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  • Trea Turner’s hot bat sets the tone vs. Pirates ace Paul Skenes in Phillies’ 10-6 win

    Trea Turner’s hot bat sets the tone vs. Pirates ace Paul Skenes in Phillies’ 10-6 win

    When you’re a two-time batting champion in the midst of a three-month slump, everyone looks for the littlest hint of a breakout. A line drive here, a home run there, anything to forecast the inevitable hot streak.

    Trea Turner has heard it since April.

    “When [reporters] ask me if I’m back, I’m like, ‘I don’t know,’” the Phillies’ star shortstop said recently. “Like, I’ve got to do it for three, four days. You could have a good game here or there, but it’s about consistency.”

    OK, then. How about two weeks’ worth of good games? Or three consecutive games with a homer? Or turning on a sweeper from Paul Skenes and hitting it into the left-field seats Wednesday night to power a 10-6 pounding of the Pirates, the Phillies’ seventh win in nine games?

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    Is Turner finally hot?

    Was it 96 degrees at first pitch?

    “I feel like the last three or four weeks have been pretty solid,” Turner said. “I know how good I am. I know how good I can be, focusing on the last three weeks and getting back to two-strike hitting and scoring runs. I feel like I’ve scored runs at a really good clip because the guys behind me are playing so well.

    “But that’s my job, to score runs, so I feel like the last few weeks have been really good.”

    Interim manager Don Mattingly seems amused by the topic. After Turner doubled, homered, and drove in three runs on his 33rd birthday Tuesday night, Mattingly answered a question with two playful questions: “Is he coming back? Is he going yet?”

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    But it’s clear Turner has rediscovered … something. He said he has been pleased with his two-strike approach. He’s making better adjustments within a game. After popping up in his first at-bat against Skenes, he ditched his leg kick before the home run.

    Most importantly, Mattingly noted that Turner isn’t swinging at as many pitches out of the strike zone.

    “He’s always going to chase a little bit,” Mattingly said. “But when it’s not in the other batter’s box, you know he’s starting to see the ball and take some closer pitches, foul some balls off, and get to balls.”

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    Add it up, and since June 17, when he was reinstalled in the leadoff spot, Turner is 21-for-60 to hike his average from .216 to .239 and his OPS from .595 to .655.

    It’s still not the production that Turner is accustomed to, but hey, it’s a start.

    “I feel like [the numbers] are not going to look good probably no matter what I do for a while,” he said. “Just try to focus on some good progress and then keep rolling with it and see where they end up at the end of the year.”

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    Turner’s revival is happening at a perfect time. Not only are the Phillies (49-38) closing fast on the division-leading Braves, going from 9½ games out on June 7 to only 2½, but the trade deadline is looming on Aug. 3.

    The Phillies entered play Wednesday with the lowest OPS in baseball from their right-handed hitters (.607). But as much as they needed another bat from the right side, they’re unlikely to be able to acquire one as good as Turner.

    In case any of the 41,766 paying customers forgot after Turner finished fifth in the NL MVP race last season, his tone-setting ability was on display again in the worst start of Skenes’ career.

    A presupposed pitchers’ duel between Skenes and Zack Wheeler turned into a dud. The Phillies thumped Skenes for eight runs (seven earned) in four innings; Wheeler gave up four runs and wasn’t happy to be lifted with two out in the fifth inning after 104 pitches, snapping his streak of 53 starts of at least five innings dating back to June 2024.

    “I feel like I’ve earned that,” Wheeler said.

    The Phillies hit Pirates ace Paul Skenes for eight runs (seven earned) Wednesday night.

    Neither ace exhibited his usual command. And Skenes was hurt by the Pirates’ defense. With the bases loaded in the second inning, Justin Crawford chopped a ball to third baseman Nick Gonzales, whose throw to the plate hit Alec Bohm and rolled away, enabling two runs to score.

    Up stepped Turner, who got a sweeper on the inner half of the plate and pulled it out to left field for a three-run homer.

    Skenes hadn’t allowed more than five runs in any of his previous 72 major league starts. The Phillies hung a five-spot on him in the second inning. Brandon Marsh tacked on a leadoff homer in the third before Bryce Harper’s two-run double in the fourth opened an 8-2 lead.

    It wasn’t the first time the Phillies conquered Skenes. They clipped him for five runs May 17 in Pittsburgh. He has allowed 39 earned runs all season; 12 have come against the Phillies.

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    Their secret?

    “Our club’s not really afraid of anybody,” Mattingly said. “It doesn’t matter who the guy is. We’ve got guys who’ve had success in their career, and you’re not shying away from guys like this.”

    Turner added: “I think we’ve got a good team.”

    The Phillies are on a 109-win pace under Mattingly (40-19) after a 9-19 start that prompted a managerial change.

    And now they’ve got Turner playing like Turner again.

    “Somebody asked me earlier, when do I feel like Trea’s going good,” Mattingly said. “Once a guy gets rolling, I mean, you know it’s there and he finds the field. … Trea’s been going for a while now.”

  • Cristopher Sánchez battles through a scrape, pitches seven scoreless innings in Phillies’ shutout win vs. Pirates

    Cristopher Sánchez battles through a scrape, pitches seven scoreless innings in Phillies’ shutout win vs. Pirates

    Cristopher Sánchez unleashed a first-pitch strike in the second inning and called for a trainer.

