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Can Ranger Suárez win 20 games? Recent history suggests it will be tough.

Ranger Suárez is 8-0 in 2024. (Cheryl Pursell)
Bryce Harper had a message for the Phillies dugout as the team regrouped for the bottom of the fifth inning of Wednesday’s game against the Mets.“Let’s get him a W,” Harper said.
He was referring to starting pitcher Ranger Suárez, who was going to be pulled with Spencer Turnbull warming in the bullpen. Suárez allowed only two unearned runs through five innings, but was in line for a loss or no-decision i

Phillies news and rumors 5/16: Johan Rojas addresses defensive miscues

Johan Rojas is in his second season. (Grace Del Pizzo/Phillies Nation)
Known for his glove, Phillies center fielder Johan Rojas made a pair of defensive blunders on Wednesday. After the game, the 23-year-old didn’t have much of an explanation as he addressed the fielding miscues.”Nothing, I just have to catch those balls,” he told reporters through an interpreter after a 10-5 win over the Mets. “There’s no excuse for me. I’ll just come here tomorrow to work o

Phillies win slopfest vs. Mets behind another brilliant Bryce Harper game

Bryce Harper fell a triple shy of the cycle in the Phillies’ 10-5 win over the Mets on Wednesday. (Grace Del Pizzo/Phillies Nation)
Final Score: Phillies 10, Mets 5An offensive explosion in the middle innings carried the Phillies (31-13) to a third-straight victory over the rival New York Mets.
Down by one in the fifth inning, the Phillies turned on the switch with a four-run inning against Mets starter Joey Lucchesi. Edmundo Sosa and Cristian Pache led off with two walks. Johan Rojas the

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Phillies Injury Updates: Latest on Trea Turner and others

Trea Turner is currently on the injured list. (Photo by Gregory Fisher/Icon Sportswire)
The Latest Phillies Injury Updates 2:16
Trea Turner (left hamstring strain)Status: 10-day injured listTurner was placed on the 10-day injured list with a left hamstring strain on May 4. He declined to reveal what grade the strain is, but said he expects to miss “six weeks or so.”Turner took some ground balls, did his cage routine, some light running drills on the field and threw at Citizens Bank

Chase Utley scheduled to make appearance at Citizens Bank Park this week

Chase Utley is scheduled to be at Citizens Bank Park this week. (Icon Sportswire)
Chase Utley will soon be back in Philadelphia.
The legendary Phillies second baseman is scheduled to catch a ceremonial first pitch prior to Thursday’s 6:40 p.m. EST game against the New York Mets.Utley’s appearance is part of MLB’s promotion of the upcoming London Series between the Phillies and Mets on June 8-9. He will catch a ceremonial first pitch from a pair of participants from the BBC hit

Will Rhys Hoskins miss return to Philly now that he’s on injured list?

Rhys Hoskins has been placed on the injured list. (Keith Gillett/Icon Sportswire)
The Milwaukee Brewers will visit Citizens Bank Park from June 3-5, a series that initially seemed likely to feature Philadelphia Phillies fans showing their appreciation to Rhys Hoskins for what he did during parts of six seasons in red pinstripes.
It’s now unclear whether Phillies fans will get that opportunity.
After he exited Monday evening’s loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Brewers placed Hoskin

New Phillies Nation TV Show airs May 25

Coming soon – Phillies Nation TV presented by Valley Forge Tourism!Join Gregg Murphy, Sam Stafford and special guests for a fan-focused look at stories surrounding our favorite team and city. Each week they’ll be joined by the experts behind The Phillies Show podcast – Todd Zolecki, Jim Salisbury and Ruben Amaro, Jr.The first episode airs Saturday, May 25 at 7:30 p.m. on NBC Sports Philadelphia.New episodes air every Saturday an hour before Phillies Pregame Live on NBC Sports P

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Listen: Tim Kelly talks Phillies’ red-hot start on SportsRadio 94 WIP

