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www.thegoodphight.com 17 hours ago
2024 Season Preview: the State of the Bullpen

2024 Season Preview: the State of the Bullpen

Photo by Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Let’s keep a good thing going Players in camp: José Alvarado, Andrew Bellatti, Austin Brice, Connor Brogdon, Max Castillo, Dylan Covey, Seranthony Dominguez, Jeff Hoffman, Orion Kerkering, Yunior Marte, Griff McGarry, Luis F. Ortiz, Ricardo Pinto, José Ruiz, Michael Rucker, Nick Snyder, Gregory Soto, Matt Strahm, Spencer Turnbull Expected to make the roster: José Alvarado, Seranthony Dominguez, Jeff Hoffman, Orion Kerkering, Gregory Soto, Matt Strahm, two of the following: Connor Brogdon, Yunior Marte, Spencer Turnbull, Luis...
www.thegoodphight.com 18 hours ago
Zack Wheeler: Opening Day starter

Zack Wheeler: Opening Day starter

Photo by Julio Aguilar/ Expected? Maybe. Deserving? Sure is. It’s been a bit of an expected move, one that felt more like an predetermined outcome, but on Sunday the Phillies made the decision official. Zack Wheeler will start for the team on Opening Day. Rob Thomson says that Zack Wheeler will start on opening day.— Alex Coffey (@byalexcoffey) March 17, 2024 Aaron Nola has started the past six Opening Day games for the Phillies, so some thought that the honor would be his to continue, but now it’ll be Wheeler. It’s actually something that Nola himself has...
www.thegoodphight.com 19 hours ago
Rise and Phight: 3/18/2024

Rise and Phight: 3/18/2024

Dave Nelson-USA TODAY Sports It’s been seven years since someone other than Aaron Nola started on Opening Day Zack Wheeler is getting the ball on Opening Day, which ends the streak that Aaron Nola had going with the team. It’s something that will get sports radio all a’flutter, but this shouldn’t exactly be unexpected. Wheeler is the best pitcher on the team and deserves the honor of being the first starter the team sends to the hill. On to the links. Phillies news: Two of MLB’s most notable mascots were sent to the United Kingdom....but not London. They went...
www.thegoodphight.com Mar 16, 2024
The Phillies’ roster flexibility can help their depth

The Phillies’ roster flexibility can help their depth

Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/ It’s not perfect, but it’s something Publicly available research has been a boon for the baseball industry. Baseball sites such as Baseball Prospectus and Fangraphs and the work they have accomplished has led to a greater understanding of how the game functions on the part of the readers. It has forever shifted the way we consume the game, how we compare players not just across the current group, but also across generations. If you’re anything like me, you’re checking those, and other, sites each and every day to get maybe just a little...
www.thegoodphight.com Mar 16, 2024
Rise and Phight: 3/16/2024

Rise and Phight: 3/16/2024

National League Futures designated hitter Justin Crawford (13) of the Philadelphia Phillies hits an RBI-sacrifice fly against the American League Futures during the second inning of the All Star-Futures Game | Joe Nicholson-USA TODAY Sports Miller, Crawford, Abel highlight the first Spring Breakout One of the most enjoyable aspects about following prospects is the unexpected. Do the players who seem destined for greatness burn out and fade away? Do the guys who seem unremarkable develop into the next Harper or Wheeler? Your guess is as good as the best scouts. Today...
www.thegoodphight.com Mar 15, 2024
2024 Season Preview: Starting Rotation Best Case Scenario

2024 Season Preview: Starting Rotation Best Case Scenario

Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via The Phillies rotation could be an absolute unit in 2024. Even if the Phillies starting rotation doesn’t hit their absolute “best case scenario” in 2024, they should still be one of the best in Major League Baseball. That’s a really nice way to enter the season, knowing you have three starters you can count on — Zack Wheeler, Aaron Nola and Ranger Suarez — all of whom are battle tested and with playoff experience. They have a young, seemingly up-and-comer in Cristopher Sanchez, and a veteran right-hander who is...
www.thegoodphight.com Mar 15, 2024
2024 Season Preview: Starting Rotation Predictions

2024 Season Preview: Starting Rotation Predictions

Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports How will this go? The Phillies starting pitching looks to be one of the strongest units in baseball. Fangraphs has them ranked second, only behind the Los Angeles Dodgers in projected WAR. They’ve spent north of $370 million to put this group together. They’ll likely pitch plenty of innings given how the Phillies like to use their rotation. Rob Thomson has become known as someone with a quick hook but his starters pitched 899 innings last season, third most. How will they perform? Can we expect to see something similar? I’ll...
www.thegoodphight.com Mar 14, 2024
Rise and Phight: 3/14/2024

