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• Bryson Stott plays hero in Phillies’ extra-inning comeback win over Mets

  14-05-2024 04:25 via philliesnation.com
  
  Bryson Stott was Monday’s hero. (Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire)
  Final: Phillies 5, Mets 4 (10 innings)The trumpets blared at Citi Field as Edwin Díaz, one of baseball’s top closers, entered the game for a save. Bryson Stott then made late-inning music of his own.Stott began a ninth-inning Phillies comeback with a home run off Díaz to right-center field before driving in the winning run with a sacrifice fly in the top of the 10th. The infielder was the hero in a
  
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• Phillies news and rumors 5/30: Mets DFA pitcher after on-field, off-field meltdown

  30-05-2024 05:01 via philliesnation.com
  
  Citi Field is the home of the New York Mets. (Tim Kelly, Phillies Nation)
  After tossing his glove high into the air and into the Citi Field stands following his ejection from Wednesday’s game, right-hander Jorge López stood by his actions; that, along with his other comments, appeared to cost him his spot on the Mets roster on Wednesday night.Arguing a check swing, the reliever was ejected in the eighth inning of a 10-3 loss to the Dodgers. López untucked his jersey and thre
  
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• Bryce Harper, Rob Thomson don’t think Kyle Harrison’s near-bean was intentional

  30-05-2024 01:45 via philliesnation.com
  
  Bryce Harper got upset over two high-and-in Kyle Harrison pitches on Wednesday. (Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire)
  SAN FRANCISCO — It had already been an emotional first few innings for Bryce Harper.
  The Phillies’ first baseman had slammed his bat in the dugout after a first-inning strikeout, which came three pitches after he fouled off what he seemed to think was a hittable 1-1 fastball, then looked disgruntled again in the bottom half when he couldn’t grab a Cristop
  
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• Castellanos features in Phillies’ emotion-filled, series-salvaging win over Giants

  30-05-2024 00:24 via philliesnation.com
  
  Nick Castellanos went 3-for-5 in Wednesday’s win. (Melissa Tamez/Icon Sportswire)
  SAN FRANCISCO — A road trip that started off emotionally finished on a similar note, and Bryce Harper was at the center of this one, too.Five days after being ejected in the first inning in Denver, the Phillies’ and Giants’ benches and bullpens cleared Wednesday when Harper took exception to two straight high-and-in fastballs by Giants starter Kyle Harrison — the second one higher and
  
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• ‘I hope it doesn’t happen’: Phillies weigh in on automated strike zone

  29-05-2024 21:13 via philliesnation.com
  
  Aaron Nola is strongly opposed to an automated strike zone. (Brandon Sloter/Icon Sportswire)
  SAN FRANCISCO — The robots are coming. At some point. Not yet. But they’re coming. Probably.The question is when. And how. And what.And, for some, why.MLB commissioner Rob Manfred addressed the hot-button issue of the automated strike zone on Thursday and confirmed the presupposed: Humans will call balls and strikes — all of them — in the Major Leagues next season. The league is
  
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• Could Rhys Hoskins return from IL in time to face Phillies?

  29-05-2024 20:02 via philliesnation.com
  
  Rhys Hoskins is on the injured list. (Keith Gillett/Icon Sportswire)
  Philadelphia Phillies fans who bought tickets for the Milwaukee Brewers’ June 3-5 visit to Citizens Bank Park expecting to see Rhys Hoskins face his former team might still get their wish.
  Brewers skipper Pat Murphy told the media Tuesday — including Curt Hogg of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel — after Hoskins did some running on the field that while he still needs to clear some hurdles, “it’s not
  
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• Phillies shut out; Giants’ walk-off gives them ninth straight San Francisco loss

  29-05-2024 06:18 via philliesnation.com
  
  Zack Wheeler dominated on Tuesday but got zero run support. (Zac BonDurant/Icon Sportswire)
  SAN FRANCISCO — It’s always tough to lose, but it’s especially tough to lose Zack Wheeler starts. Especially when those Zack Wheeler starts are, well, Zack Wheeler-esque.Wheeler was his typical self on Tuesday night in San Francisco, but the Phillies’ offense could not provide any backing. Luis Matos’s walk-off sacrifice fly in the 10th inning broke a scoreless tie and sent
  
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• Phillies Injury Updates: Trea Turner hits in cage, feeling better after soreness

