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Gamethread 9/26: Pirates at Phillies
Photo by Rich Schultz/ I can feel it, coming in the air tonight... Here are the lineups. For the Phillies: Let's get it done. #RingTheBell : @NBCSPhilly : @SportsRadioWIP : https://t.co/HhDxScbmEV // https://t.co/vgbMhIMsON pic.twitter.com/SwTy284dr6— Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) September 26, 2023 For the Pirates: Game 1 in Philly. AT&T SportsNet 93.7 The Fan | The PRN#LetsGoBucs pic.twitter.com/s7n4C7KJ3r— Pittsburgh Pirates (@Pirates) September 26, 2023 Let’s talk about it.
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Finish it off: Phillies vs. Pirates series preview
Can Aaron Nola win the clincher for a second straight year? | Photo by Todd Kirkland/ Give us a week of no stress before the real games begin It wasn’t always easy, but the Phillies are on the cusp of doing what most of us expected them...
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Rise and Phight: 9/26/2023
Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports One more... All they need is one more. With the Diamondbacks losing yesterday to the Yankees, the magic number for the Phillies to not only clinch a playoff spot is at one, but the number to get the top wild card spot is at one. It’s the Pirates,...
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Could Cristopher Sánchez be 2023’s version of 2022 Ranger Suárez?
Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports Suárez was a major postseason weapon. Could Sánchez follow suit? Cristopher Sánchez has been arguably the Phillies’ second-best starter for the majority of the second half of the season. The wiry lefty’s changeup has become one of the best changeups across all of baseball, as he became the first pitcher since Luis Castillo in 2019 to collect 10 strikeouts in a game all on changeups in his last start against the Mets. Rob Thomson has acknowledged that Sánchez has thrust his name into the conversation for a role in the postseason,...
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It’s the final week of the regular season. What are we watching for?
Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports Not just the playoffs, friend-o As the famous song once said, “Looks like we made it...” After weeks of inconsistent play that had many people scratching their heads, followed by some really good baseball, the Phillies have entered the last week of the season. The tests that were in front of the team have been passed and now we know that the Phillies are likely going to be in the playoffs. You don’t want to say that’s been a foregone conclusion for a while, but c’mon - even the Phillies aren’t going to blow this opportunity....
www.thegoodphight.com Sep 25, 2023
Bi-Weekly Report Card: How Do They Matchup for the Postseason?
Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports As the season reaches its regular season finish line, the questions start to change. At 87-69, the Philadelphia Phillies are getting closer and closer to clinching a second consecutive postseason berth. Their magic number for a postseason berth is down to one and can clinch with a win or a Marlins/Cubs loss on Tuesday. The questions change for a team like the Phillies. How do they stack up in the postseason? The first task we will have to do is to figure out how many players this team is going to need. In the wildcard round against the...
www.thegoodphight.com Sep 25, 2023
Predicting the Phillies’ 2023 Wild Card playoff roster
Photo by Rich Schultz/ The Phils will clinch a playoff spot this week, so here’s my first crack at their roster will look like for the wild card round. For once, the Phillies aren’t making us sweat bullets in September. After finishing with sub-.500 records in the season’s final month each of the last five seasons, the 2023 Phils appear to have figured out this whole “winning in September” thing. Following their four-game sweep of the Mets over the weekend, they’re 13-10 and have whittled their magic number to clinch a playoff spot to just one game....
www.thegoodphight.com Sep 25, 2023
Let’s go full overreaction on Orion Kerkering
Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports Yes please You’ll find no rational thought here. You’ll find no “small sample size” arguments within. What you’re about to read is full on overreaction to one appearance against a team that looked incredibly ready for the season to end. It’s always dangerous to see a hyped up pitching prospect come into the majors, blow away the competition with relative ease and get lost in the dreams created by such an appearance. Most of the time, it’s a starter, one that explodes onto the scene as Stephen Strasburg did oh so many years...
www.thegoodphight.com Sep 25, 2023
Rise and Phight: 9/25/2023
Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports A well deserved day off What a series. Sure there is no game today (most of us are focusing our attention on Tampa Bay this evening anyway), but it’s nice to have a day off after that kind of series. I believe the broadcast last night used the word “meandering” when describing the Phillies in September, a term I find quite appropriate. They haven’t really dazzled anyone, but things have been clicking in place lately. No, they aren’t peaking too early. They’re just getting on their roll now. On to the links. Phillies...
www.thegoodphight.com Sep 24, 2023
You say “sweep”, I say “MOP!”: Phillies 5, Mets 2
Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports A nod to you, Cespedes Family Bar-B-Q There are many baseball podcasts in the world. There’s our very own Hittin’ Season, as well as several others on the Hittin’ Season Patreon that are available for your ears. One of my favorites is the gentlemen from Cespedes Family Bar-B-Q. Their takes on baseball sometimes venture into the absurd, but one of the things I’ve come to love is their terminology for when a team wins all four games of a four game series. You, the old timer, might call that a sweep. They have coined the term...
