Phillies manager Gabe Kapler began the 2019 season without a named closer at the back-end of his pitching staff. There were a number of options who appeared to be reasonably attractive. The skipper chose to simply use whichever option appeared best at an important moment over the late innings based on specific match-ups. What began […]
This piece has to begin with a disclaimer. Few writers who cover the Philadelphia Phillies on a regular basis have been more critical of second baseman Cesar Hernandez over the last couple of years than yours truly. If I’ve called for the Phillies to jettison Hernandez and install Scott Kingery as the starting second baseman […]
Phillies Nation is honored to have Larry Shenk among the ranks of our regular contributors. “The Baron” is the former Philadelphia Phillies head of community relations, a role in which he served the organization for more than four decades. Larry is also a 2018 inductee to the Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame. In addition to the […]
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The weather is getting hotter, and so are the bats in the Philadelphia Phillies farm system. Records Lehigh Valley IronPigs: 21-19 Reading Fightin’ Phils: 22-16 Clearwater Threshers: 20-22 Lakewood Blue Claws: 14-28 Notable Performances Kyle Dohy is starting to come around in Triple-A. On Tuesday, he went two scoreless innings in relief and struck out […]