  29-05-2024 02:50 via philliesnation.com
  
  Trea Turner hit in the cage on Tuesday in San Francisco. (Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire)
  The Latest Phillies Injury UpdatesTrea Turner (left hamstring strain)Status: 10-day injured listTurner was placed on the 10-day injured list with a left hamstring strain on May 4. He declined to reveal what grade the strain is, but said he expects to miss “six weeks or so.”Turner was a little sore and stiff coming out of his heavier-intensity workout on Saturday in Denver, but he hit in the cage o
  
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• The Phillies Show: A conversation with Chase Utley

  28-05-2024 16:22 via philliesnation.com
  
  Chase Utley currently works as an ambassador for MLB in London. (Photo by Kyle Ross/Icon Sportswire)
  Todd Zolecki, Jim Salisbury and Ruben Amaro Jr. sat down with Phillies legendary second baseman Chase Utley on the latest episode of “The Phillies Show” podcast.
  The guys hit on a variety of topics in the 50-minute interview, including Utley’s life in London, his trade away from the Phillies and Phillies fans recognizing him around Europe.
  The four also discussed the timing of
  
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• As Ángel Hernández retires, comically-bad 2022 Phillies game stands out as career-defining night

  28-05-2024 15:19 via philliesnation.com
  
  Angel Hernandez has retired. (Icon Sportswire)
  There were those who didn’t like Joe West’s schtick. C.B. Bucknor has had a lot of missed calls. But Ángel Hernández is pretty universally seen as the worst umpire that the sport has seen.His career is now over, as he confirmed to multiple media outlets Monday evening that he is retiring as the 62-year-old wraps up a career that began in 1991 and managed to anger just about everyone involved in the sport over 30+ seasons.T
  
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• Walker, unsightly defense loom large as Phillies lose consecutive games for first time in over a month

  28-05-2024 01:50 via philliesnation.com
  
  Taijuan Walker struggled on Monday, and the Phillies’ defense didn’t help him. (Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire)
  SAN FRANCISCO — The Phillies lost two of three to a far inferior Rockies team in Colorado over the weekend, but it wasn’t particularly ugly, per se. They simply didn’t hit. “Just one of those weekends,” Rob Thomson said.Monday was less excusable. The Phillies had a field day — and not in a good way — on defense throughout the ser
  
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• MLB Pipeline lists 5 Phillies prospects in Top 100

  27-05-2024 17:14 via philliesnation.com
  
  The Phillies have five Top 100 prospects. (Cheryl Pursell)
  Starlyn Caba, the 18-year-old shortstop off to a good start in the Florida Complex League, has been recognized on a national level for his potential. On Sunday, he was named the No. 100 overall prospect in organized baseball by MLB Pipeline after Andy Pages of the Los Angeles Dodgers lost his prospect eligibility due to his big-league status.The Phillies now have five prospects in their system in Pipeline’sTop 100 as Caba joins An
  
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• The window is never going to be more open for the Phillies than it is now

  27-05-2024 16:36 via philliesnation.com
  
  J.T. Realmuto, Zack Wheeler and the Phillies are off to a strong start in 2024. (John Adams/Icon Sportswire)
  Even after losing two of three games this past weekend at Coors Field, the Philadelphia Phillies have the best record in baseball at 38-16. They’ve gone from being a team that was in the World Series discussion before the season, to one that’s World-Series-or-bust in 2024.
  You never root for injuries, particularly to the biggest stars in the sport, but there is a reality that
  
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• Ronald Acuña Jr. to miss remainder of 2024 with torn ACL

  27-05-2024 14:31 via philliesnation.com
  
  Ronald Acuña Jr. will miss the remainder of the season with an ACL tear. (Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire)
  The reigning National League MVP is done for the season.The Atlanta Braves announced Sunday night that outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. will miss the remainder of the 2024 season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.
  Acuña underwent an MRI after leaving the Braves’ game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday with “left knee soreness.” As
  
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• Phillies drop series finale to Rockies, lose first series since early April

  27-05-2024 00:00 via philliesnation.com
  
  Ranger Suárez suffered his first loss of the season on Sunday. (Photo by Peter Joneleit/Icon Sportswire)
  Final Score: Rockies 5, Phillies 2Entering this weekend, the Phillies had split or won 15 straight series. Their last series loss came during the first week of April against the Reds at Citizens Bank Park.
  After splitting the first two games at Coors Field with the Rockies to start the weekend, the odds seemed to be in the Phillies’ favor to bump that number of consecutive serie
  
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• Orion Kerkering keeps adapting — to a new pitch mix, new game situations and big league travel