    Uh-oh.

    Three words the Phillies never want to see in the same sentence: “Cristopher Sánchez” and “trainer.” But there they were Tuesday night, and well, Citizens Bank Park held its collective breath.

    Sánchez, it turned out, cut loose a changeup and scraped the top of his left thumb, the evidence of which was a blood stain between the red pinstripes on his white pants. He smiled, even chuckled with a few teammates, and a few dabs later, the ace lefty was firing again.

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    Crisis averted. Sánchez kept throwing his signature changeup without incident, allowing three hits in seven scoreless innings. And the Phillies cakewalked, 8-0, over the Pirates to move within 2½ games of the first-place Braves, who lost at home to the Cardinals.

    Oh, and postgame fireworks went off as planned for the 41,710 paying customers.

    Scrape? What scrape?

    “Yeah, just a little scratch on the finger,” Sánchez said through a team interpreter. “It happens sometimes when I throw the changeup because of the touch with the finger. So, it’s no big deal.”

    But that momentary pit-of-their-stomach feeling as assistant athletic trainer Christian Bermudez went out to see Sánchez underscores the precariousness of this entire thing.

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    Look, there isn’t any replacing Sánchez, whose next home start may come for the National League in the All-Star Game in two weeks. He sits atop the rotation with a 2.00 ERA, second in the majors behind only the Brewers’ Jacob Misiorowski (1.45).

    But the Phillies lack the organizational pitching depth to cover for any of their starters if they miss even a turn or two. They already have back-of-the-rotation worries, with Aaron Nola’s 6.04 ERA and Andrew Painter’s return to triple A. The fifth-starter spot is occupied by Alan Rangel, who has twice been used behind an opener.

    One injury, and it all comes down like a Jenga tower.

    Surely, then, an anxious feeling came over interim manager Don Mattingly when Sánchez waved to the dugout.

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    “Yeah, a little bit,” Mattingly said. “Especially in the second [inning], right? You’re like, ‘Oh, not tonight.’ But once you get out there, you kind of see what it is. It’s not like a cut on a nail or anything like that where you feel like it’s going to keep getting extended. They did a nice job of stopping that.”

    Justin Crawford gave Sánchez a 2-0 lead by cueing a two-out single inside the third-base line. It was up to Sánchez to keep it that way because the Phillies didn’t break things open until scoring three runs in both the seventh and eighth innings.

    Trea Turner, on his 33rd birthday, had an RBI double in the seventh and a two-run homer in the eighth.

    Trea Turner, on his 33rd birthday, levied most of that damage, with an RBI double in the seventh and a two-run homer in the eighth. Don’t look now, but he’s 19-for-55 (.345) over the last 13 games, a welcome sign for an offense that is looking for more production from the right side of the plate.

    “Is he going yet?” Mattingly said, mimicking questions about when Turner will get going at the plate. “I don’t know if he’s going yet or not. But to see Trea get a big hit down the line and then the home run, it really extends that lead where it saves us [from using] an arm in the bullpen.”

    Sánchez leaned on his changeup, as usual, but continued to spin more sliders. After throwing 26 in his last start, he mixed in 17 against the Pirates, six of which came in his first 19 pitches.

    No matter what he throws, Sánchez owns the Pirates. Six weeks ago, he struck out 13, a career-high, in a six-hit shutout in Pittsburgh. This time, he didn’t give up a hit until Nick Gonzales punched a two-out single in the fourth inning.

    Sánchez is lined up to pitch Monday in Kansas City and July 11 in Detroit, the closing arguments in his case to start three days later (it would be his bullpen day) in the All-Star Game.

    As you may have heard, it will be held in South Philly.

    “[It would be] another goal, another dream come true and more when you think about it in this beautiful city,” Sánchez said. “The fans deserve that and even more.”

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    Symbolically and strategically, Sánchez is a sensible choice to start for the NL. Misiorowski throws harder than any pitcher in history, with a fastball that’s been clocked at 105.5 mph. But Sánchez has allowed seven earned runs in 73 innings for a 0.86 ERA in 11 home starts. Since 2024, he has a 1.76 ERA in 280⅔ innings over 43 starts at home.

    In his latest gem, he pitched out of one quasi jam, a two-on, two-out spot in the fourth inning, by striking out Endy Rodríguez on a signature changeup, and sidestepped a one-out double by Billy Cook in the fifth inning.

    But even with a 100-degree heat wave rolling into town, it was no sweat compared to the Phillies’ dodging an injury to their ace. As Sánchez received a quick fix on the mound, Turner and other infielders looked on and laughed.

    “They were just giving me a hard time and joking around on the mound,” Sánchez said. “You know, these guys are terrible.”

    As long as the Phillies keep their pitchers healthy, the good times can keep rolling.

  • Phillies fall as Aaron Nola is left searching for answers — and trying a new pitch — in quest to turn his season around

    Phillies fall as Aaron Nola is left searching for answers — and trying a new pitch — in quest to turn his season around

    For the better part of a decade, Aaron Nola has been the Phillies’ workhorse.

    It’s a role he takes pride in. Six times, he has taken down over 180 innings in a season. But lately, that durability has started to show cracks.

    Last year, Nola was uncharacteristically hampered by injuries. He’s healthy now, but his bounceback season hasn’t gone according to plan. And after Monday’s 11-7 loss to the Pirates, where he allowed a season-high seven earned runs over just 4⅓ innings, the path forward isn’t clear.

