Philadelphia Phillies, Brewers and All-Star Game
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Kyle Schwarber is all in on helping the Phillies win a World Series, as the MLB free agency looms on the horizon.
The Philadelphia Phillies have entered the All-Star break just half a game ahead of the New York Mets in the National League East, with this promising to be a t
Former Phillies GM Rips Major League Baseball After Trea Turner Announcement originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Philadelphia Phillies general manager Rubén Amaro Jr. won't see Trea Turner when the longtime executive turns on the 2025 MLB All-Star Game.
The Phillies criticized MLB after two of their pitchers weren't named replacements but Jacob Misiorowski, after five starts, made the team.
The Philadelphia Phillies are expected over the next couple of weeks to try to make some aggressive moves to upgrade the roster ahead of the trade deadline. Ove
Indiana prep pitcher and Philadelphia Phillies draft pick Matthew Fisher is the exception, and understandably so. Philadelphia used the 221st overall selection on Fisher, a 6-foot-3, 200-pound righty who garnered first-round buzz ahead of the draft.
The National League's longest win streak in the All-Star Game spanned from 1972 to 1982, when it won 11 consecutive games. The National League's 11-game win streak is the longest win streak by a single league in the history of the All-Star Game.
Now, it's being speculated by ESPN MLB writer Kiley McDaniel that Obermueller could have a quick path to "the show" now that he's in the Phillies' system. Philadelphia selected pitcher Gage Wood out of Arkansas with pick No. 26 in the first round. They then followed that up by picking the Iowa star.
The selection of Gage Wood, along with an influx of other college pitchers, might be signaling change for the Phillies, both in the next couple of weeks and next couple of years.
Fisher becomes the ninth Memorial graduate to be chosen in the MLB Draft. The only others in program history to be chosen straight from the prep ranks were Don Mattingly (1979) and Mark Wezet (1973). Mattingly played 14 years with the New York Yankees; Wezet pitched in college at Murray State.
ESPN writer Kiley McDaniel predicts that the Philadelphia Phillies' night-one picks, Gage Wood and Cade Obermueller, could make their MLB debuts this season.
The Philadelphia Phillies could make a major splash at the MLB trade deadline by acquiring elite closer Emmanuel Clase from the Cleveland Guardians.