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• Phillies Injury Updates: Andrew Painter to make first minor league start this week

  06-04-2025 18:00 via philliesnation.com
  Andrew Painter is scheduled to make his first minor league start on Friday. (Cheryl Pursell)
  The Latest Phillies Injury Update
  Andrew Painter (Tommy John surgery)Status: Could be pitching in the majors this summerTop prospect Andrew Painter should be in line to make his big-league debut in “July-ish” as Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski put it this offseason. He hasn’t pitched in a regular season game since injuring his elbow during the spring of 2023,
  
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• Brandon Marsh benched amid brutal hitless stretch, working to get ‘my rhythm back’

  14-04-2025 23:12 via philliesnation.com
  
  Brandon Marsh has struggled this season. (Grace Del Pizzo, Phillies Nation)
  PHILADELPHIA — Brandon Marsh took the field at Citizens Bank Park for early batting practice, searching for a better feeling in the batter’s box with a brutal 0-for-26 stretch at the plate hanging over his head.The outfielder will not be in the lineup as the Phillies open a four-game series with the Giants on Monday to start off a seven-game homestand. Manager Rob Thomson will give him a chance to reset. Mar
  
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• Phillies Injury Updates: Ranger Suárez’s next rehab outing moved to Wednesday

  14-04-2025 22:25 via philliesnation.com
  
  Ranger Suárez’s next rehab start will be on Wednesday. (Grace Del Pizzo/Phillies Nation)
  The Latest Phillies Injury Update
  Ranger Suárez (low back stiffness)Status: 15-day injured list; Began rehab assignment on Thursday, April 10.Left-hander Ranger Suárez is on the injured list with back stiffness. He dealt with a back issue last year as well. Taijuan Walker has taken his place in the rotation for the time being.Suárez pitched three innings in his first rehab
  
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• Phillies’ miserable offensive stretch continues in series loss to Cardinals

  13-04-2025 22:34 via philliesnation.com
  Brandon Marsh does not have a hit in the month of April. (Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire)
  The Phillies (9-6) just can’t get it going at the plate. They have been shut out twice in the last three games, dropping the finale against the Cardinals (7-8) in St. Louis 7-0. It’s the first time since August 2022 that the Phillies were held scoreless twice in a single series.
  They had opportunities early against St. Louis starter Matthew Liberatore, but couldn’t cash in. On a less
  
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• Phillies reportedly offered Kyle Schwarber an extension during offseason

  13-04-2025 13:32 via philliesnation.com
  Kyle Schwarber is scheduled to become a free agent after the 2025 season.(Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire)
  The Phillies tried to sign Kyle Schwarber to an extension in the offseason, according to The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal. With the way he is swinging the bat early — and the stunning lack of top free agents in next year’s class — the Phillies could regret not closing the deal.
  Schwarber is batting .288 with six home runs, 12 RBIs and a 1.114 OPS through his f
  
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• Double plays and two-out hits help Phillies beat Cardinals

  12-04-2025 22:44 via philliesnation.com
  Cristopher Sánchez induced four double plays on Saturday in 6 1/3 innings pitched. (Photo by John Cordes/Icon Sportswire)
  Cristopher Sánchez didn’t have strikeout stuff, but he had groundball-inducing stuff in the Phillies’ 4-1 win over the Cardinals in St. Louis.Sánchez got the Cardinals to ground into four double plays on Saturday. Three were inning-enders. Two got the left-hander out of one-out jams.St. Louis designated hitter Luken Baker grounded into a doub
  
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• New batting order doesn’t produce as Phillies drop opener to Cardinals

  12-04-2025 04:53 via philliesnation.com
  
  Bryson Stott batted leadoff in Friday’s loss against the St. Louis Cardinals. (Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire)
  Phillies manager Rob Thomson made a bold lineup change prior to Friday’s game.
  He moved Bryson Stott to the leadoff spot and batted Kyle Schwarber cleanup behind Bryce Harper. The thinking behind it is to better protect Harper, who was intentionally walked twice in Thursday’s loss to the Atlanta Braves.
  It did not lead to a better result. The Phillies (8-5)
  
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• Phillies Injury Updates: Ranger Suárez feels good, Andrew Painter makes first start of year