    “I haven’t really had a stretch like this ever in my career,” said Nola, whose season ERA has risen to 6.04.

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    Nola squandered a 5-0 lead the offense built against Pirates starter Braxton Ashcraft. Trea Turner and Brandon Marsh each hit solo homers in the first inning, while Bryce Harper hit a two-run shot in the third. All three homers came in two-strike counts.

    But Nola had issues with homers, too. He looked efficient early with an eight-pitch first inning, and was getting a lot of batters to swing and miss. But he started to falter by the fourth. Bryan Reynolds was inches away from clearing the top of the railing in left-center, settling for a leadoff double. He scored anyway when Esmerlyn Valdez teed up a curveball over the middle of the plate for a two-run shot.

    “Early in that game I thought he was going to roll,” said interim manager Don Mattingly. “The way he was throwing the ball, it seemed sharp. Good breaking ball, down in the zone, a lot of swing-and-miss early in the game. And then just got sideways. So I’m not quite sure what happened.”

    For the seventh time this year, Nola failed to get out of the fifth inning, which turned ugly quickly. Nola allowed four hits — including another homer and a double — and walked two in the frame.

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    Three runs had already scored when Seth Johnson finally relieved him with the bases loaded, and all three inherited runs would score, too.

    “It just sped up on him quite a bit there,” said catcher J.T. Realmuto. “The stuff diminished quite a bit. … You could just tell he got a little tired, it was hot, just the stuff wasn’t as good that inning.”

    Although Nola induced 23 whiffs from Pirates hitters, the second-most in a game in his career, he wasn’t able to take many positives from his outing.

    “A lot of runs tonight, I didn’t really do well with the lead I got, what the guys gave me. They hit really well tonight,” Nola said. “… Swing and misses, honestly, tonight it doesn’t really matter. Gave up too many hits, too many runs, got to be better at that.”

    The two homers Nola allowed Monday upped his season total to 19, which is tied for fifth-most among pitchers this year.

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    As Nola tries to find a way to turn his season around, he has started toying with a slider as a potential different look for hitters. It can be a challenge to add a new pitch mid-season and he hasn’t thrown it much. He flashed it three times against the Pirates, generating one whiff.

    “Just something different,” Nola said. “I throw so many curveballs, and I feel like we saw it tonight, if one pops, it usually gets barreled. So we’ll see.”

    Nola’s shorter outing caused the Phillies to turn to their bullpen earlier than hoped, as the unit had been taxed recently after some tight games against the Nationals and Mets.

    After entering the game, Johnson issued a leadoff walk to force in the go-ahead run, and then induced a grounder to Harper. He got the force out at second, but Turner flung the ball high over first base, allowing two more runs to score for the 8-5 Pirates lead. Turner’s error is his 11th of the season, which has already surpassed his full-season total of eight in 2025.

    Bryce Harper (right) celebrates with Brandon Marsh after hitting a two-run home run in the third inning of Monday’s loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates.

    The offense showed some life late, though. Marsh hit his second homer of the game in the eighth to start chipping away. He fell behind in the count, 1-2, to Gregory Soto, but put a good swing on a high and inside fastball. Bryson Stott and J.T. Realmuto hit back-to-back two-out singles to cut the lead to 8-7.

    Derek Hill kept the line moving with a walk, but Justin Crawford was called out on strikes to end it, stranding two.

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    In the ninth, Mattingly opted to use righty Chase Shugart, who had blown a save against the Mets on Sunday, with the intention of preserving his higher-leverage arms. It backfired when he gave up a three-run homer to Pittsburgh catcher Endy Rodríguez that put the Pirates back ahead by four runs.

    “I really didn’t feel like I have much of a choice, honestly, there,” Mattingly said. “Didn’t really feel like, where we’re at with everything, we could just keep chasing a win in with our back-end guys and lose another one. Yeah, I felt like we had to get through that with Shug. He gets two outs quick, and then little kind of a halfway flare to center, and yeah, obviously the breaking ball he hits for the homer.”

    In the bottom of the ninth, Turner struck out, Schwarber grounded out, and Marsh struck out to end it.

  • Bryson Stott’s ‘stay ready’ mindset helped Phillies complete an ‘epic’ 14-9 comeback win over Nationals

    Bryson Stott’s ‘stay ready’ mindset helped Phillies complete an ‘epic’ 14-9 comeback win over Nationals

    WASHINGTON — The Phillies were down to their very last strike.

    In the dugout, Bryson Stott didn’t know it. If he had, it wouldn’t have mattered. Even though it seemed like the Nationals had seized all the momentum with Jorbit Vivas’ go-ahead homer in the eighth inning, and even though his spot in the lineup wasn’t due up for seven more batters, Stott was ready.

    He was ready even after Brad Lord recorded back-to-back strikeouts to start the ninth and took Trea Turner to a 1-2 count. Behind home plate, fans started to rise from their seats, anticipating the final out of the game.

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    But then Turner — who was 0-for-4 on Tuesday night before he stepped into the box — sent a single to left-center field. And after Brandon Marsh powered a sweeper clear over the Nationals bullpen in right field for a game-tying homer, the idea that Stott might get another at-bat in the game didn’t seem all that far-fetched anymore.

