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• Andrew Painter continues to impress in Fall League with scoreless outing

  25-10-2024 23:27 via philliesnation.com
  
  Andrew Painter is the top pitching prospect in the Phillies organization. (Cheryl Pursell)
  Andrew Painter has continued to impress in his return to the mound, throwing three shutout innings in his third start back from Tommy John surgery.The former first-round pick struck out three and allowed just one hit for the Glendale Desert Dogs of the Arizona Fall League on Thursday at Salt River Fields. He lowered his ERA in the AFL to 3.86 ERA in seven total innings.
  Andrew Painter touches 99.2 mph as
  
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• Bryce Harper ‘remains open‘ to a reworked contract

  07-11-2024 05:12 via philliesnation.com
  
  2025 will be Year 7 of Bryce Harper’s current 13-year contract with the Phillies. (Grace Del Pizzo/PhilliesNation)
  When Scott Boras speaks, the baseball world listens. Boras has a way with words. When he talks, it can be must-listen content sometimes. The most recognizable agent in sports showed off his word skills on Wednesday when speaking with reporters, including Ronald Blum of the Associated Press, at the GM Meetings in San Antonio.When discussing Pete Alonso’s market this offs
  
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• Phillies news and rumors: Could a team sign Jeff Hoffman as a starter?

  06-11-2024 17:34 via philliesnation.com
  
  Could Jeff Hoffman be signed as a starter? (Grace Del Pizzo/Phillies Nation)
  Right-hander Jeff Hoffman has found his footing as a standout reliever in his two years in Philadelphia. Maybe his next big step will come in a club’s starting rotation.There’s “some industry buzz” around the major leagues that Hoffman, now a free agent, could interest potential teams as a starter this offseason rather than a reliever, according to ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel. He was a starting
  
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• Here’s what Monday’s qualifying offer decisions (could) mean to the Phillies

  05-11-2024 16:01 via philliesnation.com
  
  Jeff Hoffman did not receive a qualifying offer. (Grace Del Pizzo/Phillies Nation)
  The official start of the MLB offseason doesn’t mean a flurry of signings and acquisitions like it does in the NBA, but it does help set the stage for the rest of the winter. Part of that is thanks to the qualifying offer.
  Thirteen MLB players received the one-year QO, valued this year at $21.05 million, ahead of Monday night’s deadline for teams to extend it. (Those names are below, but you can find
  
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• Phillies announce trade, roster moves as free agency begins

  04-11-2024 23:47 via philliesnation.com
  
  Citizens Bank Park has been the home of the Phillies since 2004. (Tim Kelly/PhilliesNation)
  MLB free agency is officially underway and with that, the Phillies announced several roster moves. Right-handed pitcher Devin Sweet was acquired from the Detroit Tigers for cash considerations. He was added to the 40-man roster.
  Right-handed pitcher John McMillon was claimed off waivers from the Miami Marlins.
  Right-handed pitcher Alan Rangel was selected to the 40-man roster.To make room for the three p
  
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• Phillies Rumors: Club listening on 3 players

  04-11-2024 22:39 via philliesnation.com
  
  Nick Castellanos is signed through 2026. (David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire)
  Keep track of all of the latest offseason trade and free agency rumors pertaining to the Phillies on Phillies Nation.
  Monday, Nov. 4 at 3:32 p.m. ET: Nightengale: Phillies listening on Nick Castellanos, Alec Bohm and Brandon MarshUSA Today baseball columnist Bob Nightengale wrote an article on MLB storylines to follow ahead of the GM Meeting in San Antonio. One of those is the Phillies and their quest to shake the lineu
  
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• Dick Allen has another chance at the Hall of Fame

  04-11-2024 19:05 via philliesnation.com
  
  The late Dick Allen has another chance at earning election into the Baseball Hall of Fame. (Gavin Baker/Icon Sportswire)
  Phillies great Dick Allen will get another chance at earning election into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
  The late Phillies third baseman, first baseman and outfielder was announced as one of eight candidates on the 2025 Classic Baseball Era ballot.
  A 16-person committee, which will be announced later in the fall, will cast their votes next month at the Winter Meetings in Dallas.
  
