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Dispelling the myth Dave Dombrowski is “aggressive” at the trade deadline

3 days ago | thegoodphight.com | John Stolnis

Photo by Mike Carlson/MLB Photos via Getty Images We’ve now officially entered the Hot Stove portion of the 2025 season, and Phillies fans are already window shopping. By 6 p.m. ET on Thursday, July 31, the Phils could at least one high-impact relief pitcher, and perhaps two, as well as an outfielder who can hit a little bit. Phillies outfielders rank 24th out of 30 MLB teams in fWAR (0.6), with a wOBA (.306) that is 20th and an OPS (.693) that is 22nd.
With diminished power, the Phillies offense may be better

5 days ago | thegoodphight.com | John Stolnis

Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images Poor Mick Abel. Perhaps the Phillies’ rookie right-hander was due for a shell shocking after dancing through the raindrops in his last three outings, and on Saturday night, Francisco Lindor, Brandon Nimmo and Juan Soto pounded him for three consecutive homers in the third inning, giving New York a 4-3 lead they wouldn’t relinquish. In all, the Mets hit seven bombs on Saturday night and 10 for the three-game series.
Nick Castellanos, Orion Kerkering and Rob Thomson’s interesting decisions

1 week ago | thegoodphight.com | John Stolnis

Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images Nick Castellanos did not play a scheduled baseball game last night in his home town of Miami, surprisingly ending his Iron Man streak of 236 consecutive games played. It came after an argument with manager Rob Thomson following Monday night’s victory over the Marlins in which Castellanos was pulled from the game for a defensive replacement in the 8th inning.
Phillies homestand shows starting pitching remains the name of the game

1 week ago | thegoodphight.com | John Stolnis

Kyle Ross-Imagn Images Regular season baseball is different from postseason baseball, as everyone knows. And, as everyone also knows, timely hitting and bat-missing bullpens become more important in short series against quality opponents. Sure, starting pitching is important, too, but more so in the regular season, where a team must navigate playing virtually every day over a six-month, 162-game slog.
I have some questions about the handling of Bryce Harper’s wrist injury

2 weeks ago | thegoodphight.com | Ethan Witte

Photo by Mark Blinch/Getty Images I am not one to question a player’s toughness. Lord knows that baseball players endure more health related issues throughout a season that we will likely never know about, but that they play through anyway. Aches, sprains, tightness, all of these issues are probably on the daily plate of the athletic training staff that they handle with exceptional care and diligence.
Three up, three down: week of June 2-8

2 weeks ago | thegoodphight.com | Ethan Witte

Photo by Rayni Shiring/MLB Photos via Getty Images So this has been a disappointing week I would say. Talk about trying your hardest to find the good in something. We’re trying to find good things to talk about here, but the Phillies did their best to make it tough on us. Ranger SuarezMr. Rager is starting to heat up.
How much blame should the hitting coach bear?

2 weeks ago | thegoodphight.com | Ethan Witte

Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Usually when a team struggles, particularly one that has talent like the Phillies do, there has to be blame pushed onto someone. No one can fire the players, much to our sometimes chagrin, so instead, the focus falls onto the coaching staff. The Phillies are not immune to this either and it has happened before. There have been multiple times that Kevin Long has been in the crosshairs of fans when the offense struggles.
Rise and Phight: 6/9/2025

2 weeks ago | thegoodphight.com | Ethan Witte

Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images Another day, another bad loss by the team. Yet again, the offense came up small, doing nothing all day and forcing the pitchers to be too fine, resulting in a broken bat hit that felt inevitable. I’ll still choose to believe that this is a good team that is in the midst of a really bad slump, but there are some concerning things that are happening right now.
You like six-man rotations, huh?

2 weeks ago | thegoodphight.com | Ethan Witte

Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Last week, we heard that the Phillies do in fact have something of a concrete timeline for when Andrew Painter will arrive in Philadelphia. Possibly the most hyped pitching prospect that has come through the organization in quite some time (of all time?), Painter will go right into the rotation when he is deemed ready. However, that will leave the Phillies with some decisions to make when that happens, a question we posed to you, the readers.
Rise and Phight: 6/8/2025

2 weeks ago | thegoodphight.com | Ethan Witte

Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images Listen, it’s not going to be easy today. Paul Skenes will be on the mound and the Phillies cannot rely on their pitcher, Cristopher Sanchez, to throw a shutout like what happened the last time Skenes opposed them. They’re going to have to score runs, a tall task right now, but a task nonetheless. On to the links. Orion Kerkering’s sweeper is his money pitch. He has found it again and has done well in his role ($).