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They raised the roof, Meg.

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I appreciate his transparency.

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Great to see former @bleedgreennation.bsky.social alum doing so dang good. Congrats to @benjaminsolak.bsky.social, I'm looking forward to listening.

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There are a lot of true statements in this article, and I agree Dombrowski may have been hammed in this past off-season. But the decisions that hemmed them in are also his, if we're being fair about it. And he lacked the imagination to do the little things to add a bunch of 1-2 WAR players to the 40

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I should stop posting about the Phillies now. No one cares.

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Harper and Schwarber were 13th and 15th in OPS among 135 qualified players, so I guess offensively, that was better. The next closest Phillie in terms of OPS was Stott, who ranked 82nd out of 135 qualified players.

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John Stolnis @johnstolnis.bsky.social · 23h

The other part of this problem is that the Phillies were perceived as being TOP heavy. However, the TOP wasn't that heavy at all. Harper was only worth 3.3 fWAR, Schwarber was 2.9.

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Phillies position player change in fWAR from 2025 to 2026:

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John Stolnis @johnstolnis.bsky.social · 23h

Man, it just kinda feels like the wheels are falling off this Eagles bus a little bit, doesn't it? Getting a very 2009 Eagles vibe right now...

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The Dodgers had 18 such players, the Brewers 17. Just incredible balance throughout their rosters. Even the White Sox managed to tie for 4th in this metric!!!

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Proving how much the Phillies need to balance this roster, they ranked LAST among playoff teams with total number of 1.5fWAR+ hitters AND 1.0 fWAR+ pitchers: Dodgers: 18 Brewers: 17 Yankees: 14 Rays: 13 Padres: 13 Red Sox: 13 White Sox: 13 Braves: 12 Guardians: 12 Cubs: 12 Astros: 10 Phillies: 9

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Number of pitchers worth at least 1.0 fWAR on 2026 MLB playoff teams: Dodgers: 12 Brewers: 9 Red Sox: 9 Yankees: 8 Braves: 7 Padres: 7 Rays: 7 Guardians: 6 Phillies: 6 White Sox: 6 Astros: 5 Cubs: 4

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Number of position players worth at least 1.5 fWAR on 2026 MLB Playoff teams: Brewers: 8 Cubs: 8 White Sox: 7 Dodgers: 6 Guardians: 6 Padres: 6 Yankees: 6 Rays: 6 (all above 2.0) Astros: 5 Braves: 5 Red Sox: 4 Phillies: 3

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And by waiting until RIGHT NOW to make this information known, Nick Sirianni has gained YET ANOTHER huge tactical advantage over Sean McVay! Playing chess in a checkers world over here!

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The Phillies were inside the Braves' heads so badly that they burned Sale in a game they led comfortably just to own the Phillies and now are wondering whether they should start him on short rest or risk being down 0-2. You got us! Hope it was worth it!

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schmenk-bsky @schmenk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

So who says no to this trade? PHILLIES GET: C.J. Abrams NATIONALS GET: Andrew Painter & Bryan Rincon Abrams under team control for 3 more seasons, Painter for 5. Phillies are likely to move Turner to CF next year, so shortstop would be open.

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As John says here, “Their team-wide Wins Above Replacement (Fangraphs) among their non-pitchers was just 12.0, 26th in MLB.” That 12 WAR is also the lowest total by #Phillies hitters since 2018. __ @thegoodphight.bsky.social

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

So the Eagles are missing Devonta Smith, Dallas Goedert, AND Zack Baun this week???

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Nick Piccone @piccone.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Why did the Phillies fail this year? www.thegoodphight.com/phillies-ana...

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He’s just been one of the worst players in the league all season. If you’re wont to defend him with stats and compare him to players that shouldn’t even be in his tier, don’t bother. I don’t care

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De La Cruz and Derek Hill are fine players to have on your team, but they probably shouldn’t BOTH be on your team. Nor should BOTH be in the starting lineup of a playoff game. NOR should Hill be batting FIFTH.

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Changes are coming following another Phillies postseason failure

My postmortem on a Phillies team that over performed their talent level until they no longer could. Changes are coming. www.thegoodphight.com/phillies-ana...

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Where do the Phillies go from here?

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John Stolnis @johnstolnis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Love the framing here from Scott.

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If nothing else, the Phillies can now, today, truly came they made it to October.

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John Stolnis @johnstolnis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The Phillies are a lot more lovable when they win.

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John Stolnis @johnstolnis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Hard to believe the Phillies picked themselves up off the mat like that. Harper’s redemption homer was sheer force of will. And Painter!!! What a beast! Incredible win.

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Michael Baumann @baumann.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The first two pitches Painter threw were breaking balls that missed badly. 32 of the last 35 pitches he threw were fastball/changeup. Whoever of Painter/JT/Cotham made the call to empty the clip with the changeup probably saved the season.

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Pat Gallen, CBS Sports Philadelphia @patgallen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Andrew Painter had a 7.06 ERA on June 17. He gave up 7 runs in 2 2/3 innings at Lehigh Valley on July 10. He allowed 5 runs on 10 hits in 5 innings on September 8. Today, Painter throws three scoreless innings inthe 8th, 9th, and 10th innings in an elimination game on the road.

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The Phillies have crammed every single wart into these two games. Blown save. Awful defense. Anemic offense. They’re doing it all. It’s quintessential 2026 Phillies.

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Maybe that double play by Bohm and Realmuto becomes the turning point. That was enormous.

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John @johnlindros.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The Phillies offense appears well on its way to wasting yet another legendary postseason performance by one of their starters because it appears as though they’ve never seen a split finger fastball before.

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When they won playoff games, they mashed or at least scored 4 runs - average offense or better). Here are Phillies stats up to the plane to AZ and then since. Turner (in ‘23) and Harper (hasn’t fallen off as much) carried them, until they didn’t. I knew Turner was bad, but not this bad.

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Phillies Game 1 heartbreaker to Braves was shocking, not surprising

"It’s a fundamentally terrible idea to ask someone to do something difficult they’ve rarely ever been asked to do before in the most high pressure situation imaginable." More on Jhoan Duran's meltdown in Game 1 against the Braves. @thegoodphight.bsky.social www.thegoodphight.com/phillies-ana...

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Jhoan Duran’s blown save was a familiarly painful sight.

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In addition to under-performance, almost every single break has gone against the Phillies in the last three years. It's really something.

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Part of the fear with this group of Phillies players is that they have to feel like they're snake-bitten. After getting almost all the breaks up until Game 5 of the 2022 World Series, they've gotten none. Yesterday, Harper just misses a HUGE homer off Sale. Hill just misses a game-saving catch.

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Franzke & LA @franzkela.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The Phillies have only won 4 postseason games since then. Games 2 of the '23 NLCS and Game 2 of the '25 NLDS were blowout wins, Game 2 of the '24 NLDS was a walk-off, and Game 5 of the '23 NLCS was a 6-1 victory.

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The Phillies were 18–7 in the postseason before they got on the plane to Arizona and 3–11 since I need Pablo Torre to find out what the hell happened on that flight

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