Phillies Trade for Syndergaard, Marsh, and Robertson

In: Brandon Marsh, David Robertson, Noah Syndergaard Out: Logan O’Hoppe, Ben Brown, Mickey Moniak, Jadiel Sanchez, Odubel Herrera (DFA), Jeurys Familia (DFA) The Phillies entered the deadline with a gaping hole in the rotation thanks to Zach Eflin’s knee and a real need for an upgrade on Herrera’s spot in center. Like most contenders, bullpen was … Read more

Some Quick Phillies 40 Man Math

Today the Phillies sent Adam Haseley to the White Sox for a minor league reliever, McKinley Moore. It was a move that many saw coming and is largely more interesting for what it does to the opening day roster. Barring crazy happenings in the next few days the Phillies will add Bryson Stott to the … Read more

The Phillies Have Pitching Depth Conundrum

The Phillies optioned James McArthur to the minors today, earlier in the week they optioned Hans Crouse and Francisco Morales. This leaves 8 nominal starting pitches in big league camp, the 5 pitchers in the expected opening day rotation and then Bailey Falter, Cristopher Sanchez, and Nick Nelson. While critiqued by some, the Phillies expected … Read more

Phillies Use Rule 5 Protection Day to Restock Depth

The Phillies entered the offseason with some very obvious holes (CF, LF, SS, RP), but also a real lack of depth. Not every move they made this offseason needed to fix the big issues, some of the little issues needed to be addressed and some of the basic housekeeping had to be handled. Yesterday the … Read more

Phillies Rule 5 Protection Thoughts

Tomorrow is the deadline for teams to add players to their 40 man roster to protect them from the Rule 5 draft. Thanks to a deep college class in the 2017 draft, the Phillies had a lot of decisions to make coming into the year. They traded Addison Russ and then added Connor Brogdon, Mickey … Read more

The Phillies Need Harper, and They Have No One to Blame but Themselves

The 2018 Phillies were a flawed team, and understandably so. They were young at nearly every position. They ran their rotation pretty ragged when all of their young arms stayed healthy all year. Their bullpen had some injuries, but ultimately could not get everyone healthy and effective at the same time. It was frustrating, but … Read more