  12-04-2025 01:25 via philliesnation.com
  
  Ranger Suárez started a rehab assignment on Thursday. (Photo by Keith Gillett/Icon Sportswire)
  The Latest Phillies Injury Update
  Ranger Suárez (low back stiffness)Status: 15-day injured list; Began rehab assignment on Thursday, April 10.Left-hander Ranger Suárez is on the injured list with back stiffness. He dealt with a back issue last year as well. Taijuan Walker has taken his place in the rotation for the time being.Suárez pitched three innings in his first rehab
  
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• Phillies battle, lose frustrating marathon game against Braves

  11-04-2025 07:33 via philliesnation.com
  Nick Castellanos went 0-for-5 in Thursday night’s loss to the Atlanta Braves. (Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire)
  The Phillies pitching staff surrendered only one run through ten innings. It wasn’t enough to win the series as the Braves were able to get the timely hits late in a 4-2 win in 11 innings.
  In a game that started at 7:15 p.m. and ended at 12:53 a.m. thanks to a nearly three-hour long rain delay, the Phillies bats left 13 men on base and went 0-for-10 with runners
  
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• Spencer Turnbull to throw for interested teams

  11-04-2025 05:06 via philliesnation.com
  Spencer Turnbull is still a free agent. (Grace Del Pizzo/Phillies Nation)
  Spencer Turnbull, one of the main characters in the Phillies’ hot start to the season last year, is still a free agent. He is throwing for interested teams, according to a report from Jon Heyman of the New York Post. The Scott Boras client is looking to sign a major league deal.
  Turnbull, 32, pitched to a 2.65 ERA in 17 games with the Phillies in 2024. He opened the year in the rotation as Taijuan Walker’s rep
  
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• Rob Thomson on Alec Bohm: ‘I’m not going to pull the chute on him yet’

  10-04-2025 23:27 via philliesnation.com
  Alec Bohm is batting seventh for the Phillies on Thursday against the Braves. (Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire)
  Phillies manager Rob Thomson hinted after Wednesday’s game that he was ready to drop Alec Bohm in the batting order. When asked by NBC Sports Philadelphia’s Corey Seidman if he is considering hitting Nick Castellanos, who is on a hot streak, higher in the lineup, Thomson smiled and said, “We’ll see tomorrow.”
  Lo and behold, Castellanos is bat
  
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• Should Nick Castellanos climb in the Phillies’ lineup?

  10-04-2025 18:08 via philliesnation.com
  Nick Castellanos has been one of the Phillies’ best hitters early on. (Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire)
  It’s late enough in the season that we can start reading into numbers a bit, so here are a few: Nick Castellanos is hitting .308 with a .538 slugging percentage. Good. The underlying metrics are even better: He’s struck out as often (9.3% of the time) as he’s walked.Both figures would be, by far, the best of his career. His chase rate is 29.9. That would also be th
  
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• Turner, Harper deliver as Phillies fight back to beat Braves

  10-04-2025 04:38 via philliesnation.com
  Trea Turner hit a go-ahead homer on Wednesday in Atlanta. (Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire)
  Final score: Phillies 4, Braves 3Much has been and will be made of the Phillies’ younger position players’ performance — or lack thereof — early this season, and it matters. But the Phillies are built around their stars. To go where they want, they’ll need those stars to take them.Wednesday was an example. Bryce Harper battled back from an early 0-2 hole to flip the game on its
  
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• Phillies throw away huge nights from Schwarber, Castellanos with mishaps in Atlanta

  09-04-2025 16:10 via philliesnation.com
  
  Kyle Schwarber fell a double shy of the cycle on Tuesday night against the Braves. (Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire)
  Kyle Schwarber defied the numbers.Facing Atlanta ace Chris Sale, the reigning National League Cy Young Award winner who held left-handed batters to a .544 OPS last season, Schwarber teed off on Tuesday night.The Phillies slugger singled in the top of the first inning off Sale, ripped a triple to center field in the third and launched a 462-foot home run in the fifth.
  
