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Matt Gelb

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Phillies beat writer for The Athletic. One half of Phillies Therapy podcast. Daily Orange U.

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Matt Gelb @mattgelb.bsky.social · 10h
Let the questions about this Phillies offseason begin. The most pressing one has nothing to do with who the manager is: www.nytimes.com/athletic/765...
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Phillies face many pressing offseason questions: Trea Turner’s 2027 position tops the list (Gift Article)
If the Phillies ask shortstop Trea Turner to change positions, is he willing? "We'll see," Turner said Thursday night.
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Charlotte Varnes @charlottevarnes.bsky.social · 11h
Some scene from the post-game clubhouse, where several Phillies players praised Don Mattingly’s job as interim manager. It might not save him. www.nytimes.com/athletic/765...
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Phillies players praised Don Mattingly's job as manager. It might not save him
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Charlotte Varnes @charlottevarnes.bsky.social · 15h
Nearly the entire Phillies lineup regressed or did not improve in 2026. What comes now? www.nytimes.com/athletic/765...
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The Phillies’ offense significantly regressed in 2026. What’s next?
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Matt Gelb @mattgelb.bsky.social · 16h
There was less heartbreak this time; just acceptance. The Phillies haven’t won a postseason series in 1,086 days. A eulogy for 2026 -- and what felt like something more than that: www.nytimes.com/athletic/765...
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The Phillies haven’t won a playoff series in 1,086 days. Is this exit the end of an era? (Gift Article)
The Phillies have lost 12 of their past 16 postseason games. Another October exit raises more questions about this core’s contention window.
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Matt Gelb @mattgelb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Braves 6, Phillies 2. The season ends in the Wild Card Series, and a long winter awaits the Phillies.
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Matt Gelb @mattgelb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It's closing time for the Phillies. Ozzie Albies homers off Zack Wheeler to make it 5-0.
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Matt Gelb @mattgelb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Phillies are lifting Aaron Nola with two outs in the second inning. Tim Mayza's coming into the game. Zack Wheeler will likely follow in the third inning. Nightmare scenario here for Phillies.
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Matt Gelb @mattgelb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Update on Edmundo Sosa, over on @theathletic.com’s live blog for the only baseball game tonight: www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...
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De La Cruz starting in LF (Gift Article)
The Phillies put Edmundo Sosa through an early workout on the field this afternoon to test his groin injury. The club deemed him playable, although interim manager Don Mattingly admitted that Sosa cou...
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Matt Gelb @mattgelb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Sosa’s at third. De La Cruz in left.
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Charlotte Varnes @charlottevarnes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“He’s been through the wringer this year, on and off the field. No person or player or anybody should have to go through those situations.” Alec Bohm was four outs away from the potential end of his Phillies career. Then he homered to save the season: www.nytimes.com/athletic/764...
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Alec Bohm’s season was at times a nightmare. His Game 2 moment? Anything but (Gift Article)
"He's been through the wringer this year, on and off the field," Bryce Harper said of Bohm.
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Matt Gelb @mattgelb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A quick Phillies Therapy pod between Games 2 and 3 of this dramatic Wild Card Series ... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3qDD...
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NLWC Check-In: An Exercise in Legacy
Podcast Episode · Phillies Therapy · October 1 · 29m
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Matt Gelb @mattgelb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"Your best is good enough." So many moments to remember from how the Phillies saved their season for a day: www.nytimes.com/athletic/764...
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Six outs from elimination, the Phillies dug deep and willed a win. They are still alive (Gift Article)
The Phillies' 4-3 win over the Braves was one of their greatest playoff comebacks. They will play October baseball — for at least one day.
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Matt Gelb @mattgelb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Phillies are starting Aaron Nola tonight in Game 3: www.nytimes.com/athletic/764...
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Phillies turn to Aaron Nola in hopes of staving off elimination in final wild-card game (Gift Article)
Nola pitched into the seventh inning in two starts against the Braves in September.
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Paul @phillies-therapy.com · 01/10/2026
Postgame pod. Holy crap. On the public feeds soon. www.patreon.com/PhilliesTher...
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[AD-FREE] NLWC Check-In: An Exercise in Legacy | Phillies Therapy
There is no easy, concise way to describe this Phillies team, in equal parts talent-laden and flawed, underachieving yet capable of heroics.
