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Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images It’s early, but the results are worrying. Before this season began, Rob Thomson and the Phillies announced that Brandon Marsh would start the year as the everyday center fielder. It was a rather significant development, as the team had mostly shielded him from left-handed pitching since acquiring the lefty hitting Marsh at the 2022 … [Read more...] about The Phillies have a Brandon Marsh problem

Bill Streicher-Imagn Images Let’s have a good home showing, huh? Here are the lineups. For the Phillies: Back home again#RingTheBell pic.twitter.com/vZYLsvGfgj— Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) April 14, 2025 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js For the Giants: Next up: Philly⏰: 3:45 p.m. PT : Philadelphia, PA : @NBCSGiants : @KNBR | KSFN#SFGiants | @CocaCola … [Read more...] about Gamethread 4/14: Giants at Phillies

Katie Goodale-Imagn Images That was some final round, wasn’t it? If you were anything like me yesterday, you checked out of the Phillies game early and flipped over to the final round of the Masters. Had you done so, you don’t have to be reminded of how good that final round was to watch. The crowd favorite stumbling down the stretch, another favorite rising up to the … [Read more...] about What is the baseball equivalent to the Masters?

Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images At least, until they change the name of it to a screwball Look up the word “curveball” in the official glossary located on MLB’s homepage and you will see this as a definition: A curveball is a breaking pitch that has more movement than just about any other pitch. It is thrown slower and with more overall break than a slider, and it … [Read more...] about Jose Alvarado is throwing a WTF curveball