Matt Gelb

RT @CodyStavenhagen: Great views and bad baseball: After a brutal start, the Colorado Rockies finally face a reckoning https://t.co/rUTG2c…

Down on the farm with a top prospect's unorthodox swing, an undrafted hitter's hot start, a pitcher's concerning velocity drop ... minor-league notes from the weekend: https://t.co/UwBSTXPRo8

Phillies have won five straight series, something they did not do in all of 2024. As they reach the quarter mark of this season, some numbers that define this team right now: https://t.co/ngQJMdVnXw

At times this year, Andrew Painter looked to be on autopilot. Now, at Triple A, it’s time to play the game — like throwing back-to-back changeups for the first time in his life. “We’ll learn a lot about him as a competitor. That’s what this is about.” https://t.co/4RUl6lPG8S

Andrew Painter threw 60 pitches in three innings for his Triple-A debut. Walked the bases loaded, pitched out of it. Two fans ran onto the field during a rain delay at Coca-Cola Park and an IronPigs employee delivered a vicious tackle on one of them.

Really excited to have Charlotte joining The Athletic. We get to expand our Phillies coverage, and she’ll bring a new perspective on everything. Thank you for following.

Charlotte Varnes @charlottevarnes

So… I’m joining The Athletic as a Phillies beat writer. Covering baseball full-time (and for a place like The Athletic!) is a dream come true. Immensely grateful and just excited to get working at CBP next week.

So much energy was spent debating who should bat leadoff for the Phillies. And then, one day, Bryson Stott just did it. He's done it in 17 straight starts. He's thinking and talking like a leadoff hitter now: https://t.co/kSQV8TKnAX

New Phillies Therapy. We talked about sloppy ball, Alec Bohm, and where the bullpen stands. One of us was grumpier than the other: https://t.co/lFCJU9Sjxa

Phillies takeaways: Bryce Harper and Alec Bohm’s power outage, Taijuan Walker’s new role, Max Kepler's platoon: https://t.co/boOSSenZhe

It is raining, but they are going to try to start Phillies-Diamondbacks on time at 2:05 p.m. The pitchers have started their routines. This is subject to change.

Phillies are giving Bryce Harper a DH day. Weston Wilson at first base. Kyle Schwarber in left field. Edmundo Sosa at second base. The game probably isn’t starting for many, many hours.

“I feel like a couple of years back, I go out there, I probably would’ve just gone three or four max. And given up a lot more runs.” Through seven starts Jesús Luzardo has the sixth-best ERA in baseball. He is benefitting from his new surroundings: https://t.co/gtQCDNROj3

The fans are standing, chanting "Ro-jas! Ro-jas! Ro-jas!" He sort of needs to stay in this game because Phillies do not have another center fielder.

Brandon Marsh (hamstring) will play again tonight for Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Fully expecting him to be active Saturday and in CF for Phillies.

Andrew Painter’s next start is at Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Thursday. Phillies feel like it’s time to ramp up the competition. He threw 11 1/3 innings in four starts at Low A with 12 Ks and 1 BB.