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• Three Phillies nominated for 2024 Silver Slugger Award

  04-11-2024 17:06 via philliesnation.com
  
  Bryce Harper was nominated for a Silver Slugger Award. (Grace Del Pizzo/Phillies Nation)
  None of the four Phillies nominated for a Gold Glove won the award, but a few have a chance to take home some personal hardware.
  Bryce Harper, J.T. Realmuto and Alec Bohm were all nominated for the Silver Slugger Award.
  Harper is aiming for his fourth Silver Slugger Award and first as a first baseman. He won his third last season as a designated hitter. He was nominated alongside Freddie Freeman and Pete Al
  
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• MLB apparently called the Phillies over Bryce Harper’s Opening Day cleats in 2019

  02-11-2024 14:45 via philliesnation.com
  
  Bryce Harper’s Phanatic cleats in his first game as a Phillie initially drew ire from MLB. (Photo by Andy Lewis/Icon Sportswire)
  It seems like whenever a big-league player decides to get creative with his uniform accessories, MLB is there to step in and kill the fun. That happened — almost — to Bryce Harper with the ink barely dry on his 13-year Phillies contract. You probably remember the image, six seasons later: Harper on Opening Day in 2019, on his feet a pair of neon
  
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• Report: Rhys Hoskins staying in Milwaukee

  01-11-2024 19:41 via philliesnation.com
  
  Rhys Hoskins will not be a free agent this winter. (Grace Del Pizzo/Phillies Nation)
  Last offseason, Rhys Hoskins found a new home. After spending his entire professional baseball career in the Phillies organization, the former fifth-round pick agreed to a two-year, $34 million contract with the Brewers in late January. Included in the pact was an opt-out after the first year.According to Adam McCalvy of MLB.com, Hoskins has exercised his player option for 2025, keeping him in Milwaukee for at
  
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• Phillies trade Scott Kingery to Angels after 10 seasons in organization

  01-11-2024 18:39 via philliesnation.com
  
  Scott Kingery was traded to the Angels. (Andy Lewis/Icon Sportswire)
  After 10 seasons in the organization, Scott Kingery’s time as a Phillie is over.A former top prospect and second-round pick, Kingery was traded to the Los Angeles Angels, the Phillies announced Friday. Philadelphia received cash considerations in return.Climbing the ranks after he was drafted in 2015, Kingery signed a six-year, $24 million contract extension with the Phillies in 2018 before he had ever reached the major
  
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• Phillies announce addition of 3 new investors to ownership group

  01-11-2024 18:22 via philliesnation.com
  
  Citizens Bank Park has been home to the Phillies since 2004. (Tim Kelly/Phillies Nation)
  The Phillies on Friday announced three new limited partners/investors will be added to the team’s ownership group.Those investors are Mitchell L. Morgan, Guntram J. Weissenberger and a third investor who wishes to remain anonymous. Additionally, “The Middleton and Middleman families also will be contributing additional funds.”
  Morgan is the founder of Conshohocken, Pa-based Morgan Properti
  
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• John Middleton comments on 2025 payroll

  01-11-2024 15:11 via philliesnation.com
  
  John Middleton is the managing partner of the Philadelphia Phillies. (Cheryl Pursell)
  The executive who has the most influence over how much money the Phillies can spend on players recently commented on the 2025 payroll.
  In an interview with the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Scott Lauber, managing partner John Middleton said he expects the payroll to go up. That’s no surprise considering the 2025 team is already above the $261 million luxury tax payroll they finished with in 2024. FanGrap
  
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• Mets sign former Phillies pitcher Dylan Covey

  31-10-2024 19:33 via philliesnation.com
  
  Dylan Covey signed with the Mets. (John Adams/Icon Sportswire)
  Former Phillies reliever Dylan Covey signed with the New York Mets, the club announced Thursday. The veteran right-hander will stay in the National League East on a one-year major-league contract.Covey, 33, has pitched parts of five big-league seasons with the White Sox, Red Sox, Dodgers and Phillies with a career 6.18 ERA in 100 appearances. He also played two seasons for the Rakuten Monkeys of the Chinese Professional Baseball Lea
  
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• Preston Mattingly talks lesser-known prospects on ‘The Phillies Show’

  31-10-2024 05:40 via philliesnation.com
  
  Preston Mattingly is one of the Phillies’ assistant general managers. (Cheryl Pursell)
  In September of 2021, Preston Mattingly was hired to oversee the player development side of the Phillies organization. Over the last three years, Philadelphia’s farm system has improved. Several of the organization’s top prospects have received national recognition as top prospects in baseball. While Mattingly hasn’t led the charge all by himself, he’s played a role in the positi
  
