CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Phillies infield coach Juan Castro believes the three feet before a baseball crosses home plate are the most important for an infielder. If he is not ready by then, he never will be. “You engage every pitch,” Castro said this...
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CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Brandon Kintzler is salty. His nickname is “Salt,” after all, so the mood fits. A 15-minute conversation with him this week at BayCare Ballpark offered every reason why. “I act like I’m \[ticked\] off every day,” Kintzler said. “I
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... ge, so he finds ways to motivate himself. He found one last July when former Phillies closer Ricky Bottalico called the Marlins “bottom feeders” on NBC Sports Phi ...
Speed. It’s one of those tools that can’t be taught, but how to use it effectively on the basepaths can. There have been plenty of players who could flat-out fly who never learned to properly steal a base, and plenty of players with good speed who...
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... id go 24-for-27 in attempts during his college career at Arkansas before the Phillies nabbed him in the third round. NATIONAL LEAGUE CENTRAL Brewers: Garrett Mitc ...
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Long before Trevor Bauer won the 2020 National League Cy Young Award and signed a record-breaking contract with the Dodgers on Feb. 11, he met Caleb Cotham at Driveline Baseball, just outside Seattle. They clicked immediately. “We’
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... e best that I know at that role.” Cotham is 33, which makes him younger than Phillies pitchers Brandon Kintzler (36), Tony Watson (35), Iván Nova (33) and David H ...
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Bryce Harper expects the Phillies to be in the thick of a title chase in the National League East in 2021. He once again thanked Dave Dombrowski’s offseason moves for that. “The way that Dombrowski works, I don’t even know if he’s
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... He’s looked great in camp.” Bye, Spectrum Field. Hello, BayCare Ballpark The Phillies announced that BayCare Health System acquired the naming rights of the club’ ...
When the Phillies take the field for their upcoming Grapefruit League home opener on March 1, they will be doing so at the newly named BayCare Ballpark. The Phillies announced today that their long-time affiliate BayCare Health System is taking on...
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... BayCare HealthSystem will be the exclusive healthcare system partner for the Phillies in the Florida market. Financial terms to the agreement were not disclosed. ...
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Spencer Howard wondered more than anybody what he had cooking in his right shoulder last season. The 24-year-old experienced sharp pain in the same shoulder in 2019. This time, however, it felt different. Whatever it was, it...
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... 12 innings in '18. He will be monitored. “The word is not ‘concern’ for me,” Phillies pitching coach Caleb Cotham said about Howard’s workload. “That’s not a word ...
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Less time in the hot tub, more time on the field, this is the way Andrew McCutchen likes his springs. “I mean, I feel like I’ve got a left and right leg this year,” he said Wednesday at Spectrum Field. “Not two right legs.”...
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... ling like himself again after tearing the ACL in his left knee in June 2019. Phillies manager Joe Girardi said he no longer sees a limp when McCutchen stops runni ...
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Bryce Harper said his back is healthy, although he will take things more slowly this spring. Harper played through a balky back in the final few weeks of last season, and it affected his play. He had a 1.147 OPS in 21 games...
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... oner Thomas Farley said Tuesday, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. The Phillies are optimistic it will happen. “Well, I would love it,” Phillies manager Joe ...
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Bryce Harper shared the same concerns last fall. He asked the same questions. Like, are the Phillies in trouble? “Yeah, I mean, I think a lot of people thought that,” Harper said Tuesday morning at Spectrum Field. “I think guys...
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... k the city is in need of that, you know what I’m saying?” Remember where the Phillies were last fall. They finished 28-32 behind the worst bullpen in baseball in ...
PHILADELPHIA -- The best teams do not always win the World Series. Case in point: the Phillies. Here is a look back at the five best regular seasons in franchise history: 1\. 2011 The Phillies won a franchise-record 102 games behind arguably the...
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... best friend, Chris Carpenter, in Game 5 of the best-of-five series, 1-0. The Phillies have not been to the postseason or had a winning season since. 2. 1976 Phila ...
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Four years have passed since the magical spring of Scotty Jetpax. The line drives, the speed, the glove. Scott Kingery captured the imagination of the Phillies and their fans in the spring of 2018. It wasn't just the fans begging...
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... gap. Running. Stuff like that.” Kingery wants to be Scotty Jetpax again. The Phillies do, too. “Being Jetpax!” Phillies manager Joe Girardi said. “Yes, that's wha ...
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Rhys Hoskins let loose a little bit Monday at Spectrum Field. He launched a few home runs during a couple rounds of batting practice during the Phillies’ first full-squad workout. One ball landed on the concrete pathway beyond...
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... ’t think Opening Day is out of the picture.” It would be a huge boost to the Phillies’ lineup. Hoskins has hit 91 home runs since his big league debut in Aug. 201 ...
Four months after having right middle fingernail surgery, Phillies right-hander Zack Wheeler said Sunday afternoon he is 100 percent healthy. It marked the second time he had the surgery on the finger; the first came when he was with the Mets a few...
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... with a 2.92 ERA and 53 strikeouts in 11 starts in his first season with the Phillies. “What impressed me the most was his consistency and his toughness,” manager ...
