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Byline: Lochlahn March Dec. 20Max Kepler, the Phillies' new everyday left fielder, has never played an inning of left field in the major leagues. The 31-year-old has played 927 games [...]

Byline: Lochlahn March PHILADELPHIA Max Kepler, the Phillies' new everyday left fielder, has never played an inning of left field in the major leagues. The 31-year-old has played 927 games [...]

Byline: Chris Schmaedeke The Colorado Rockies found their new second baseman. The Rockies on Tuesday agreed to a one-year contract with Thairo Estrada. The deal was reported by MLB.com's Mark [...]

Byline: Scott Lauber PHILADELPHIA In Dave Dombrowski's previous offseasons in charge of the Phillies' baseball operations, circumstances dictated that he act more like a carpenter than a designer. Because if [...]

Byline: Scott Lauber Nov. 22In Dave Dombrowski's previous offseasons in charge of the Phillies' baseball operations, circumstances dictated that he act more like a carpenter than a designer. Because if [...]

Byline: David Murphy Nov. 21Sticking our finger on the hot stove and trying not to get burned ... If you were assembling a Mel Kiper Big Board of realistic offseason [...]

Byline: Matt Breen PHILADELPHIA Jayson Werth hopped up and down, screamed, hugged his family, and, finally, cried as his long-shot horse won the Belmont Stakes. Dornoch, the first colt purchased [...]

Byline: Alex Coffey Oct. 29About two weeks ago, at the Phillies' end-of-season press conference, Dave Dombrowski was asked about the young talent in his organization and how it would impact [...]

Byline: Gina Mizell Oct. 26NEW YORK Jalen Brunson had just dropped a fourth-quarter pass to Karl-Anthony Towns and drawn a foul to earn another trip to the free-throw stripe. Yet [...]

Byline: Jacob Meikel Oct. 21Mid-Buchanan softball punched its ticket to the Class 2 District 7 championship game with a 17-2 semifinal win over Plattsburg on Monday night. The Dragons wasted [...]

Byline: Earl Hopkins Oct. 18Kyle Thrash was coronated as a Phillies fan as a newborn. Hours before his birth, his mom asked nurses to turn on the Phillies and Cincinnati [...]

Byline: Matt Breen Oct. 5A pumpkin sat Saturday night on the top shelf of Pete Alonso's locker, three oversize letters OMG were on the clubhouse floor, and a staffer cleaned [...]

Byline: Abraham Gutman Oct. 5Before Game 1 of the National League Division Series against the Mets at Citizens Bank Park, Michael Neill told his family and friends that he has [...]

Byline: Scott Lauber Oct. 4Cristopher S nchez was new to the Phillies in February 2020, when he got assigned No. 61. It wasn't his choice. In baseball, the offensive lineman [...]

Byline: Jacob Meikel Oct. 1A softball bout between two conference foes, each with one loss on the year, ends in the Mid-Buchanan Dragons defeating North Platte 4-1 on Tuesday. Both [...]

Byline: Tim Martinez Oct. 1Charles Hahn says senior Tanner Koford embodies what it means to be a Hudson's Bay Eagle. Sometimes, literally. A baseball player most of the year, Koford [...]

Byline: Scott Lauber Oct. 1A Rhys reunion? Or meeting the Mets like never before? Either way, no matter what happens in Milwaukee over these next two or three days, the [...]

Byline: Ariel Simpson Sep. 30It's not hard to spot a Bryce Harper jersey at Citizens Bank Park they basically fill the stadium. And now we understand why. According Major League [...]

Byline: Scott Lauber Sep. 28WASHINGTON James Wood is the Next Big Thing. Emphasis on big. He's 6-foot-7, with spider arms and endless legs. He has speed, easy left-handed power, and [...]

Byline: Scott Lauber WASHINGTON James Wood is the Next Big Thing. Emphasis on big. He's 6-foot-7, with long arms and endless legs. He has speed, easy left-handed power, and a [...]

Byline: Matt Breen PATERSON, N.J. John Briggs was playing catch in the backyard of his home when his son then a high schooler tossed him the baseball. Briggs played 12 [...]

Byline: Matt Breen Sep. 27PATERSON, N.J. John Briggs was playing catch in the backyard of his home when his son then a high schooler tossed him the baseball. Briggs played [...]

Byline: Paul Klee Fishermen can't fake it. You are one, or you aren't. We can tell. So it was funny Tuesday when Rockies icon Charlie Blackmon said he soon will [...]

Byline: Paul Klee Toniiiiight. With a walk-up song that served as Coors Field's soundtrack and his name etched up and down the team's record books, Colorado's bearded face of the [...]

Byline: Alex Coffey Sep. 19When Buddy Kennedy was acquired by the Phillies in June, the transaction did not garner much attention. Kennedy, a 25-year-old infielder, had just been designated for [...]