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• Report: Phillies sign reliever to minor-league deal

  30-10-2024 14:57 via philliesnation.com
  
  Citizens Bank Park has been the home of the Phillies since 2004. (Ty Daubert, Phillies Nation)
  With the World Series still going on, major-league free agency hasn’t opened. But clubs can sign players to minor-league contracts. According to Matt Gelb of The Athletic, the Phillies have done just that by signing right-handed reliever Cody Stashak to a minor-league deal.Stashak, a 30-year-old from Somers Point, NJ, spent 2024 with the Sacramento River Cats, the Triple-A affiliate of the San F
  
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• Brad Lidge on current Phillies, handling postseason: ‘You do need to change the formula a little bit’

  30-10-2024 11:30 via philliesnation.com
  
  Brad Lidge was perfect in save opportunities in 2008. (Philadelphia DailyNews/Zuma Press/Icon Sportswire)
  When Brad Lidge and his former Philadelphia teammates see a talented team like the 2024 Phillies get knocked out of the postseason, they cherish their 2008 World Series championship just a bit more. Great regular-season clubs constantly get assembled with no promise of more in October. Winning that title is what separates a team above all else.“We realize, as the years go by, it&rsquo
  
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• Brad Lidge celebrates 2008 World Series anniversary with new baseball card set

  30-10-2024 01:27 via philliesnation.com
  
  Brad Lidge released a new baseball card set.(Photo by Christopher Szagola/Icon Sportswire)
  Every year, Brad Lidge makes it a point to acknowledge Oct. 29. He relives the memories. Lidge and his bullpen buddies send text messages in their group chat.There’s always something to commemorate that special date, the day Lidge closed out Game 5 of the 2008 World Series to give the Phillies their second championship in franchise history.This year, 16 years later, Lidge celebrated the anniversary
  
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• Roundtable: Was the 2024 Phillies season a success?

  29-10-2024 17:18 via philliesnation.com
  
  Bryce Harper on second base during Game 4 of the NLDS. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
  Now that the pain of an early October exit has subsided a bit, it’s time to answer the question: Was the 2024 Phillies season a success? Phillies Nation writers weigh in.
  Destiny Lugardo, Deputy Editorial Director — Yes It doesn’t make the end result any less frustrating, but hear me out. The Phillies lost to the Mets in the NLDS in disgraceful fashion. The lineup was terrible and the bull
  
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• Turner-esque standing ovation attempt does little for Aaron Judge in World Series Game 3

  29-10-2024 15:07 via philliesnation.com
  
  Aaron Judge is ice cold in October again. (Grace Del Pizzo/Phillies Nation)
  A couple weeks after the release of a Netflix documentary on the subject, Yankees fans tried to follow in the footsteps of Phillies fans and awaken their superstar with a standing ovation, this time on a much bigger stage.
  It didn’t work.Surefire AL MVP Aaron Judge, who has gone ice cold at the wrong time, was greeted with a standing ovation before his first at bat of Game 3 by Yankees fans witnessing their first
  
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• Could BayCare Ballpark host MLB regular season games in 2025?

  28-10-2024 17:47 via philliesnation.com
  
  BayCare Ballpark, home of Phillies spring training and the Clearwater Threshers, could temporarily host the Tampa Bay Rays. (Grace Del Pizzo/Phillies Nation)
  One of the biggest questions surrounding the MLB offseason is where will the Tampa Bay Rays play in 2025.
  The roof at Tropicana Field was severely damaged from Hurricane Milton. As the team awaits the full assessment of the damage, the Rays have commenced a search for a temporary home.One of the options that makes sense for the Rays is Bay
  
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• Report: Phillies expected to ‘strongly’ pursue Juan Soto

  28-10-2024 15:39 via philliesnation.com
  
  The Phillies are reportedly expected to pursue Juan Soto. (Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire)
  Juan Soto is going to be the most coveted free agent this offseason. The Philadelphia Phillies, according to a report, are expected to be in the bidding.
  Bob Nightengale of USA Today reports that the Phillies are “expected to strongly pursue [Soto] to team up with Boras client Bryce Harper.”
  Soto’s current team, the Yankees, along with the Mets, Blue Jays and Giants were all name
  
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• Tim Kelly: Thank You, Phillies Nation!