Bryce Harper, Bryson Stott and Brandon Marsh have helped the Phillies get off to a strong start. (Grace Del Pizzo/Phillies Nation)
Phillies Nation Editorial Director Tim Kelly joined Rob Ellis on SportsRadio 94 WIP Tuesday to discuss the red-hot start by the team in 2024.
Specifically, the two got into hot starts by Ranger Suárez and Alec Bohm, Aaron Nola’s complete-game shutout and the team’s recent rash of injuries.
You can listen to the full exchange below:
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Bryce Harper’s migraine not related to Tomas Nido throw

Bryce Harper was lifted from the Phillies starting lineup shortly before first pitch on Tuesday. (Photo by John Adams/Icon Sportswire)
NEW YORK — Approximately 13 minutes before the scheduled first pitch of Tuesday’s game against the New York Mets at Citi Field, Bryce Harper was scratched from the lineup with a migraine.
He was accidentally hit in the head with a throw back to the mound from Mets catcher Tomas Nido in the first inning on Monday. He finished the game, but there was s

Phillies win 30th game of 2024 behind Aaron Nola complete-game shutout

Aaron Nola threw a complete-game shutout in Tuesday’s win against the Mets. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire)
Final Score: Phillies 4, Mets 0NEW YORK — The Phillies, even when they are not at full strength, continue to bully lesser teams.
They secured a 4-0 victory over the rival New York Mets at Citi Field to clinch a fifth series sweep this season and become the first team in MLB to reach 30 wins.Aaron Nola bounced back from a rough outing against the Blue Jays and threw his

New bat-tracking data shows how strong Alec Bohm, Phillies have been in 2024

Alec Bohm is off to a good start this year. (Keith Gillett/Icon Sportswire)
Average bat speed, fast swing rate, squared-up percentage and blasts. Thanks to Major League Baseball, those are all new, publicly accessible numbers and statistics that can be found on Baseball Savant.On Sunday, those new numbers, along with a few others, were released for every hitter who has swung a bat in the majors this season. The new bat tracking data has led to some conversations about what these numbers mean, a

Gutsy outing from Cristopher Sánchez sets up best win of Phillies season

Cristopher Sánchez gutted out 5 2/3 innings in the Phillies’ 5-4 win over the Mets.(Photo by Jeff Robinson/Icon Sportswire)
NEW YORK — Cristopher Sánchez was reeling.
He had just allowed a run to score on a bases loaded walk to the Mets’ J.D. Martinez. He had no outs and had already thrown 24 pitches in the inning with only 11 landing for strikes. He couldn’t command his pitches down in the zone. Sánchez signaled to the dugout and Rob Thomson walked

Phillies news and rumors 5/14: Club to play at special 11:35 a.m. ET start time on June 23

Citizens Bank Park has been the home of the Phillies since 2004. (Ty Daubert, Phillies Nation)
Major League Baseball and Roku have agreed on a deal that makes Roku the new place to watch MLB Sunday Leadoff games.One of the 18 matchups selected for this season is the Arizona Diamondbacks-Philadelphia Phillies game on June 23.
Roku is now your home for the Sunday Leadoff! Starting May 19: 18 free games on @TheRokuChannel@MLB Zone featuring live games, highlights, and more MLB channel in the Live

Bryson Stott plays hero in Phillies’ extra-inning comeback win over Mets

Bryson Stott was Monday’s hero. (Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire)
Final: Phillies 5, Mets 4 (10 innings)The trumpets blared at Citi Field as Edwin Díaz, one of baseball’s top closers, entered the game for a save. Bryson Stott then made late-inning music of his own.Stott began a ninth-inning Phillies comeback with a home run off Díaz to right-center field before driving in the winning run with a sacrifice fly in the top of the 10th. The infielder was the hero in a