    “I just stay ready,” Stott said. “I think a lot of us are ready, and we know anything like that can happen at any time. … You know who’s hitting in front of you and what they’re capable of.”

    Stott watched Marsh’s at-bat on an iPad in the dugout, and when it was his turn — after Bryce Harper and Derek Hill kept the line moving with singles — he repeated the feat. He sent a homer of his own to the second deck in right field, which stayed just inside the foul pole. The two homers highlighted an eight-run ninth inning that put the Phillies on top for a 14-9 win over Washington.

    “That was pretty epic,” Marsh said. “From everybody.”

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    Ten consecutive Phillies reached base in the ninth, all with two outs. They racked up five singles, two walks, a double from Edmundo Sosa, and the two homers. Before the Nationals ended the rally, Turner came back up to the plate and delivered his second single of both the game and inning to score their eighth run of the frame.

    The Phillies mounted the comeback — in a game they had once trailed 5-0, then led 6-5, then trailed 8-6 — without major league home run leader Kyle Schwarber, who was scratched a few minutes before first pitch with low back tightness.

    Interim manager Don Mattingly said Schwarber’s back tightened up about seven minutes before the game started and he was unable to swing. Mattingly added that Schwarber’s back was already feeling better postgame.

    “It sounds like this has kind of happened before,” Mattingly said. “I think Kyle’s probably smart enough to know to take care of it, stop right away, and don’t try to keep going.”

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    Sosa found out minutes before the game that he was replacing Schwarber in the lineup at designated hitter. But he filled in well, recording five RBIs. Along with his two-run double in the ninth inning, he hit a two-run homer in the fifth and an RBI groundout in the seventh as the Phillies chipped away at Washington’s early lead.

    “I told myself, ‘Let’s have fun tonight,’” Sosa said through team interpreter Diego D’Aniello.

    Phillies starter Jesús Luzardo watched the ninth inning unfold from the visitors’ clubhouse at Nationals Park with a group of teammates who had also already exited the game.

    “We all had the same reaction after every home run, so it was great,” Luzardo said.

    Luzardo tied a career-high with 13 strikeouts, but he was also charged with five earned runs as he grinded through 6⅔ innings.

    Jesús Luzardo tied a career-high with 13 strikeouts over 6⅔ innings, but allowed four runs in the fourth inning.

    For the most part, though, Luzardo got the contact he wanted. Four runs scored on him in the fourth inning on five singles and a walk, but four of those hits were ground balls and the other was a broken-bat bloop.

    After that inning, Luzardo retired seven consecutive Nationals until he issued a leadoff walk in the seventh. Jonathan Bowlan inherited two runners, but struck out Curtis Mead to strand them.

    “They weren’t really hitting him hard around the field,” Mattingly said. “Just kept giving up hits, some tough plays, and just hanging in there, giving us a chance, I thought was huge.”

    The Phillies took their first lead of the game in the eighth. The Nationals brought in lefty Richard Lovelady to face Marsh, but he made them regret it with a double to the wall, and advanced to third on a fielding error.

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    Alec Bohm worked a walk, was replaced by a pinch-running Garrett Stubbs, and Stott was hit by a pitch to load the bases for J.T. Realmuto. The catcher delivered a three-run double that popped out of a diving James Wood’s glove in right field, putting the Phillies ahead, 6-5.

    “It’s a special, special group that we have, and we just got to keep feeding off each other like we did tonight,” Marsh said.

    Their momentum was temporarily stifled, however, when Orion Kerkering came out for the bottom of the eighth and struggled with command. He issued a five-pitch walk, hit a batter, and then hung a sweeper to Vivas, who capitalized with a three-run homer.

    Kerkering managed to limit the damage there, bouncing back somewhat with two strikeouts and a line-out.

    “And then,” Mattingly said, “we’re able to do our little bit of magic there.”

  • Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber put on a show in Phillies’ rout of the Mets: ‘What a night to be able to have’

    Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber put on a show in Phillies’ rout of the Mets: ‘What a night to be able to have’

    In three weeks, in the same sold-out ballpark, in front of another national television audience, Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper will probably be in the All-Star Game, maybe even the Home Run Derby.

    But they won’t put on a show like this.

    They can’t possibly.

    Can they?

    Whatever happens in the Bank’s All-Star closeup, take this to the bank: The Phillies’ stars put on dueling talent shows for the ages in Saturday night’s 15-3 demolition of the rival Mets. And, no, that isn’t mouth-agape hyperbole over feats we can’t believe we just saw.

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    “They stole the show from me, that’s for sure,” ace Cristopher Sánchez said, laughing, after a one-run, six-inning gem reduced his ERA to 1.84. “It was perfect.”

    It started with Schwarber, who became the fourth player in Phillies history (dating back to 1883, by the way) to smash two homers in one inning before adding a third later in the game for good measure.

    Not to be outdone, Harper tripled in the fifth inning to hit for the cycle for the first time in a career that has spanned 15 seasons and will eventually take him to the Hall of Fame. And it took him only four at-bats, to boot.

    Only once before did teammates do those two things — at least three homers and a cycle — in one game: Lou Gehrig and Tony Lazzeri, Hall of Fame Yankees, in 1932.

    “We were wondering that in the dugout,” Harper said. “We didn’t think there was going to be two guys that did it. But to have those two names up against ours is pretty cool. It’s a pretty awesome moment for both of us.”

