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Photo by Quinn Harris/ He’s a modern day Ted Williams and a perfect fit for this offense, but would it be good for the Phillies? Juan Soto could be on the move this off-season. In a post this week, The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal asserted that the Padres’ star left fielder and one of the great young offensive talents in baseball, is “almost certain” to be traded before the start of the 2024 season. Unlike Bregman and Bichette, Juan Soto is almost certain to be traded, both to ease the Padres’ payroll burden and get them the pitching they desperately...

Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports His season was strange. Probably more than you realize. Usually, for the Phillies in review series, we introduce what the player was supposed to be heading into the upcoming season. Maybe I bring up the JoJo Romero trade again and how he produced in a platoon with Bryson Stott down the stretch of 2022. However, there’s one challenge I want everyone to try now and once you’ve read through the piece. Describe Edmundo Sosa’s season in one word. You might go with something like “Mediocre” or “Unimpressive”. Maybe you’ll be...

Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/ Cody Bellinger and Liam Hendriks were named NL and AL Comeback Player of the Year for their respective leagues. I’ve never really understood this award. Hendriks is obvious. Coming back from battling and beating cancer to pitch in the major leagues is an amazing accomplishment, making Hendriks fully deserving. What did Bellinger come back from, being bad? That deserves the award. Okay, I guess. On to the links. Phillies news: If the Phillies want to make a big splash, they should sign Yoshinobu Yamamoto. It would be a shot of adrenaline....

Kyle Ross-USA TODAY Sports 2023: A Season in Bohments By now, you’ve heard the “I hate this place” story a dozen times, and we won’t repeat it here. Suffice it to say that, having rode the wave of prospect hype, a thrilling but unsustainable start to his career, enrollment in daycare, a famous moment of public frustration and subsequent grace, and a brief position change, Alec Bohm has established himself as a familiar face at the Bank, an everyday third baseman with a limited glove but a solid bat. While nothing about his 2023 was terribly surprising, there’s...

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/ A signing? By the Phillies? One issue the Phillies had last year was their seeming inability to sign veterans to minor league deals. Usually when veterans do this, they do so because they see a path to the major leagues with the team they are signing the minor league deal with. Otherwise, they’d go somewhere else. The Phillies had trouble doing so last year because their bullpen looked pretty well locked in, meaning roles at the major league level were going to be scarce. This year, they’ve already made one minor league...

Photo by Mitchell Leff/ Erich, a name spelled incorrectly We here at The Good Phight strive to make sure each player gets his fair share of coverage. This series where we review each player that made an appearance for the team is so that we can look back on the season fondly, to find the highs and the lows, the reasons to watch and the reasons to engage in other activities. Sometimes, though, there are players that remind you of the days prior to Dave Dombrowski, when the team was more concerned with “optionality” than with actual talent. 2023 stats: 1 G, 1 IP, 3 H,...

Kiyoshi Mio-USA TODAY Sports Will this be the week of Ohtani? Wondering when Shohei Ohtani will sign? I wonder if it’ll be before the winter meetings, which begin next week. I can’t imagine he’ll want all the hoopla that comes with those meetings, so I’ll make the bet that he signs next weekend. On to the links. Phillies news: With the signing of Aaron Nola, the team projects to be over the luxury tax next season. Good work here by Destiny. Rhys Hoskins is likely leaving for greener pastures. What are the top ten moments of his career in Philadelphia? MLB...

The Bat Spike, Oct 14, 2022 | Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports So it goes Home Opener Bottom of the 7th. Runners on first and second and no outs. With Harper coming to the plate during the Phillies’ home opener in 2019, Braves’ manager Brian Snitker decided the better of valor was loading the base and taking his chance pitting Luke Jackson against a young Rhys Hoskins. The crowd booed as Harper walked to first, denied a chance to hit in his Phillies’ debut. Rhys ambled from the on-deck circle to the plate. The 26-year-old watched a ball, stepped out of the box,...

It’s officially the holiday season Alright folks, the time is here. The Phillies fan in your life is ready to receive a gift for the holidays. What to get them? BreakingT has you covered and today is the day to get whatever your heart desires. Click on this link to head to their store for all the goodies that are on sale through Monday. You’ll be thankful that you did.

Oh, what might have been Ah, Black Friday. The day when people all around achieve the very heights of consumerism, glorified for all to see. We revel in the purse saving deals that are occurring, hoping to snag that item for a loved on this holiday season. The videos and memes that emerge from hordes of humanity decimating stores over $199 4K HD TV’s are shown on repeat to serve as a cautionary tale. It’s a day that has become so synonymous to being an American that football has now added a game to their schedule in celebration of it. For the Phillies, Black Friday takes...

Photo by Len Redkoles/NHLI via Relax today, friend. It’s a day of digestion, of relaxing a bit and enjoying....another football game? On to the links. Phillies news: The center and left field situations in Philadelphia could use some sprucing up. Are there any upgrades the team could do? The Phillies already spent a bunch of dough this winter. How much more can they actually spend? No more Rhys Hoskins in Philadelphia, so here are seven teams he could go to. MLB news: A day late, but here are some things to be thankful for from 2023. More potential blockbuster...

Happy Thanksgiving! | Photo by Mario Magnani/ More Thanksgiving hilarity to read while avoiding your family Did you enjoy part one of our Post o’ fun? Honestly, it doesn’t matter because either way, we’re back with more. Besides, when you’re at Thanksgiving dinner and Uncle Frank starts ranting about politics, or when your nephew starts ranting about Pokémon (or vice versa?), you’ll be glad you have something to distract you for a few minutes. I’d like to think that the late afternoon football game could serve as a distraction, but sadly I don’t see the...

Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via His absence hit harder than anyone’s bat Coming off his fifth consecutive full season of well-above league average production and carrying a career OPS+ of 125, the Phillies more or less knew what they would be getting from Rhys Hoskins in 2023. The team’s longest-tenured position player slashed .375/.487/.813 with 4 home runs in 12 spring training games before a freak injury on a seemingly routine ground ball tore his left ACL on March 23, ending his season barring a miraculous late-October return. It appeared at one...

Happy Thanksgiving from The Good Phight | Photo by BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP via Bringing you a little Phillies-related joy this Turkey Day Happy Thanksgiving Eve! It’s everyone’s favorite horse, bringing you holiday greetings. The past few years, I’ve written a post on Thanksgiving, but I realized I mined all the even tangentially Phillies related Thanksgiving content that’s out there. (There are only so many words that can written about Turkey Stearns.) If you somehow missed them during all the holiday excitement, you can check them out here: 2022, 2021, 2020. In...

Kyle Ross-USA TODAY Sports It’s Cooperstown talk time. Slowing down a bit news wise with Aaron Nola signing, but there are a few things to talk about. Especially with the Hall of Fame ballot rearing its head and starting people talking. On to the links. Phillies news: There are some former Phillies on the newly released Hall of Fame ballot. Here is a case for each player to make it. The deal between the Phillies and Aaron Nola just made too much sense for both sides not to agree to it. MLB news: Trade scenarios are always a lot of fun to talk about. Here are a...