Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images You’ve won the series, but don’t settle for that Here are the lineups. For the Phillies: Tonight's plans#RingTheBell pic.twitter.com/dMykgBKjvo — Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) April 17, 2024 For the Rockies: 1⃣ more in Philly pic.twitter.com/iySKsblKwD — Colorado Rockies (@Rockies) April 17, 2024 Let’s talk about it ..read more

Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images Well done, Mr. Rager The complete game shutout is a rarity these days, an exquisite thing of beauty that is being seen far less in the age of pitch counts. That’s why when you see them, as we did with Ranger Suarez last night, you savor them, no matter the end time of the game. There were some mild complaints that the game was too fast, but that’s the best way defenses like to play - on their toes, the pitcher ready to go as soon as he gets the ball. It was a pleasure to watch. On to the links. Phillies news: You know, since the series against the Reds, the ..read more

Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images Gold glove defense across the board made this one a breeze Much was made of the mediocrity of the Rockies acting as the remedy for the Phillies’ recently anemic offense going into this series. Yesterday, they eked out a win in a game in which it felt like neither team had the drive to win. Tonight was a different story. Behind a career best outing by their third starter and a bounce back performance from their stifled leading man, The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Colorado Rockies 5-0 in the second game of the three game series. Ranger Suarez set a tone ..read more

Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images Thus far in the season, he’s been a revelation Let’s clear something up first. It’s pronounced /JOON-yer/, not /YOON-yer/ Marte. It shouldn’t be that hard to look at Baseball Reference to figure this out, but apparently it is. For your future references in aggrieved complaining about whatever bullpen malady has laid waste, I give you the proper way to say this young man’s name. All good? Ok, on with the show. There is always someone in a bullpen for any major league team that is a revelation, an arm they were not counting on to be one of their top options wh ..read more

Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images Hey, a win is a win I know a lot of people like to beat up on managerial decisions made by Rob Thomson. Sometimes, it’s even justified. But Rob Thomson didn’t send out a pitcher to pinch run in a tight game, only to see that pitcher blow out his shoulder on a collision at the plate. That’s some...kind of managing. On to the links. Phillies news: The team finally has a locked and loaded Orion Kerkering to unleash on the league from the bullpen. Some of the Phillies have their stock up, some of them have their stock down. J.T. Realmuto has survived some nicks ..read more

Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images And an ace performance from Nola, too There are all sorts of puns you can use as a headline if your favorite ballclub loses to the Colorado Rockies. “Rocky Mountain Low”. “A Rocky start”. “On the Rocks”. So on and so forth. Aaron Nola took the mound in the hopes of obviating the need to use any of those. Nola day began with by sending the top of the Rockies lineup down in order (foul pop, strikeout, flyout). Rockies starter Cal Quantrill couldn’t replicate the feat, although he didn’t allow much traffic: The Phillies put Bryce Harper on 1st with a 2-out walk ..read more

Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images Bring on the purple Here are the lineups. For the Phillies: Nola day#RingTheBell pic.twitter.com/VpFD6YTZJu — Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) April 15, 2024 For the Rockies: Designated Hitter Blackmon Shortstop Tovar Third Base McMahon Catcher Díaz Left Field Jones First Base Montero Right Field Toglia Center Field Doyle Second Base Trejo Starting Pitcher Quantrill Let’s talk about it ..read more

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images No series is a cake walk, but... Colorado Rockies Record 4-12 (.250) Last place in the NL West Philadelphia Phillies Record 8-8 (.500) Second place in the NL East Let’s look under the hood at ‘em Rockies Ezequiel Tovar is the prototypical shortstop. He’s fast and makes good plays. He can hit. Last year he ranked 5th in the NL in doubles. So far this season he’s slashing .317/.373/.533. Brenton Doyle made his MLB debut in April of last year and has proven himself an amazingly capable center fielder. He’s slashing .288/.323/.525. Third baseman Ryan McMahon i ..read more

Photo by George Kubas/Diamond Images via Getty Images Would Scott Kingery be a better option than Whit Merrifield? Lehigh Valley 9, Durham 4 (April 12) Lehigh Valley 6, Durham 1 (April 13) Durham 12, Lehigh Valley 9 (April 14) Mick Abel - 5 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, HR, 4 GB, 1 FB Tyler Phillips - 7 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 14 GB, 2 FB (throwing error) Kolby Allard - 4 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 4 BB, 4 K, HR, 4 GB, 1 FB Griff McGarry - 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 K Matt Kroon - 0 for 9, 2 R, BB, 2 K Jordan Luplow - 6 for 13, 3 HR, 4 RBI, 3 K (outfield assist, 2B) Kody Clemens - 2 for 7, R, 2B ..read more

Photo by Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images Our inaugural player deserves this award We’re going to kick off a new series here at The Good Phight where we name a player of the week for each week of the season. It’s a fairly standard thing that other outlets do (you read the title of this with the McCarthy-esque pause, didn’t you?), but we’re going to put our own spin on things. The inaugural player of the week had himself quite the couple of games. From a game winning hit in St. Louis to a game saving catch on a popular anniversary, Alec Bohm heard his name quite often thrown around with ..read more