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    Or as Schwarber put it, after he and Harper had four hits apiece in a 17-hit Phillies onslaught: “It was a pretty cool overall night, in general.”

    For Harper, it began a few minutes before 3 p.m. with something he rarely does. He took early batting practice on the field, an exercise he prefers to do underneath the stands in the controlled environment of the indoor cage.

    But Harper was in a 1-for-22 funk, even though he’s been mostly pleased with his approach at the plate. He swung mostly at strikes and hit balls hard, but as he said, “it feels like there’s a big, old glove out there.”

    So, Harper went out to the field with one objective.

    “I was trying to hit home runs,” he said. “Haven’t hit really many balls over the fence in a while, so I felt like just going out there and just trying to hit some balls in the third deck. Sometimes that helps.”

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    OK, but hitting a fastball from Mets ace righty Freddy Peralta into the right-field seats on his first swing of the game for his first homer in 10 days?

    That’s absurd. But it fits with the night’s theme.

    Harper was using different lumber, too. He switched to a 34-inch, 35-ounce bat instead of his usual 34-inch, 31½-ounce model — “My heavy bat from the cage,” he said — because he thought he was out in front of too many pitches.

    “That bat’s from 2023, just an old, heavy bat that I swing every day in the cage,” Harper said. “It’s just my workout-routine bat. I said to [hitting coach Kevin] Long about a month ago, I was like, ‘Man, I should use this thing in a game,’ and I never did. Finally I was like, ‘Screw it. I’m going to do it today.

    “I don’t know if it translated to the game or anything else. But what a night to be able to have.”

    Tell Schwarber about it. He led off an eight-run third inning by golfing a 456-foot drive halfway up the second deck in right field. By the time Schwarber’s spot in the lineup came back around, the Phillies had an eight-run lead. It ballooned to 11-0 with another Schwarbomb, 457 feet to almost the same spot.

    “That was cool,” said Schwarber, who didn’t do anything unusual before the game. “First time I’ve done it in my career.”

    In fact, the only other Phillies players to do it were Andy Seminick (1949), Von Hayes (1985), and Trea Turner (2023).

    Why stop there? Schwarber tacked on a third homer in the seventh inning, skying a ball around the right-field foul pole. It marked the fifth time in his career that he hit at least three homers and raised his majors-leading total this season to 28.

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    “That’s what he tries to do, man,” Harper said of the sport’s most prolific home-run hitter. “It’s way different. Just the way he kind of connects to the baseball. He uses the ground so well. He’s got such a simple, short swing. It’s pretty impressive, you know?”

    Almost as impressive as, say, scoring all the way from first base on Harper’s cycle-capping triple.

    Everyone in the dugout was aware of Harper’s pursuit of the cycle. After his first-inning homer, he was typically overaggressive in hustling to turn a single into a double on a liner to right-center before ripping a single in the third inning.

    “We kind of talked about it before, and I was like, ‘Hey, you’ve just got to aim at Monty’s Angle,’” Schwarber said, referring to the area where the wall juts out in left-center field. “And then he gets up there and he hits the ball to center field. I’m like, ‘I’m going to run through the stop sign.’

    “I was pretty predetermined on going, and I’m glad [third base coach Anthony Contreras] was on the same page, too, with sending me.”

    Not that they had much choice. Harper was intent on not stopping around second base, the helmet flying off his head between first and second.

    Harper joked that Schwarber was well-rested because he “jogged a lot tonight.” And when he slid into third, Harper raised both arms skyward, then pumped his right arm and doffed his helmet.

    It was only the 11th time in 144 seasons that a Phillies player hit for the cycle. J.T. Realmuto and Weston Wilson did it in 2023 and 2024, respectively. But it’s happened only five times in the last 63 years.

    And never to Harper. Well, not since college.

    “Super Regionals,” he said. “Seven-for-seven, four homers and a cycle.”

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    “It’s up there,” he said. “Doing that at the big-league level is really cool.”

    And it makes you wonder what Schwarber and Harper could possibly have in store for an All-Star encore. Neither will commit to the Home Run Derby until they know if they’ll be named to the All-Star team.

    But, really, is there any doubt?

    “A crowd like [Saturday] shows you how electric it’s going to be, for not only that [Home Run Derby] night but the whole week in general,” Schwarber said. “I think it’ll be really special to have the All-Star Game here in Philly, and our fans are going to be able to show up for that.”

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  • Phillies weighing options to fill Andrew Painter’s spot in starting rotation; Trea Turner returns to lineup

    Phillies weighing options to fill Andrew Painter’s spot in starting rotation; Trea Turner returns to lineup

    Andrew Painter has reported to Lehigh Valley, where he will work to improve a fastball that hasn’t overpowered many major-league hitters.

    The Phillies aren’t sure how long it will take.

    “We haven’t put a timetable on it,“ general manager Preston Mattingly said on The Inquirer’s Phillies Extra podcast. “It’s TBD at this point when he comes back. But I think we all know as an organization that we’re going to need him.”

    OK, but in the meantime, the Phillies must fill Painter’s spot. They don’t have many options. Starting pitching depth has been a concern since the offseason. It isn’t an organizational strength.

    The Phillies still need a right-handed bat. Let’s take an early dive into some options before the trade deadline.

