Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images Can they get the split? Here are the lineup. For the Phillies: Afternoon action on deck#RingTheBell pic.twitter.com/JROqPum0fs — Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) April 25, 2024 For the Reds: Going for another series win. Powered by @PNCBank pic.twitter.com/Ph7t8TlRKC — Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) April 25, 2024 Let’s talk about it ..read more

Photo by Jeff Dean/Getty Images We’re going granular, folks Aesthetics are everything. Often time, how one thing looks defines how something is. With my travel baseball team I coach, we are constantly trying to find just the right uniform that looks good on a player. We have come up with some solid combinations, ones that make the players look like ballplayers. We’re also always harping on tucking in their jersey. “You look good, you play good!” is a common, through grammatically incorrect, refrain. In the realm of professional baseball, the aesthetics of particular pitches help me sleep at ni ..read more

Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images Let’s go ahead and split the series Is it ever too early to think about wild card tiebreakers? With today’s rubber match against the Reds, the Phillies will need to win to finish 4-3 against them this season. That means Cincinnati will have the season edge against them, which might have some implications later on. Doubtful though since the Phillies are the better team and will likely finish further ahead of the Reds in the standings. But against these out of division teams, it’s necessary to think like this. On to the links. Phillies news: Aidan Miller is get ..read more

Albert Cesare/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK There were some things done wrong tonight There are nights when you know someone on the team doesn’t have it. Usually, the obvious choice is the pitcher. It’s almost instantly when one can tell if the starter doesn’t have his good stuff on that night. Other times, you know right away when the offense just isn’t going to have it in them. Bad takes, strikezone struggles - it can be apparent within a batter or two with experience. The hardest one to determine is the manager. Since he doesn’t really affect the game outside of setting the lineup card p ..read more

Photo by Jeff Dean/Getty Images Let’s get one Here are the lineups. For the Phillies: Round 3 in Cincinnati#RingTheBell pic.twitter.com/D0pcaZDazL — Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) April 24, 2024 For the Reds: Let's have a Dolo Day. Powered by @PNCBank pic.twitter.com/UB5qGUimVY — Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) April 24, 2024 Let’s talk about it ..read more

Photo by Jeff Dean/Getty Images Nothing lasts forever Well, the good times weren’t going to last forever. The Phillies were due for a stinker and had it last night. Several players were playing out of position, something that is going to cause sloppiness no matter how much one practices. It showed up for the Phillies last night and ended their seven-game winning streak. It happens, but now we just have to hope they start a new run this evening. On to the links. Phillies news: Nick Castellanos is in the midst of another slump. Here is the way he is working through it to survive. What better wa ..read more

Photo by Jeff Dean/Getty Images A humbling return to earth evens the series The streaks are no more. The Philadelphia Phillies’ pursuit of their eighth-straight win fell woefully short as they dropped game two of the four game stint against the Cincinnati Reds 8-1 on Tuesday night. Stellar defense that had been a pillar of their week-long string of victories was absent from the night’s proceedings. Early mistakes in the field doomed Cristopher Sanchez from the jump, as his 3.0 IP was the shortest outing of any Phillies’ starter so far this season. Reds’ starter, Andrew Abbott, was adequate but ..read more

Photo by Jeff Dean/Getty Images Can Cristopher continue coolness on the mound? The starting rotation has really been something. A strength of the team that we were aware of coming into the season, if possible, it’s been stronger than that. Tonight, Cristopher Sanchez is trying to continue the streak and continue what has been a remarkable resurgence. As Taijuan Walker, he of the $17 million a year contract, gets ready to return from the injured list, it’s Sanchez who has earned the right to keep his spot over Spencer Turnbull. Think about that for a bit. Think about where Sanchez was a few yea ..read more

Katie Stratman-USA TODAY Sports Another ace performance from Ranger as the wins keep coming After a textbook-definition “get-right” week in which they swept through perhaps the two worst teams in baseball, the Phillies looked to carry the momentum of a six-game winning streak into a matchup with a team much closer to their weight class. Three weeks to the day from the beginning of their last series against the Reds – the one that saw Cincinnati take two of three amidst the backdrop of never-ending rain, Bryce’s three-homer game, and an impossibly stupid rumor about a made-up wedding – the Phil ..read more

Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images No Harper, no problem Here are the lineups. For the Phillies: Back on the road#RingTheBell pic.twitter.com/yBnCfYo77O — Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) April 22, 2024 For the Reds: More Reds baseball coming your way Powered by @PNCBank pic.twitter.com/KZCMPjfYGl — Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) April 22, 2024 Let’s talk about it ..read more