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• Phillies lose battle of the bullpens to Braves

  09-04-2025 04:08 via philliesnation.com
  Orion Kerkering gave up a go-ahead double in the seventh inning on Tuesday. (Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire)
  It was an anticipated pitcher’s duel, with Zack Wheeler toeing the rubber for the Phillies and Chris Sale on the bump for the Braves. But that’s not what it was on Tuesday night in Atlanta, a Phillies 7-5 loss to the Braves.Neither starter had his best stuff. The game would turn into a battle of the bullpens.The Phillies chased Sale after 4 2/3 innings; they tallie
  
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• Phillies Injury Updates: Ranger Suárez to begin rehab assignment

  08-04-2025 23:00 via philliesnation.com
  Ranger Suárez (back) is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment. (Photo by Keith Gillett/Icon Sportswire)
  The Latest Phillies Injury Update
  Ranger Suárez (low back stiffness)Status: 15-day injured list; Scheduled to begin rehab assignment on Thursday, April 10.
  Left-hander Ranger Suárez is on the injured list with back stiffness. He dealt with a back issue last year as well. Taijuan Walker has taken his place in the rotation for the time being.Suárez will begin a minor
  
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• Four thoughts as Phillies’ fascinating April stretch continues

  08-04-2025 19:48 via philliesnation.com
  Bryson Stott’s RBI single in the seventh tied the game on Sunday. (Madeline Ressler/Phillies Nation)
  The Phillies have gotten off to just about as good of a start as they could have imagined. After taking two of three from the Washington Nationals during the opening series, they have authored a 5-1 homestand, including a series win against the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers. There are a lot of things to like. The rotation is off to an incredible start. The lineup
  
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• Former top prospect Griff McGarry turns in perfect outing to start season in Double-A

  08-04-2025 01:14 via philliesnation.com
  Griff McGarry is back in Double-A. (Cheryl Pursell)
  Griff McGarry, a former top pitching prospect who’s fallen off the radar over the past few years, turned in an eye-catching outing to start the 2025 season.Pitching for Double-A Reading for the first time since 2023, McGarry tossed four perfect innings in his season debut for the Fightin Phils on Sunday. The right-hander struck out eight batters in a 3-2 Reading loss on his way to being named the Eastern League Pitcher of the Week.
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• Edmundo Sosa remains important, Phillies win back-and-forth battle to beat Dodgers

  06-04-2025 22:38 via philliesnation.com
  Edmundo Sosa recorded the game-winning RBI in the eighth inning against the Dodgers. (Grace Del Pizzo/Phillies Nation)
  PHILADELPHIA — Back and forth they went, the Dodgers and Phillies, two of baseball’s better teams finishing up an early-season three-game set at Citizens Bank Park.The Phillies won the first game; the Dodgers the second. Both games were low-scoring affairs. So it only made for both clubs’ bats to come alive in the series finale, where the conditions were cloud
  
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• Nick Castellanos hits grand slam versus Dodgers

  06-04-2025 20:49 via philliesnation.com
  Nick Castellanos hit a grand slam in the third inning of Sunday’s game against the Dodgers. (Grace Del Pizzo/Phillies Nation)
  PHILADELPHIA — The first six batters for the Phillies in the bottom of third inning have all crossed home plate.
  On a rainy Sunday afternoon, the Phillies patiently waited for Dodgers starter Tyler Glasnow to come into the zone. The Dodgers righty looked uncomfortable as he struggled to find his footing on the soggy mound. Dodgers pitching coach Mark Prior ev
  
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• Edmundo Sosa finishes game in outfield. Could he start there soon?

  06-04-2025 02:40 via philliesnation.com
  Edmundo Sosa played center field on Saturday. (Grace Del Pizzo, Phillies Nation)
  PHILADELPHIA —Edmundo Sosa was quickly tested in his first outfield appearance in exactly two years, and he did what he needed in order to pass.After pinch hitting for the Phillies in the bottom of the eighth inning on Saturday afternoon, the natural infielder stayed in the game to play center field in the top of the ninth. The first batter, Dodgers second baseman Tommy Edman, smoked a 100.8 mph liner that So
  
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• Phillies bats go cold against Sasaki, Dodgers bullpen

  06-04-2025 00:35 via philliesnation.com
  Alec Bohm went 0-for-4 with a double play in the ninth. (Grace Del Pizzo/Phillies Nation)
  PHILADELPHIA — The Phillies needed a lengthy outing from Aaron Nola. They got it, but it wasn’t good enough as the Phillies (6-2) struggled to put up runs against Roki Sasaki and the Dodgers (9-1) bullpen in a 3-1 loss.
  Nola recorded a quality start, pitching six innings and allowing three earned runs. But all three of those runs came via the long ball. The first one, a two-run shot by Kik&eacu
  
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• Is Kyle Schwarber at first base still a thing?