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Matt Gelb @mattgelb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
How do you even begin to explain what happened to the Phillies in Game 2? "What a sport," Bryce Harper said. They are still alive: www.nytimes.com/athletic/764...
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Six outs from elimination, the Phillies dug deep and willed a win. They are still alive (Gift Article)
It was one of the greatest comebacks in Phillies postseason history. They will play October baseball — for at least one day.
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Matt Gelb @mattgelb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The coolest part of that game-ending ABS challenge: The rare double pitcher-catcher head tap. www.nytimes.com/athletic/764...
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Matt Gelb @mattgelb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Phillies are meeting now to figure out who will pitch Game 3. Everything is on the table.
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Matt Gelb @mattgelb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Phillies 4, Braves 3 (F/10). Alec Bohm and Andrew Painter save the season. There will be a Game 3 in Atlanta. The Phillies live another day. What a batshit insane game.
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Matt Gelb @mattgelb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Phillies have the lead. Alec Bohm homers. Jhoan Duran is not warming up. Andrew Painter is going to be asked to finish the game.
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Matt Gelb @mattgelb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
That's six outs for rookie Andrew Painter on 16 pitches. Extra innings. Drama at the ballpark.
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Matt Gelb @mattgelb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Andrew Painter is warming up.
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Matt Gelb @mattgelb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper hit back-to-back homers to tie it. Are you kidding me?
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Matt Gelb @mattgelb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
With the season in the balance, Bryce Harper misplays a ball in right field that is scored a double. The Phillies' defense has hurt them all season; a fitting way for this to perhaps end. Cris Sánchez threw a career-high 116 pitches.
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Matt Gelb @mattgelb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When the Phillies needed a defensive play to save them, it was Alec Bohm who starts and ends a 3-2-3. As expected.
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Matt Gelb @mattgelb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
One very, very random thing I am thinking about for the first inning of Game 2: www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...
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First pitch sinker from Sánchez? (Gift Article)
Something very, very random I am thinking about as Game 2 between Phillies and Braves nears: Cristopher Sánchez has thrown a first-pitch sinker to the first batter of the game all 33 times he started ...
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Matt Gelb @mattgelb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
How the Phillies could handle their pitching for a potential Game 3 (I know, I know) ... over at @TheAthleticMLB's live blog: www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...
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Nola in line for potential Game 3 start (Gift Article)
If the Phillies can somehow win Game 2 at Truist Park, they would likely start Aaron Nola on regular rest in Game 3 with Zack Wheeler on three days' rest as an option in the bullpen. Wheeler will not ...
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Matt Gelb @mattgelb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Alec Bohm is batting fourth and Bryson Stott is fifth. Original lineup had them flipped, but Phillies said it was a clerical error. This is the lineup they intended.
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Matt Gelb @mattgelb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Phillies have allowed 41 runs in nine postseason games since 2024, and 35 of those runs have come in the sixth inning or later. They blew a late lead again, and it's not hard to wonder: "What if?" Story from Atlanta: www.nytimes.com/athletic/764...
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Another Phillies postseason, another painful round of ‘what-ifs’ about the bullpen (Gift Article)
Three years, three Game 1s, three blown leads in the seventh inning or later. After another soul-crushing loss, the season is on the line.
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Matt Gelb @mattgelb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
For the third straight postseason, the Phillies blow a Game 1 lead in the seventh inning or later. It's happening all over again. They lose, 5-3, and they face elimination Wednesday afternoon.
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Matt Gelb @mattgelb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Phillies have the lead. They are bringing in closer Jhoan Duran in the seventh inning.
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Matt Gelb @mattgelb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Rookie Justin Crawford is pinch-hitting with runners on the corners and one out and Didier Fuentes in the game.
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Matt Gelb @mattgelb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Pure guts from Jesús Luzardo there. He throws 77 pitches in five innings in his first start in 22 days. Alex McFarlane is getting ready to pitch the sixth. It's tied.
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Matt Gelb @mattgelb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jon Bowlan and Tim Mayza are warming up in the fifth inning.
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Matt Gelb @mattgelb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Follow along all of the postseason action today with @TheAthleticMLB's live blog. Rosters, lineups, news, analysis: www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...
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Phillies announce their lineup and Wild Card Series roster (Gift Article)
Derek Hill, the part-time center fielder who has authored an outsized share of big moments this season for the Phillies, is batting fifth in Game 1 of the Wild Card Series. It's the highest he's hit i...
