks in Game 7 of the NLCS.Nathan Ackerman and Ty Daubert react to the Phillies’ collapse, which saw them blow 2-0 and 3-2 series leads and the offense fall off a cliff after Game 2. They discuss how it all happ
  
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• The Phillies have lost our trust, and there’s only one way they can ever get it back

  26-10-2023 03:10 via philliesnation.com
  
  Bryce Harper went 0-for-7 in the final two games of the NLCS. (Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire)“Two more wins” was the mantra the Phillies clung to all season. It was their North Star, their 11th commandment, and as the team grew more and more into its Team of Destiny stature, its realization felt increasingly inevitable.It’s a mantra that hindsight now deems painfully ironic, because “two more wins” is precisely the point in the NLCS at which the Phillies di
  
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• Phillies’ Craig Kimbrel: ‘I booed myself after those two games as well’

  25-10-2023 21:13 via philliesnation.com
  
  Craig Kimbrel struggled in the NLCS. (Cheryl Pursell)Philadelphia Phillies relief pitcher Craig Kimbrel was under no obligation tospeak with the media after a crushing Game 7 NLCS loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks. He didn’t appear in the game, and as an impending free agent, the nine-time All-Star didn’t really have any motivation to try to curry favor with local writers.
  To his credit, though, Kimbrel — at one of the lowest points in his decorated career — was willing to
  
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• Scenes from a depressing Phillies clubhouse following Game 7 heartbreaker: ‘It’s a terrible feeling’

  25-10-2023 08:37 via philliesnation.com
  
  Nick Castellanos struggled in the NLCS. (Don Otto/PhilliesNation)No team is ever the same year-to-year. It’s why each season for 29 teams ends in similar fashion: With handshakes, laughs and a couple drinks before heading home.
  The clubhouse opens to the media about 10 minutes after every game, but emotions were raw after a devastating 4-2 loss in Game 7 of the National League Championship Series to the Arizona Diamondbacks.
  This was supposed to be a joyous moment. The Phillies navigated t
  
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• The Phillies’ Game 7 loss will go down as one of the worst in franchise history

  25-10-2023 07:37 via philliesnation.com
  
  Trea Turner and the Phillies were eliminated in the NLCS. (Don Otto/Phillies Nation)This was not how it was supposed to end. The champagne still on ice. The plastic sheets to protect the locker room left unfurled. The players sitting around dejected, trying to piece together what had just transpired. The Philadelphia Phillies were supposed to be the better team, and perhaps they are. But over the last five games against the upstart Arizona Diamondbacks, they got outplayed, outhustled and ou
  
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• After uneven contract year, Aaron Nola hopes to remain with Phillies

  25-10-2023 07:21 via philliesnation.com
  
  Aaron Nola can become a free agent this offseason.(Cheryl Pursell)Aaron Nola won’t have a Pat Burrell-esque moment, where as the longest-tenured player on the Philadelphia Phillies he leads a World Series parade down Broad St. before entering into an uncertain future in free agency.
  At least not in 2023, that is.
  A second consecutive trip to the World Series felt inevitable for the Phillies when they took a commanding 2-0 lead over the Arizona Diamondbacks to start the NLCS. Even after los
  
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• Key Phillies trio comes up small in NLCS Games 6 and 7

  25-10-2023 05:27 via philliesnation.com
  
  Nick Castellanos and Bryce Harper both struggled late in the NLDS. (Brandon Sloter/Icon Sportswire)The Philadelphia Phillies outscored the Arizona Diamondbacks 15-3 in the first two games of the NLCS, slugging their way to a commanding 2-0 lead and looking, as ESPN‘s Jeff Passan put it, like a “machine.”
  From there, the Diamondbacks would win four of five games — including Games 6 and 7 in the hostile environment of Citizens Bank Park — to shock Philadelphia and the
  
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• Phillies sent packing in crushing Game 7 loss to Diamondbacks

  25-10-2023 05:26 via philliesnation.com
  
  Bryce Harper and the Phillies were eliminated by the Diamondbacks. (Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire)Final Score: Diamondbacks 4, Phillies 2An incredible 2023 season for the Philadelphia Phillies came to an end on Tuesday in a crushing 4-2 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks in Game 7 of the National League Championship Series.
  Arizona took the lead on a pair of hits in the fifth and did not look back. The Phillies bats failed to capitalize with runners in scoring position, going 1-for-10 on the night
  
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• Rob Thomson explains why Phillies are sticking with same lineup for Game 7

  25-10-2023 00:00 via philliesnation.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA, PA – SEPTEMBER 26: From left to right, Philadelphia Phillies first basemen Bryce Harper (3), second baseman Bryson Stott (5), and third basemen Alec Bohm (28) sit in the dugout prior to taking the field before a regular season game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies on September 26, 2023, at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, PA. ( Brandon Sloter/Icon Sportswire)Rob Thomson‘s steadiness over a 162-game season has endeared him to Philadelphia Phill
  
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• Phillies news and rumors 10/24: John Kruk to throw out first pitch prior to Game 7

  24-10-2023 06:45 via philliesnation.com
  
  John Kruk will throw out the first pitch before Game 7 on Tuesday. (Photo by Gregory Fisher/Icon Sportswire)For the first time in franchise history, the Philadelphia Phillies will play in a Game 7 on Tuesday as they host the Arizona Diamondbacks with a trip to the World Series on the line.The crowd at Citizens Bank Park will surely factor into the game as it has all postseason. And in order to get the crowd fired up even more before the winner-take-all contest, the Phillies are turning to a fami
  
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• Zack Wheeler likely to be available for Phillies out of bullpen in NLCS Game 7

  24-10-2023 05:09 via philliesnation.com
  
  Zack Wheeler could factor into Game 7 for the Phillies. (Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire)All hands will be on deck in a win-or-go-home NLCS Game 7 for the Philadelphia Phillies, and it sounds like that may include Zack Wheeler being available out of the bullpen against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
  Ranger Suárez will toe the rubber for the Phillies in Game 7, and his 0.64 ERA in 14 innings should give manager Rob Thomson a good feeling about his team’s chances to advance to the World Seri
  
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• Phillies turn to Ranger Suárez and his ‘slow heartbeat’ for Game 7

  24-10-2023 03:48 via philliesnation.com
  
  Ranger Suárez will start Game 7 of the NLCS for the Phillies. (Cheryl Pursell)On this date one year ago, Ranger Suárez cemented his status in Phillies lore with an incredible outing out of the bullpen to seal the Phillies’ first National League pennant since 2009.
  The Phillies will need him again as they look to clinch a second straight World Series berth. This time, he will be the starting pitcher for the Phillies.
  The Phillies dropped Game 6 at home to the Diamondbacks, 5-1
  
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