Phillies Notes: The latest on Realmuto, Schwarber and Turner

Phillies catcher J.T. Realmuto is out of the lineup for a second straight day. (Photo by Rick Ulreich/Icon Sportswire)
NEW YORK — The Phillies are hoping that both Kyle Schwarber (back) and J.T. Realmuto (knee) will avoid the injured list.Realmuto, speaking with reporters in the visiting clubhouse at Citi Field on Monday, said he began experiencing right knee soreness as he was running the bases when he hit a triple on May 4 against the San Francisco Giants. The knee started bothering him

Ranger Suárez, Phillies keep on rolling with big win against Marlins

Ranger Suárez is 7-0 over his first eight starts of the season. (Photo by Peter Joneleit/Icon Sportswire)
Final Score: Phillies 8, Marlins 2loanDepot/Marlins Park has been a house of horrors for the Phillies over the years, but nothing seems to frighten this version of the club.
The Phillies (27-12) crushed the last-place Miami Marlins 8-2 in the first of a three-game weekend set in South Florida. Nick Castellanos homered in his first at-bat, Johan Rojas went 3-for-5 with a home run and

The Phillies Show: How a chat with Trea Turner fueled Bryce Harper’s hot streak

Bryce Harper and Trea Turner are in their second season together as teammates with the Phillies. (Destiny Lugardo/Phillies Nation)
Bryce Harper has started to heat up at the plate. Over his last seven games, the two-time NL MVP has posted a .409/.552/.818 slash line with three home runs. Going back further, over his last 15 games, Harper has a 1.090 OPS.In the latest episode of “The Phillies Show” podcast, Ruben Amaro Jr., Jim Salisbury and Todd Zolecki discuss Harper’s recent

Phillies reveal weekend starting rotation plans against Marlins

Zack Wheeler will start against the Marlins Sunday. (Peter Joneleit/Icon Sportswire)
The Philadelphia Phillies will take the best record in baseball to Miami this weekend, as they play a three-game set at loanDepot Park against the lowly Marlins, who are off to a miserable 10-29 start. In theory, the Phillies should sweep the Fish, bolstering their 26-12 start to the season.
Manager Rob Thomson revealed before Wednesday afternoon’s loss to the Toronto Blue Jaysthat the Phillies will stay

Phillies news and rumors 5/9: Aidan Miller has another four-hit game for Threshers

Aidan Miller was a first-round pick by the Phillies in 2023. (Tim Kelly/Phillies Nation)
While the Phillies are giving fans every reason to keep their attention on the major-league club this year, Aidan Miller is reminding people not to forget about the happenings in Clearwater.The Phillies’ second-best prospect had another four-hit game for the Threshers on Wednesday, and this one was even better than the last. Miller went 4-for-5 with two doubles, four RBIs and his third homer of the se

Phillies fall to Blue Jays to snap winning streaks

Aaron Nola and the Phillies lost on Wednesday.(Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire)
Final: Blue Jays 5, Phillies 3All good things must come to an end, even for the surging first-place Phillies.The offense, red-hot at home of late, ran into problems against Toronto starter Chris Bassitt, while a sixth-inning surge against right-hander Aaron Nola helped the Blue Jays down the Phillies, 5-3, on Wednesday afternoon at Citizens Bank Park to snap an 11-game home winning streak for Philadelphia. Th

Brandon Marsh talks SNB mic’d up moment, love of rap music

Brandon Marsh had one of the best mic’d up on appearances on Sunday Night Baseball. (Cheryl Pursell/Phillies Nation)
Brandon Marsh keeled over with laughter and started dancing along in between sets in the cage as the Phillies’ DJ blasted one of his favorite rap songs — BossMan Dlow’s “Get In With Me” — during batting practice.The Florida rapper’s hit 2024 single was as TikTok sensation, and Marsh only gave it another viral moment when he sang a l

Phillies Injury Updates: Latest on Trea Turner and slew of arms

Trea Turner is currently on the injured list. (Cheryl Pursell/Phillies Nation)
The Latest Phillies Injury UpdatesTrea Turner (left hamstring strain)Status: 10-day injured listTurner was placed on the 10-day injured list with a left hamstring strain on May 4. He declined to reveal what grade the strain is, but said he expects to miss “six weeks or so.”
Turner is doing some isometrics Wednesday, but is mostly just getting treatments currently.
Rob Thomson talked about how important it