  05-04-2025 21:45 via philliesnation.com
  Kyle Schwarber took some ground balls at first base prior to Saturday’s game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. (Grace Del Pizzo/Phillies Nation)
  PHILADELPHIA — Before Saturday’s game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Kyle Schwarber was out taking ground balls at first base.
  In a spring training devoid of interesting storylines, Schwarber spending some time at first base was at least something to talk about. He started in four games at first base during Grapefruit League play for
  
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• Phillies’ compromised bullpen to play a role in remaining games against Dodgers

  05-04-2025 17:45 via philliesnation.com
  Matt Strahm pitched in the Phillies’ 3-2 win against the Dodgers on Friday night. (Grace Del Pizzo/Phillies Nation)
  PHILADELPHIA — Jose Ruiz may be a walking statistical oddity.He recorded his first-ever save on the last day of the regular season in 2024. He had finished 96 games in his career. None of them were save opportunities. He was nine games away from tying the Major League record for most games finished without recording a save.On Friday, he became the first Phillies pitche
  
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• No Surprise: Phillies rotation off to strong start

  05-04-2025 15:08 via philliesnation.com
  Jesús Luzardo pitched seven shutout innings on Friday night against the Dodgers. (Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire)
  Jesús Luzardo finished his start on Friday night by getting Kiké Hernández to swing and miss at a down-and-in slider, ending a seven-pitch at-bat and escaping a jam with runners on the corners. It was Luzardo’s eighth strikeout of the night, cementing a strong start to the 2025 season for himself and the Phillies’ starting rotation.
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• J.T. Realmuto stops the bleeding with two huge throws to put away Dodgers

  05-04-2025 06:09 via philliesnation.com
  
  J.T. Realmuto threw out two key runners on Friday night. (Grace Del Pizzo, Phillies Nation)
  PHILADELPHIA — Catcher J.T. Realmuto battled the tiniest of wounds during the Phillies’ bout between National League heavyweights against the red-hot Dodgers.The umpires had to briefly stop the game during the top of the ninth inning as Realmuto dealt with the blood coming out of a cut on his finger. A few batters later, the veteran backstop gripped the ball and fired a strike to second base
  
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• Turner steals, Luzardo deals as Phillies hand Dodgers first loss of season

  05-04-2025 03:18 via philliesnation.com
  
  Trea Turner stole third — and a run — on Friday. (Grace Del Pizzo, Phillies Nation)
  PHILADELPHIA — Trea Turner broke for third base, surprising Dodgers star pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto. The right-hander stepped off the rubber and fired toward a sprinting Miguel Rojas as the infielder scurried to cover the bag.Yamamoto’s throw went wide, and Turner strolled to home plate as the ball rolled into foul territory. The speedy Phillies shortstop stole third — and a first-i
  
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• Dodgers manager Dave Roberts compliments Phillies lineup: ‘They have the same type of approach that we do’

  05-04-2025 01:14 via philliesnation.com
  
  Dave Roberts’ Dodgers are the reigning World Champions. (Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire)
  PHILADELPHIA — Dave Roberts thinks the Phillies and Dodgers lineups have similar approaches.
  “It’s a very, very talented lineup,” the Dodgers manager said. “Very dangerous lineup. … They have the same type of approach that we do. So you got to really pound the strike zone to get these guys out.”
  It’s an interesting comment to hear consider
  
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• How to watch Dodgers-Phillies this weekend; Friday to air on Apple TV+

  04-04-2025 15:21 via philliesnation.com
  
  The Phillies host the Dodgers at Citizens Bank Park this weekend. (Ty Daubert, Phillies Nation)
  This weekend, the Phillies (5-1) play host to the Dodgers (8-0) for a three-game set at Citizens Bank Park in an early-season showdown between two clubs expected to be among Major League Baseball’s best this season.Each game will have a different start time. Each game will be broadcast differently.Friday’s game is slated for a 6:45 p.m. first pitch and will be exclusively broadcast on App
  
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• Phillies ready for ‘fun challenge’ in hosting red-hot Dodgers

  04-04-2025 15:04 via philliesnation.com
  
  Mookie Betts and the Dodgers are coming to town. (Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire)
  PHILADELPHIA — The focus of the baseball world will be centered on Citizens Bank Park this weekend as the Phillies, off to a strong start in 2025, host the hottest team in the major leagues. The undefeated Dodgers are coming to Philadelphia for a three-game series starting Friday night after ripping off eight straight wins to begin the season.Led by two-way sensation Shohei Ohtani — still only
  
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