    But before the Phillies settle the fifth-starter question, they will slightly rearrange the rotation beyond co-aces Cristopher Sánchez and Zack Wheeler. Jesús Luzardo will move back one day to avoid overtaxing the bullpen by splitting up Painter’s spot and Aaron Nola.

    So, after Wheeler starts at home Sunday night against the Mets, the rotation will shape up like this for the upcoming series in Washington: Monday: No. 5 starter; Tuesday: Luzardo; Wednesday: Nola; Thursday: Sánchez.

    As for who will take the fifth (spot), the Phillies seem to have three choices:

    Bryse Wilson: Called up to fill Painter’s roster spot, Wilson threw 29 pitches in two scoreless innings of relief Thursday night against the Mets, which would line him up to start on short rest. The 28-year-old righty had a 6.29 ERA in triple A but also hadn’t allowed a run in 12 innings in his last three starts. He has appeared in 164 major-league games, including 57 starts.

    Alan Rangel is a candidate to join the Phillies’ starting rotation next week.

    Alan Rangel: Despite occasionally spotty command (27 walks in 70 innings), Rangel has been Lehigh Valley’s most consistent starter. He has a 3.99 ERA in 14 games (11 starts) and would be on regular rest Monday.

    Bullpen game/opener: The Phillies have more depth in the bullpen. Interim manager Don Mattingly said he isn’t inclined to pass the baton from reliever to reliever for nine innings. But the Phillies could use an opener before turning to a bulk pitcher, possibly Wilson or Rangel.

    “I don’t know about bullpen-heavy, but obviously there will be usage,” Mattingly said. “There’s no plan to just go two innings and then try to do the whole thing with a bullpen. It won’t be that kind of game. We’ll definitely have bulk in there.”

    The fifth spot in the rotation will come around four times before the All-Star break. Painter isn’t expected back until after the second half opens. He will throw multiple bullpen sessions before making his first start for Lehigh Valley, president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski said.

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    Painter has a 7.06 ERA and a 1-8 record (the Phillies are 3-9 in his starts). Opponents are batting .404 and slugging .660 against his fastball.

    The Phillies believe it stems mostly from his delivery. He tends to over-rotate toward the first-base side of the mound, rather than striding directly toward home plate, which has affected his ability to command the fastball.

    “Most of it is delivery-oriented,” Dombrowski said. “Because he’s done some things with his delivery, just going more directly to the plate rather than spinning off. He’s had more life, and you see it at times. He threw some pitches that were outstanding but not on a consistent basis.

    “So, the feeling is that when he does that, when he gives that effort going forward, his ball’s got more movement. He’s got more command of his pitches.”

    Trea Turner is back in the lineup after suffering a bruised right calf on Thursday.

    Trea bien

    Trea Turner returned to the lineup Saturday — in his familiar leadoff spot — after leaving Thursday night’s game with a bruised right calf. He got hit by a pitch from Mets lefty Sean Manaea in the first inning.

    When Turner reported soreness and tightness, Mattingly took him out of the game. But after a day off Friday, Turner felt better.

    “For me, the biggest danger with that is him running differently, and then we’re into a hamstring or a hip [injury] or something like that,” Mattingly said. “So, wanted to make sure that he can run. That was his biggest issue, just pushing off. The off-day did him well.”

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    Extra bases

    Lefty reliever Kyle Backhus (elbow) was scheduled to make his fifth injury rehab appearance for Lehigh Valley. The Phillies likely will reinstate him from the injured list early next week. Backhus could fill an important role in the bullpen, with lefty José Alvarado struggling and Tanner Banks getting sent back to the minors. … Gage Wood update: The Phillies’ top prospect has a 3.71 ERA, 25 strikeouts, and only five walks in 17 innings over five starts since his promotion to double A. … Wheeler (6-1, 2.01 ERA) will be opposed Sunday night by Mets lefty David Peterson (3-5, 5.91).

  • For the Phillies, it still comes down to Trea Turner

    For the Phillies, it still comes down to Trea Turner

    The Phillies entered the season as a team whose fate would be determined mostly by how little went wrong. That’s somewhat true for most teams, but it is especially true for a team that basically skipped a development cycle while building and retaining a roster via trades, free agency and contract extensions.

    In Major League Baseball, there are three main sources of year-to-year improvement.

    • External additions via free agency and trade.
    • Internal additions from the minor league system.
    • Internal improvement from young players who have yet to reach their peak.

    Every now and then, you’ll see a mid-career bump by a player like Cristopher Sánchez or Brandon Marsh. For the most part, though, a team’s upside is a function of its young potential breakout candidates combined with whatever payroll it adds. Otherwise, what you end up seeing will look a lot like what you’ve previously gotten, along with whatever regression occurs.

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    That tracks, right?

    Nearly halfway through the schedule, the Phillies are exactly what you’d expect to get if you took last year’s team and subbed in a leadoff hitter who is batting .223/.276/.334 instead of .304/.355/.457. Marsh’s quasi-breakout has given them enough margin for error to withstand the rookie inconsistency they’ve seen from Justin Crawford and Andrew Painter at the bottom of the lineup and the rotation. But something dramatic is going to need to change for the Phillies to stop yo-yoing back and forth between .500 and a 90-win pace. Right now, the most likely something is the aforementioned leadoff hitter.