Road closures to impact Phillies fans attending Wednesday’s game against Blue Jays

Road closures will impact travel to and from today’s Phillies game. (Grace Del Pizzo/Phillies Nation)
The Phillies are asking fans attending Wednesday’s 1:05 p.m. game against the Toronto Blue Jays to allow extra travel time to and from the game or consider taking public transit due to planned I-95 road closures.
I-95 northbound from Essington Avenue in Southwest Philadelphia to Academy Road in Northeast Philadelphia will close at approximately 1:00 p.m. for a “short period of

Harper, Phillies continue to amaze in blowout against Blue Jays

Bryce Harper hit a grand slam in Tuesday’s win against the Blue Jays. (Grace Del Pizzo/PhilliesNation)
Final Score: Phillies 10, Blue Jays 1Enjoy it while it lasts.
The hottest stretch of Phillies baseball we may ever see continued on Tuesday in a 10-1 win against the Toronto Blue Jays at Citizens Bank Park. Bryce Harper hit his eighth-career grand slam and his third home run in as many days, Kody Clemens fell a single and double shy of the cycle and Nick Castellanos extended his modest h

Phillies’ Spencer Turnbull to pitch out of bullpen Tuesday

Spencer Turnbull will pitch out of the bullpen on Tueday night. (Grace Del Pizzo/Phillies Nation)
After an electric start to the season as a member of the starting rotation, Spencer Turnbull will pitch out of the bullpen for the first time as a Phillie.Turnbull excelled as Philadelphia’s No. 5 starter in the absence of Taijuan Walker, posting a 1.67 ERA in six starts so far this year. Upon Walker’s return from the injured list on April 18, the team shuffled things around for both to

Phillies news and rumors 5/7: J.T. Realmuto says team is ‘built for the long haul’

J.T. Realmuto has anchored the Phillies’ league-best pitching staff this season.
The Phillies are playing some of the best baseball they’ve played in the last decade, or more. They’ve won 17 of 20, and 17 of 20 is 17 of 20, even if it’s not coming against the Braves, Dodgers and Orioles. At 25-11, they have the best record in baseball.It’s markedly different, in a good way, from the formula the Phillies followed the previous two seasons: start off several games und

Zack Wheeler looks like a man on a mission for a Cy Young

Zack Wheeler is off to an incredible start in 2024.(Cheryl Pursell/Phillies Nation)
“Obviously Wheels today, went out and did what kind of Zack does every time he goes out there.”
That was the opening message from Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Bryce Harper after the team completed a four-game sweep of the San Francisco Giants behind his three-run home run and another tremendous start from ace Zack Wheeler.
Really since the start of the 2021 season, every fifth day for the Phil

Another big hit from Bryce Harper lifts Phillies to series sweep of Giants

Bryce Harper hit a three-run homer for a second straight game. (Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire)
Final Score: Phillies 6, Giants 1It took a while, but the Phillies were able to get to Giants rookie starter Mason Black. Bryce Harper hit a three-run home run for a second straight day and Zack Wheeler returned to dominance in a 6-1 win over the San Francisco Giants on Monday to secure a rare wrap-around series sweep and sixth straight win.
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With Trea Turner out, who will hit second for Phillies on J.T. Realmuto’s off days?

J.T. Realmuto is going to be off Tuesday. (Cheryl Pursell/Phillies Nation)
J.T. Realmuto will hit second for the Philadelphia Phillies for the third day in a row Monday, a spot he figures to occupy in manager Rob Thomson’s lineup quite frequently while Trea Turner recovers from a left hamstring strain that is expected to sideline him for “six weeks or so.”
However, the problem with having your catcher fill such an important role in the lineup is that the demand that comes with