Rise and Phight: 3/14/2024

Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports Happy Pi Day! Well yesterday had some fun events happening! There was news to abound, so let’s get to the (late) edition of the links. On to the links. Phillies news: Griff McGarry is taking his time to “prove himself” after his move to the minors and the bullpen. Nick Castellanos feels like the team’s zen leader in the clubhouse. He also learned jiu-jitsu. That’s cool. MLB news: The Yankees received good and bad news on Gerrit Cole. Good in that there is no tear, but bad in that he’ll be out for a while. San Diego...
www.thegoodphight.com Mar 12, 2024
Spring Training Notes 4: The Butler Did It

Spring Training Notes 4: The Butler Did It

Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports Have a nice Sunday. At this point in Spring Training, I think I can speak for most people when I say we just want the regular season to start. These glorified scrimmages get a bit long after a while, some of the takeaways feel the same as last week, and there are a lot of players wearing numbers in the ‘90s with no names. A lot. The results may begin to matter this upcoming week since there are only two weeks left of camp. Not that someone like Kyle Schwarber has to worry about his roster spot but for the fringe players, it might...
www.thegoodphight.com Mar 12, 2024
2024 Season Preview: The Sánchize

2024 Season Preview: The Sánchize

Dave Nelson-USA TODAY Sports The Phillies aren’t signing Jordan Montgomery or Blake Snell for a reason. The journey isn’t always going to be pretty or consistent but the game is defined by results. Cristopher Sánchez was acquired in November of 2019 because the Rays didn’t have a 40-man spot for him. The big reason the Matt Klentak Phillies traded for him was because he was a powerful arm. The trade seemed like a disaster for the Phillies as Curtis Mead has become a big-time prospect for the Rays. One of the only reasons the Dave Dombrowski Phillies held onto...
www.thegoodphight.com Mar 12, 2024
Rise and Phight: 3/12/2024

Rise and Phight: 3/12/2024

Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports Some important things are happening Some cuts are starting happen in Phillies camp. We know about the “big” one in Griff McGarry, which we’ll have more on later. Others that were interesting include Michael Mercado. Prior to today’s game, the Phillies made the following roster moves:RHP Tyler Phillips and RHP Griff McGarry were reassigned to minor league camp.RHP Michael Mercado was optioned to Lehigh Valley (AAA).— Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) March 11, 2024 Mercado will definitely see time in the majors this...
www.thegoodphight.com Mar 11, 2024
Rise and Phight: 3/11/2024

Rise and Phight: 3/11/2024

Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via All mixed up and we don’t know what to do. Here is a good question for discussion. How much stock do you put into a player who is having a good spring, but is only in camp thanks to a nonroster invite along with a minor league deal? Should it be taken into consideration who the damage is being done against when it comes to deciding if that player should make the initial roster? On to the links. Phillies news: These three pieces the team has in their bullpen are going to be for them in their hopes to make it to the World...
www.thegoodphight.com Mar 9, 2024
Rise and Phight: 3/9/2024

Rise and Phight: 3/9/2024

Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via It’s the weekend! We’re closer to Opening Day! We are almost at Opening Day with another weekend down. We even get more sunlight after this weekend, so we can all start going outside more often. I would rather just go outside to Citizens Bank Park. On to the links. Phillies news: The team has some hurties and ouchies, so here’s an update on what’s happening so far. Aaron Nola has started the last few Opening Day games for the Phillies, but he’s fine if this year, it’s Zack Wheeler on the bump. MLB news: One of the...
www.thegoodphight.com Mar 8, 2024
2024 Season Preview: Outfield Predictions

2024 Season Preview: Outfield Predictions

Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports I cannot wait to be wrong. The outfield generates the most question marks of any position group on the roster. I wrote on some of these questions already on Monday so I’ll just keep this brief. Can Johan Rojas hit enough to justify the Phillies’ plan? What version of Nick Castellanos are we getting in 2024? Is Brandon Marsh strictly a platoon option or is he more? I will best attempt to answer all of these questions and more. I’ll predict every outfielder’s OPS+ for 2024 and add an extra nugget to emphasize how I think...
www.thegoodphight.com Mar 8, 2024
Rise and Phight: 3/8/2024

Rise and Phight: 3/8/2024

Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports Let the games....continue? With the spring training games continuing, it got me thinking. When you watch games during March, what are you looking for as a fan? Are there certain players that you want to see do well? Certain things that a player may be working on? Maybe a prospect that is getting a lot of run that you haven’t really laid eyes on yet? Let us know below! On to the links. Phillies news: Is there risk involved in Zack Wheeler’s extension? Sure, but it’s a risk that they had to take to keep the window open. With the...

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