    Trea Turner is the man with the keys to the Phillies’ offense for the rest of the season. That’s really all there is to it. You can talk about the trade deadline, talk about the pitcher Painter was supposed to be, talk about the 31-16 record under Don Mattingly … all of it is noise. The Phillies simply aren’t a team that is capable of winning 95 games when one of their megacontract hitters isn’t hitting even half his worth.

    Phillies shortstop Trea Turner entered the weekend with a .610 OPS. His career mark is .816.

    Mattingly knows this. It’s the reason for the patience he continues to exhibit with Turner at the top of the lineup. Getting him right is the Phillies’ only hope at making a late charge at the Braves. That 31-16 record since Rob Thomson’s firing is glitter more than gold. Seven of those wins came against teams that are 12-plus games under .500. Another seven have come against the Marlins and Athletics. The Phillies are 5-7 against their four opponents who entered Thursday at least four games over .500. Series losses to the Brewers, Dodgers, and Guardians. Their 96-win pace over the last month is more representative than 113.

    Even 96 wins is overstating things. We got a little taste of what a 96-win offense looks like a couple of days ago when Turner was out of the lineup with a sore wrist. Mattingly seized the opportunity to get a little funky with his lineup. The hot-hitting Marsh took the place of Turner in the leadoff spot, giving the Phillies three straight lefties at the top of the order with Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper following Marsh.

    Mattingly’s lack of regard for convention paid dividends. Marsh reached base twice, scored two runs, and had two RBIs, which is something Turner has not done since last August. The top three hitters in the Phillies’ order combined to reach base six times and score five runs in an 8-2 win. Sometimes, different is good.

    The next day, Mattingly went back to the old drawing board. Turner went 3-for-5 with a double, his first three-hit game since May 9. It needs to be the start of something, although he left Thursday’s game after again being hit by a pitch.

    Turner is the reason everybody thinks the Phillies need to make a big splash at the trade deadline. President of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski will be hard-pressed to find a hitter who would be more of an improvement than the Turner of last year returning. If he doesn’t, 87 wins is as good as it is going to get.

    What if the Phillies’ most impactful addition was a resurgent Trea Turner? He’s working to make it happen.

    The Phillies don’t have many other pathways. They are long on veterans and short on potential upside. It is a daunting position to be in at this stage of a season.

    Look at the teams that overperform their expectations and you’ll find that the differentiator is almost always someone who is at the stage of his career where improvement comes in leaps and bounds. Drake Baldwin will continue to improve for the Braves. Same goes for Andy Pages and Dalton Rushing with the Dodgers. Ben Rice with the Yankees. For all the hand-wringing about the Dodgers and their limitless payroll, they’ve also had five rookies hit 19-plus home runs since 2013.

    The Phillies don’t have any obvious candidates right now. Harper and Schwarber have been about as good as you could hope. Alec Bohm, Bryson Stott, and J.T. Realmuto have been about what you’d expect. Turner’s is the one spot in the lineup where the potential for significant improvement exists. At least, they better hope it still exists.

  • Phillies’ Trea Turner exits game vs. Mets after being hit by pitch

    Phillies’ Trea Turner exits game vs. Mets after being hit by pitch

    For the second time this week, Trea Turner left a game early after being hit by a pitch.

    The Phillies shortstop departed Thursday’s 6-4 loss to the Mets with a bruised right calf after taking a 79.2 mph sweeper off the leg from Sean Manaea in the first inning. Turner remained in the game initially as a baserunner, scoring a run, but was replaced at shortstop by Edmundo Sosa in the third inning.

    Mets jump on José Alvarado in seventh inning of Phillies’ 6-4 loss

    Sosa switched from left field, where he had started the game. Justin Crawford entered the game in center, sliding Derek Hill to right field and Brandon Marsh to left.

    “Got hit in a tough spot, right above the bottom of the calf towards the bottom, where he starts getting into the Achilles,” interim manager Don Mattingly said. “He was having trouble putting pressure, pushing off. … He said he was having trouble on defense, felt like he was a liability on defense, so he couldn’t really move. Day off [Friday], hopefully it’ll be good by the night game [Saturday]. We’ll see.”

    Turner exited Monday’s game against the Marlins with a bruised right wrist after getting drilled with a fastball, and sat out on Tuesday as it was still inflamed.

    In his return to the lineup Wednesday, Turner finished with three hits, and said he felt like he was “on a good track” at the plate.

  • Phillies seek a way out of their season-opening batting woes

    Phillies seek a way out of their season-opening batting woes

    The Phillies are not hitting the panic button yet.

    Amid a three-game slide — including a 13-2 drubbing Monday at the hands of the rebuilding Nationals — the offense is trying to keep everything in perspective.

    “We’ve got 158 games left,” manager Rob Thomson said Tuesday. “You’re going to run through three-game stretches, sometimes five-game stretches, where you don’t hit, you don’t play well. It’s just kind of magnified because it’s the start of the year.”

    It’s not exactly business as usual either, though. Trea Turner, who entered Tuesday with a .167 average, hit on the field before the game Monday and Tuesday. That is typically not part of his routine, as Turner usually prefers to hit inside in the batting cages. J.T. Realmuto also joined Turner hitting outside on Tuesday.

    Everything is a small sample size at this point in the season, but still there are some troubling trends. The Phillies entered Tuesday 10-for-71 (.141) with just a .197 slugging percentage against left-handed pitching in four games.

    Kyle Schwarber entered Tuesday .125 overall and .091 against left-handers.