  26-05-2024 21:50 via philliesnation.com
  
  Orion Kerkering has thrived early in the 2024 season despite missing the first couple weeks. (John Adams/Icon Sportswire)
  DENVER — The Phillies challenged Orion Kerkering on Friday night in Colorado. Leading by a run in the bottom of the sixth, manager Rob Thomson summoned the 23-year-old to pitch his way out of two-on, one-out traffic.Kerkering was being called into a dirty inning for just the third time in his MLB career. The first time, in Game 4 of the 2023 NLCS, two walks to begin hi
  
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• Phillies Injury Updates: Team to dial back Trea Turner’s rehab after soreness from Saturday’s program

  26-05-2024 20:54 via philliesnation.com
  
  Trea Turner was “a little sore” on Sunday from Saturday’s workout, Rob Thomson said. (Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire)
  The Latest Phillies Injury UpdatesTrea Turner (left hamstring strain)Status: 10-day injured listTurner was placed on the 10-day injured list with a left hamstring strain on May 4. He declined to reveal what grade the strain is, but said he expects to miss “six weeks or so.”Turner had a heavier rehab day on Saturday, hitting in the cage an
  
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• Listen: Nathan Ackerman talks Harper’s ejection, robot umps, Bohm/Stott/Suárez, Thomson on 97.5 The Fanatic

  26-05-2024 18:07 via philliesnation.com
  
  Bryson Stott is hitting over .300 in May. (Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire)
  Phillies Nation‘s Nathan Ackerman joined Tom Alvord on 97.5 The Fanatic to discuss the latest headlines from the club amid their 38-15 start.
  They get into Bryce Harper’s ejection in Denver, robot umpires, what’s made the Phillies so dominant thus far and how “real” the first two months have felt for Alec Bohm, Bryson Stott and Ranger Suárez. Plus, they look ahead to how the Phi
  
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• Phillies figure to have plenty of All-Stars, but it’s not the usual suspects

  26-05-2024 17:10 via philliesnation.com
  
  Alec Bohm is having a career year. (Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire)
  The Philadelphia Phillies haven’t had more than two All-Stars in a single season since 2012. Given that the Phillies have the best record in baseball, that trend will almost certainly end in 2024.But if you were to project prior to the season what players were most likely to represent the Phillies at Globe Life Park, it would have looked quite differently than those who will probably take the field in Arlington on July
  
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• Pre-Memorial Day crowds a sign of special summer to come at Citizens Bank Park

  26-05-2024 07:17 via philliesnation.com
  
  The Phillie Phanatic hanging out on the third-base dugout. (Grace Del Pizzo/Phillies Nation)
  Memorial Day weekend is the first unofficial checkpoint of the baseball calendar. So far, things are looking great for the Phillies, who are 38-15 and hold the best record in baseball.They are away in Colorado as most of the area migrates to the Jersey Shore for the holiday weekend, but the town is still buzzing about the local baseball team.
  Fans are responding by packing the ballpark in ways we haven&
  
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• Bottom of the lineup ignites stunning rally as Phillies, again, avoid consecutive losses

  26-05-2024 06:09 via philliesnation.com
  
  Brandon Marsh and Garrett Stubbs played key roles in a ninth-inning Phillies rally on Saturday. (Photo by Zac BonDurant/Icon Sportswire)
  DENVER — It has probably not been the season Garrett Stubbs envisioned for himself offensively. But when you’re 38-15, everyone plays hero at some point.
  That point, for Stubbs, was Saturday. The Phillies’ backup backstop came through with a go-ahead RBI single in the ninth inning, completing a last-ditch comeback that stunned the home crowd
  
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• New Phillies Nation TV Show Premieres Tonight

  26-05-2024 00:10 via philliesnation.com
  
  Phillies Nation presented by Valley Forge Tourism aires at 7:30 tonight!Join Gregg Murphy, Sam Stafford and special guests for a fan-focused look at stories surrounding our favorite team and city. Each week they’ll be joined by the experts behind The Phillies Show podcast – Todd Zolecki, Jim Salisbury and Ruben Amaro, Jr.The first episode airs Saturday, May 25 at 7:30 p.m. on NBC Sports Philadelphia.New episodes air every Saturday an hour before Phillies Pregame Live on NBC Sports Ph
  
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• Ryan Howard homers, wins MVP at Hall of Fame Classic

  25-05-2024 23:07 via philliesnation.com
  
  Ryan Howard is one of the most dominant players in Phillies history. (Aaron M. Sprecher/Icon Sportswire)
  For a day, Philadelphia Phillies icon Ryan Howard was “the Big Piece” again.
  The 2024 East-West Classic put on by the Baseball Hall of Fame Saturday at Doubleday Field served as “a tribute to the Negro Leagues All-Star Game.”
  Howard played on the East team, which was coached by former All-Star outfielder Chris Young. Two other former Phillies — outfielders Doug
  