www.thegoodphight.com Sep 24, 2023
Gamethread 9/24: Mets at Phillies
John Geliebter-USA TODAY Sports Looking forward to a mop today Here are the lineups. For the Phillies: Sunday funday #RingTheBell : @NBCSPhilly // @MLBNetwork : @SportsRadioWIP : https://t.co/HhDxScbmEV // https://t.co/vgbMhIMsON pic.twitter.com/ftt9x4PVhu— Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) September 24, 2023 For the Mets: Sunday starters. #LGM Philadelphia José Butto WPIX, @MLBNetwork @wcbs880 pic.twitter.com/ZVbmWkmZCS— New York Mets (@Mets) September 24, 2023 Let’s talk about it.
www.thegoodphight.com Sep 23, 2023
No-Show-walter: Phillies 7, Mets 5
Photo by Rich Schultz/ TWO: Red October grows closer and closer The day after an Alec Bohm walk-off single in the tenth inning dropped the Phillies’ magic number to three, this afternoon the Fightins’ took the third game in a row from the Mets to drop the magic number to two. The Mets struck first. With no outs, Zack Wheeler walked DJ Stewart and gave up a single to Ronny Mauricio. Brett Baty grounded to Trea Turner. Instead of putting his body in front of the ball, Turner attempted to play the ball backhanded. The ball got past him, allowing Stewart to score. Kyle...
www.thegoodphight.com Sep 23, 2023
Gamethread 9/23: Mets at Phillies
Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports At least Kimbrel ain’t pitching today Here are the lineups. For the Phillies: Wheels up. #RingTheBell : @NBCSPhilly // @MLBNetwork : @SportsRadioWIP : https://t.co/HhDxScbmEV // https://t.co/vgbMhIMsON pic.twitter.com/tqjG92PjdI— Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) September 23, 2023 For the Mets: Tonight’s starters. #LGM Philadelphia @jose_quintana24 @SNYtv, @MLBNetwork @wcbs880 pic.twitter.com/9CxlhV2P8V— New York Mets (@Mets) September 23, 2023 Let’s talk about it.
www.thegoodphight.com Sep 23, 2023
Rise and Phight: 9/23/2023
Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports Will there be baseball today? What is the likelihood that this game gets played today, or that the game tomorrow gets played? Maybe they don’t get played at all if the Phillies clinch the top wild card spot. That would actually be ideal. On to the links. Phillies news: If it feels like Jose Alvarado is starting to get that fire back, you’re not alone. Even his mother would agree with you. For the Phillies, a priority to be more athletic at the positions in the middle of the field have helped the team tremendously. Orion Kerkering was...
www.thegoodphight.com Sep 22, 2023
It’s a walk off: Phillies 5, Mets 4
Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports Listen to your friend, Billy Zane. He’s a cool dude. For the second straight night, the Philadelphia Phillies (85-69) beat the New York Mets (71-83) by a score of 5-4 to take a 2-0 lead in the four game series. Mets’ center fielder, Brandon Nimmo, fought his way through a seven-pitch at-bat against Taijuan Walker to lead off the game with a walk. Walker retired the two and three hole hitters on balls in play before Mets’ first baseman, Pete Alonso, looped a first pitch sinker toward the right field line that landed fair and sliced...
www.thegoodphight.com Sep 22, 2023
Gamethread 9/22: Mets at Phillies
Can Nick Castellanos lead the Phillies to another win over the Mets? | Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/ Another AppleTV+ special After holding off the Mets on Thursday night, the Phillies attempt to further decrease their magic number as they host their division rival from New York for the second game on the series. Here’s the Phillies’ lineup that will face Mets right-hander Tylor Megill: Let the weekend begin. #RingTheBell : @AppleTV+ : @SportsRadioWIP : https://t.co/HhDxScbmEV // https://t.co/vgbMhIMsON pic.twitter.com/qRWYnJpiSK— Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies)...
www.thegoodphight.com Sep 22, 2023
Rise and Phight: 9/22/2023
Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports When was the last time Craig Kimbrel had a clean inning? That was a questions asked in our Slack. My answer was with the Braves. One of our other writers said Little League. Both are likely accurate. On to the links. Phillies news: The Nick Castellanos catch from Wednesday afternoon was the one that broke John Kruk, but was statistically correct. The team named their minor league players of the year yesterday, handing the awards to Johan Rojas and Orion Kerkering. Speaking of Castellanos, he’s a himbo and he’s ours. Had Scott Rolen...
