Jon Heyman reported on Twitter today that the Tampa Bay Rays had declined to pick up the option on Charlie Morton, making him a free agent. Morton turns 37 in two weeks. During this shortened season he went 2-2 with a 4.74 ERA. He started nine games and pitched 38 innings. That’s an average of […]
Read more "Would reuniting with Charlie Morton improve the Phillies bullpen?"Last season will be infamously remembered by the Philly faithful as one marred and utterly decimated by poor pitching. In the hands of the Phillies 2020 pitching staff, especially that of the bullpen, no lead was ever safe and each game was seemingly bound to get messy. But could Trevor Bauer be the cure the […]
Read more "Are the Phillies an Ideal Landing Spot for Polarizing Star Trevor Bauer?"The Phillies have missed the postseason for the ninth year in row. Despite boasting one of the highest payrolls in all of baseball, the Philadelphia Phillies have once again failed to reach the postseason. Even with a whopping eight NL teams qualifying during this year’s wonky COVID setup, the Phils found themselves falling short by […]
Read more "LISTEN: End of the year Philadelphia Phillies rant"The Phillies are looking to sneak into the postseason. Well, here we are. After 57 VERY long Philadelphia Phillies baseball games, it all comes down to this. Despite winning 10 out of 11 at one point in time, despite having the second worst bullpen in baseball history, and despite losing countless players to injury, our […]
Read more "Bullpen Blues: Phillies race for the postseason is on"The Phillies take 3/4 from the Blue Jays, set themselves up perfectly for a playoff position. After all the drama and all the chaos that has been the 2020 Phillies this season, the team is finally approaching the final stretch, and they have set themselves up to be in a playoff position. Despite losing series […]
Read more "Phillies Podcast: Crucial series win against the Blue Jays"The Phillies lose yet another series at the hands of their league-worst bullpen. It seems impossible, but the Philadelphia Phillies keep on finding ways to one-up their own embarrassing play. On Wednesday night they blew the game in the ninth inning because one of their relievers literally dropped the baseball on the mound, and on […]
Read more "Bullpen Blues: Why are the Phillies the way that they are?"New Phillies podcast, “Bullpen Blues”. Seemingly against all odds, the Philadelphia Phillies are currently tied up two apiece with the Miami Marlins during their grueling seven games series. The team has already seen their fair share of bullpen collapses (multiple if I may add), and the Marlins have battled hard, respectfully. This seven game gauntlet […]
Read more "Bullpen Blues: Harper is back and the Phillies pen still stinks"Have you ever heard the old cliche “When it rains, it pours?” No truer words could have been said for the Phillies’ season restart against the Yankees last night. The Phillies dropped their season reopener 6-3 to the New York Yankees. The Phillies’ offense was in a full drought against ace Gerrit Cole last night. […]
Read more "Rainy Day Recaps: What we learned in the Phillies’ loss to Yankees"Frustration has been setting in for each and every Phillies fan. They opened their season a week ago. Now, they have to sit around and do nothing, through no fault of their own. The Phillies season is on hold for the time being and it may just spark a new rivalry For years, the Phillies […]
Read more "How a suspended Phillies season may have sparked a new rivalry"We are barely over a week into the season, and we have positive coronavirus cases in two of the three regions. It started in Atlanta, as Miami Marlins players reportedly went out at night to enjoy some late-night debauchery. Fast forward a week, and 17 Marlins players have tested positive for COVID-19. Major League Baseball […]
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