  25-10-2024 14:57 via philliesnation.com
  
  Citizens Bank Park has been home to the Phillies since 2004. (Tim Kelly/Phillies Nation)
  Today is my final day as the Editorial Director at Phillies Nation.
  As many of you know, I became the Managing Editor of On Pattison when it launched in early September. I’m excited about what we are doing over there, and that all came together very quickly. But it was extremely important to me to finish out the season at Phillies Nation to cap off what’s been a great run.
  I pitched Brian Michae
  
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• Would the Phillies meet these predicted price tags for two free-agent relievers?

  24-10-2024 22:27 via philliesnation.com
  
  Carlos Estévez had mixed results in his 2024 Phillies tenure. (Grace Del Pizzo/Phillies Nation)
  Jeff Hoffman and Carlos Estévez did not end the season on a good note, but they’ll still be among the more coveted relievers on the free agent market this offseason — and the Phillies will certainly be in the running.To sign one of them, that is — but probably not both, as Dave Dombrowski heavily suggested in his end-of-season press conference last week. They’ll
  
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• Kyle Schwarber to join ESPN’s College GameDay as guest picker

  24-10-2024 22:12 via philliesnation.com
  
  Kyle Schwarber will join ESPN’s College GameDay on Saturday. (John Adams/Icon Sportswire)
  Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber will be present to preview a crucial football matchup at his alma mater this weekend.Schwarber, a former three-year collegiate baseball standout at Indiana University, will join the set of ESPN’s “College Football GameDay” ahead of this Saturday’s matchup between the No. 13 Hoosiers and Washington at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Ind., the pr
  
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• Top Phillies prospect Justin Crawford to participate in offseason tournament

  24-10-2024 17:14 via philliesnation.com
  
  Justin Crawford will play in the Premier12 tournament. (Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire)
  Quite a few Phillies prospects are staying active this offseason. While Andrew Painter and Griff McGarry are both currently pitching in the Arizona Fall League, outfielder Justin Crawford will play for Team USA in the third World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Premier12 tournament.Crawford, MLB’s No. 53 overall prospect, is the third-highest ranked prospect participating in the tournament. He join
  
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• Two years removed from strong campaigns, trio of Phillies pitching prospects are now surrounded by uncertainty

  24-10-2024 03:39 via philliesnation.com
  Former first-round pick Mick Abel struggled at Triple-A Lehigh Valley in 2024. (Cheryl Pursell)
  Two spring trainings ago, a lot of eyes were focused on a trio of Phillies pitching prospects. All right-handers, Andrew Painter, Mick Abel and Griff McGarry sat atop Philadelphia’s farm system. They were all coming off inspiring 2022 campaigns in the minor leagues.Painter and Abel were first-round selections by the Phillies — Painter in 2021 and Abel in 2020. Both were selected out of hi
  
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• Fernando Valenzuela’s last start as a Phillie was a memorable one

  23-10-2024 19:23 via philliesnation.com
  
  The late Fernando Valenzuela pitched for the Phillies in 1994. (John Cordes/Icon Sportswire)
  The baseball world is mourning the passing of Dodgers legend Fernando Valenzuela.
  The former pitcher died Tuesday at a Los Angeles area hospital at the age of 63. The Mexican-born southpaw rose to fame in 1981, when he won the NL Rookie of the Year, Cy Young, and Silver Slugger Awards. His star power sparked generations of baseball fandom across Latin America. His starts were a spectacle known as &ldquo
  
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• Key Phillies offseason dates to know

  22-10-2024 20:53 via philliesnation.com
  
  Dave Dombrowski is the Phillies president of baseball operations. (Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire)
  Here are key offseason dates to remember for the Philadelphia Phillies and the larger baseball world this winter.
  5 p.m. ET, Five Days After World Series Ends
  Teams can begin to sign free agents from other teams, although baseball isn’t like NFL and NBA where there’s a frenzy when the signing period opens. Baseball’s free agency is much more of a slow burn.
  This is also the dea
  
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• Zack Wheeler nominated for Players Choice Award

  22-10-2024 15:59 via philliesnation.com
  
  Zack Wheeler now has three award battles with Chris Sale, among others. (Grace Del Pizzo/Phillies Nation)
  Zack Wheeler and Chris Sale didn’t get to duel in the postseason, but the two NL East aces are together on yet another short list for a postseason award.The latest is be the Outstanding Pitcher Award, one of the Players Choice Awards given out by the MLB Players Association. Wheeler is among three National League finalists for the honor, with Cy Young favorite Chris Sale and Rookie of
  
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