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Matt Gelb @mattgelb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Phillies do not have Brooks Raley on their Wild Card roster, which means all three players they acquired at trade deadline — Arraez, Kilian, Raley — are off.
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Paul @phillies-therapy.com · 29/09/2026
Wild Card Series preview time, you lovely people. STRAP IN podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2...
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2026 NLWC Series Preview
Podcast Episode · Phillies Therapy · September 29 · 31m
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Matt Gelb @mattgelb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The postseason begins this afternoon. It's Jesús Luzardo, two days after throwing four pitches in his first game in 20 days, in Game 1. Could he be more than an opener? www.nytimes.com/athletic/764...
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Jesús Luzardo wanted the ball. Now the Phillies are counting on him in Game 1 (Gift Article)
Luzardo threw four pitches in relief in Sunday's postseason clincher. How deep he can go remains something of a mystery.
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Matt Gelb @mattgelb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Phillies have their Game 1 starter. "I don’t think we really know what to expect,” Don Mattingly said. It begins: www.nytimes.com/athletic/764...
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Phillies name Jesús Luzardo as Game 1 starter, pitching plan begins to take shape (Gift Article)
Luzardo threw four pitches in relief in Sunday's postseason clincher. How deep he can go remains something of a mystery.
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Matt Gelb @mattgelb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Dan Merzel, who ejected Phillies hitting coach Kevin Long last Thursday, will be the home-plate umpire for Game 1 of Phillies Braves. Full rotation:
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Matt Gelb @mattgelb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Luis Arraez will not be on the Wild Card Series roster. Otto Kemp is on. Phillies will go with three catchers still. They had several injuries in minors that depleted depth.
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Matt Gelb @mattgelb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It’s workout day. Phillies have Otto Kemp here; he could be on Wild Card roster. Some more clarity on pitching, etc. in a bit.
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Matt Gelb @mattgelb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
For three Phillies rookies who could factor into Wild Card Series, the clubhouse celebration was something new. Fun story from @charlottevarnes.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/athletic/763...
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The Phillies infused youth into their clubhouse. How the rookies celebrated the clinch (Gift Article)
Justin Crawford, Andrew Painter and Alex McFarlane soaked up the clubhouse celebrations after the Phillies' postseason-clinching win.
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Matt Gelb @mattgelb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Some rambling, incoherent initial thoughts about Phillies-Braves on a new Phillies Therapy: Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4E6q...
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Phillies Clinch Wild Card Berth
Podcast Episode · Phillies Therapy · September 28 · 49m
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Matt Gelb @mattgelb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The seeds for a cathartic swing (finally) in Game 162 were planted in a late-night cage session after Game 161. It was a grind until the very end. The f-ed up Phillies get another crack at the postseason: www.nytimes.com/athletic/763...
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Phillies come alive to avoid historic collapse, clinch playoff date with Braves (Gift Article)
It took until the 162nd game of the season, with an existential crisis baked into the final week, but the Phillies are back in the playoffs.
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Matt Gelb @mattgelb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Phillies are working through their pitching situation for Game 1 of the Wild Card Series, several people said. It could be some combination that involves a cast of Jesús Luzardo, Andrew Painter and others. They'll have some clarity at Monday morning's workout in ATL.
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Matt Gelb @mattgelb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Luis Arraez is in a walking boot on the field as the Phillies enjoy a muted celebration.
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Matt Gelb @mattgelb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
You might be done with the Phillies. They are not done with you. They're back in the playoffs for a fifth straight year after avoiding a historic collapse: www.nytimes.com/athletic/763...
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Phillies come alive to avoid historic collapse, clinch playoff date with Braves (Gift Article)
It took until the 162nd game of the season, with an existential crisis baked into the final week, but the Phillies are back in the playoffs.
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Matt Gelb @mattgelb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It's pouring here. Jesús Luzardo is warming up to pitch the eighth inning. Phillies have a four-run lead.
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Matt Gelb @mattgelb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Pigs are flying. The Phillies have hit their first home run in 46 innings. It's Bryce Harper.
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Matt Gelb @mattgelb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Kyle Schwarber just belly-flopped into second base. He is going wild. The Phillies have a four-run lead in a must-win game.
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