Byline: Lochlahn March Sep. 14A year ago, Cal Stevenson was questioning if he belonged in baseball. The outfielder bounced around the majors last season and was designated for assignment by [...]

Byline: Scott Lauber Sep. 13First, Trea Turner got ahead in the count. Then, he got a fastball over the plate. And he did what good hitters do. He lashed it [...]

Byline: Lochlahn March Sep. 10When Nick Castellanos stepped up to the plate against Tampa Bay in the eighth inning on Tuesday, he had a sense that he was about to [...]

Byline: David Murphy Aug. 30It's a silly thought, right? Knee-jerk, impulsive, laden with potential regrets. You can't release a 32-year-old starting pitcher who has two years and $36 million remaining [...]

Byline: Lochlahn March Aug. 27Don Money hit the first-ever home run at Veterans Stadium the day it opened in 1971, forever making him a Phillies trivia answer. The former third [...]

Byline: Lochlahn March Aug. 26The Phillies have called up Millville native Buddy Kennedy from triple-A Lehigh Valley, the team announced Monday. Left-handed pitcher Kolby Allard was optioned to Lehigh Valley. [...]

Byline: Alex Coffey Aug. 25KANSAS CITY, Mo. Garrett Stubbs has one of the more difficult jobs in baseball. He backs up a starting catcher, J.T. Realmuto, who rarely gets a [...]

Byline: Alex Coffey KANSAS CITY, Mo. Garrett Stubbs has one of the more difficult jobs in baseball. He backs up a starting catcher, J.T. Realmuto, who rarely gets a day [...]

Byline: Gavin Keefe Aug. 23Colton Bender occasionally pauses for a moment of appreciation while at the ballpark. Not too far in the past, Bender was playing baseball at Lyman Memorial [...]

Byline: Marcus Hayes Aug. 22On Saturday evening, Rob Thomson told 31-year-old first baseman Bryce Harper and 33-year-old catcher J.T. Realmuto that they would not play Sunday afternoon against the Nationals. [...]

Byline: Vinny Benedetto The message to rookie Bradley Blalock ahead of his first start at Coors Field was simple. Veteran catcher Jacob Stallings and the rest of the Rockies told [...]

Byline: Alex Coffey Aug. 14On Tuesday night, shortly after his team's first shutout loss at home in exactly a year, Phillies manager Rob Thomson was asked about a lineup shuffle. [...]

Byline: Travis Lazarczyk Aug. 12To be honest, we expected this to come sooner. A trio of Red Sox prospects shortstop Marcelo Mayer, outfielder Roman Anthony and catcher Kyle Teel was [...]

Byline: Vinny Benedetto Sam Hilliard made the most of his opportunities against the team he played for last season. Batting out of the nine hole, the 30-year-old outfielder drove in [...]

Byline: Dave Nichols Aug. 7PASCO It took exactly one day for Charlie Condon to catch up to High-A pitching. The 6-foot-6 outfielder, who was the No. 3 overall pick in [...]

Byline: Alex Coffey Aug. 7LOS ANGELES Matt Strahm had faced Shohei Ohtani two times before Tuesday night. Both at-bats ended in outs. The lefty struck out Ohtani on a slider [...]

Byline: Larry Mahoney Aug. 1TJ Llerena is one of the state's premier shortstops, according to Hampden Quirk Motor City Riverdogs Post 24 Senior American Legion baseball coach Frank Peckham. But [...]

Byline: Dominic Genetti Jul. 31It's never happened before; a baseball player playing for two teams in the same game. But come Aug. 26 when the Toronto Blue Jays and Boston [...]

Byline: Scott Lauber Jul. 28Close your eyes and picture this: It's July 14, 2028, opening ceremonies of the Summer Olympics, and athletes are parading into the historic Los Angeles Memorial [...]

Jul. 27Hunter Dobbins pitched five hitless innings, and a three-run fourth inning was enough for the Portland Sea Dogs in a 3-0 Eastern League win Saturday night against the Somerset [...]

Byline: Lochlahn March PHILADELPHIA For a Phillies offense that had been sputtering since the All-Star break, an 8-0 win was just what the doctor ordered. A seven-run outburst in the [...]

Byline: Tim Martinez Jul. 25Chris Parkin of Columbia River was selected as the Class 2A state baseball player of the year by the Washington State Baseball Coaches Association. Parkin, a [...]

Byline: Allan Brown It's back to business for the Eau Claire Express following a three-day NBL All-Star break that saw its star outfielder excel in the League's Home Run Challenge. [...]

Byline: Gavin Keefe Jul. 24GROTON Connor Podeszwa has a closer's personality. He's a bit goofy. He's also a bulldog. That combination, along with an effective pitching repertoire, has helped the [...]

Byline: Scott Lauber Jul. 22MINNEAPOLIS No matter what happens between now and the trade deadline next Tuesday, the Phillies' plan is for Brandon Marsh to be in the lineup whenever [...]