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• Bryce Harper doesn’t feel ejection was necessary: ‘He kinda just was like, ‘Eh”

  25-05-2024 06:58 via philliesnation.com
  
  Bryce Harper was ejected on Friday night. (Brandon Sloter/Icon Sportswire)
  DENVER — Bryce Harper, in his telling, was just trying to have a conversation.The next thing he knew, his night was over.
  Through the eyes of the two-time MVP, that’s how Harper’s interaction with home plate umpire Brian Walsh in the first inning, which ended in his second straight Coors Field ejection, went on Friday night. Harper took exception to an 0-1 Ty Blach sinker that seemed like a 50-50 c
  
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• Harper’s ejection, Rockies’ walk-off bookend wild loss for Phillies

  25-05-2024 05:30 via philliesnation.com
  
  Bryce Harper got ejected in the first inning in Friday’s loss. (Photo by John Adams/Icon Sportswire)
  DENVER — On any other night, Bryce Harper’s ejection just 13 pitches into the ballgame would be the obvious headliner. Perhaps it still is. But it doesn’t tell half the story of the madness that took place at Coors Field on Friday.In his first game in Colorado since being ejected as a result of a benches-clearing brawl that centered around himself and Jake Bird a year ago
  
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• Amid Phillies’ hot start, Rob Thomson draws on his 2012 Yankees: ‘A long way to go’

  25-05-2024 02:32 via philliesnation.com
  
  Rob Thomson watches batting practice before a spring training game on March 10, 2024. (Grace Del Pizzo/Phillies Nation)
  DENVER — The year is 2012. The date: July 18. Barack Obama is in his first term as president and the Phillies, employing Jonathan Papelbon in the first year of his new contract, are not in a postseason drought. Rob Thomson is almost halfway through his 10-year stint on the New York Yankees’ coaching staff.The Yankees beat the Blue Jays 6-0, winning their sixth in t
  
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• Phillies Injury Updates: Team confident, yet cautious with Trea Turner’s rehab

  25-05-2024 01:39 via philliesnation.com
  
  Trea Turner is on the injured list. (Jeff Robinson/Icon Sportswire)
  The Latest Phillies Injury UpdatesTrea Turner (left hamstring strain)Status: 10-day injured listTurner was placed on the 10-day injured list with a left hamstring strain on May 4. He declined to reveal what grade the strain is, but said he expects to miss “six weeks or so.”Turner took ground balls on the field and hit in the cage on Friday in Colorado, manager Rob Thomson said pregame. The Phillies want Turner to hi
  
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• Former Phillies Friday: Domonic Brown reflects on trials and tribulations in Philadelphia

  24-05-2024 16:55 via philliesnation.com
  
  Domonic Brown had an eventful tenure with the Phillies. (IconSportswire)
  Domonic Brown holds a unique place in Philadelphia Phillies history.He was one of the most-touted prospects the franchise has ever had. Given that he posted a .710 OPS over parts of six campaigns in red pinstripes — the only MLB seasons he had — he didn’t live up to the billing he had when he entered the league.Still, Brown is well regarded at Citizens Bank Park. He’s a very personable guy, and ther
  
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• Phillies news and rumors 5/24: Nick Castellanos discusses ‘best team I’ve ever been a part of’ in 2024 club

  24-05-2024 15:26 via philliesnation.com
  
  Nick Castellanos homered on Thursday.(Cheryl Pursell)
  Nick Castellanos is having fun.Sure, the Phillies right fielder has struggled this season. But when the team is rolling the way it’s rolling, who wouldn’t be enjoying it?After a 5-2 win over the Texas Rangers to sweep the defending World Series champions out of Philadelphia on Thursday afternoon, the Phillies are 37-14. That’s a staggering number, one that has them on pace for 117 wins. That probably won’t hold up, bu
  
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• Scalding-hot Phillies sweep out World Champion Rangers as part of 7-1 homestand

  23-05-2024 22:13 via philliesnation.com
  
  J.T. Realmuto homered Thursday. (Kyle Ross/Icon Sportswire)
  Final Score: Phillies 5, Rangers 2One of these days, the Philadelphia Phillies are probably going to show up at the park and no longer be playing at the greatest pace in franchise history.
  That day wasn’t Thursday, though, as the Phillies rode big days from Cristian Pache and J.T. Realmuto — along with a typically strong start from Zack Wheeler — to a sweep of the Texas Rangers. In fact, the Phillies swept out co
  
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