    Phillies designated hitter Kyle Schwarber was batting .125 but hit a home run on Tuesday night.

    “As a team I don’t think that we look into right, left, anything like that,” Schwarber said. “It’s more about being able to go out there, and like we say, work your at-bat and work what you want to swing at, what you don’t want to swing at, and work the process, not the result.”

    After striking out swinging in his first plate appearance Tuesday against left-handed Nationals opener PJ Poulin, Schwarber bashed a solo home run off right-handed Zack Littell in the third inning, his second homer of the year.

    Thomson has said he thinks the offense is trying to do too much.

    “I hate saying it’s baseball, but obviously we need to get better,” Schwarber said. “Everyone’s looking to work to keep getting better, and it’s hard to chase a result, especially at the plate. You have to kind of chase the process of it, and the more that you go about that, and the more that you really focus on it, I feel like the results will be there.”

    Brandon Marsh knows that as well as anyone. Last season, he went though an 0-for-31 slide in March and April. He began digging himself out after a rehab assignment to triple-A Lehigh Valley for a hamstring strain, where he received a pep talk from catcher Garrett Stubbs.

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    This year, though, Marsh has been one of the most productive Phillies through four games, with a .417 batting average and 1.083 OPS. He is 1-for-5 against lefties.

    “It’s still early, really small sample size, a lot more ball to be played,” Marsh said. “But I like where I’m at, just got to continue, to keep trying to get better every single day. A lot more I can improve on, that’s for sure, offensively and defensively.”

    Extra bases

    Top Phillies prospect Aidan Miller (back) is still not swinging a bat, but his activities have “increased,” according to Thomson. … Orion Kerkering (hamstring strain) was scheduled to pitch an inning for triple-A Lehigh Valley in Durham on Tuesday as he continues his rehab assignment. … Cristopher Sánchez (1-0, 0.00 ERA) is scheduled to start Wednesday’s series finale against Nationals right-hander Cade Cavalli (0-0, 4.91 ERA).

  • Phillies spring training 2026: TV schedule, new rules, changes to NBC Sports Philadelphia

    Phillies spring training 2026: TV schedule, new rules, changes to NBC Sports Philadelphia

    After a cold, snow-filled winter in Philadelphia, the city is finally getting its first glimpse at spring, thanks to the Phillies.

    The Phillies’ 2026 spring training schedule kicks off Saturday afternoon against the Toronto Blue Jays in Dunedin, Fla., followed by their Clearwater debut Sunday at BayCare Ballpark, their Sunshine State home since 2004.

    Fans will be able to tune in to more spring training games than ever. Between NBC Sports Philadelphia, the MLB Network, 94.1 WIP, and the Phillies themselves, there will be a broadcast for all but three games of this year’s 30-game Grapefruit League schedule.

    Despite a roster that looks remarkably similar to last year’s squad, there are some interesting story lines for Phillies fans to follow this spring. Top of the list is how top pitching prospect Andrew Painter performs with a spot in the rotation up for grabs.

    There’s also Aidan Miller, the No. 23 prospect in baseball. The 22-year-old shortstop is expected to start the season in Triple-A, but will get some playing time at third base during spring training, according to my colleague Scott Lauber. That would set up Miller for an early promotion if Alex Bohm gets off to a slow start.

    As far as new faces, the most prominent is outfielder Adolis García, who is replacing Nick Castellanos and is just two seasons removed from hitting 39 home runs for the Texas Rangers.

    Here’s everything you need to know to watch or stream Phillies spring training games:

    What channel are Phillies spring training games on?

    Phillies broadcasters Tom McCarthy (left) and John Kruk will be back again for NBC Sports Philadelphia.

    The bulk of the Phillies’ televised spring training games will air on NBC Sports Philadelphia, which plans to broadcast 17 games — nine on the main channel and eight on NBC Sports Philadelphia+. That’s a big jump from last year, when it aired 12 games.

    The schedule includes an exhibition game against Team Canada on March 4 serving as a warm-up for this year’s World Baseball Classic. The multicountry tournament begins on March 5 in Tokyo, and the Phillies will be well-represented — 11 players, including Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber, will leave spring training early to participate.

    Returning for his 19th season as the TV voice of the Phillies is play-by-play announcer Tom McCarthy, who will be joined in the booth by a familiar cast of analysts that includes Rubén Amaro Jr., Ben Davis, and John Kruk.

    MLB Network will broadcast six Phillies spring training games (though just two will be available in the Philly TV market due to blackout rules). ESPN won’t be airing any — the network is broadcasting just four spring training games on their main channel, and six more on its ESPN Unlimited subscription service.

    Radio listeners can tune into 94.1 WIP to hear 10 weekend games. Play-by-play announcer Scott Franzke is back for his 21st season calling the Phillies, joined once again by a rotation featuring veteran analyst Larry Anderson and Kevin Stocker.

    Cole Hamels will be back, but not Taryn Hatcher

    Former Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels (right) called nine games last season for NBC Sports Philadelphia.

    A little bit of Hollywood will be back in the Phillies booth this season.

    2008 World Series MVP Cole Hamels will call a few spring training games for the second straight season, beginning in the middle of March. Hamels was something of a natural in the booth last season, calling the nine regular-season games he worked a “crash course” in broadcasting.

    “I tried to tell myself, ‘Don’t overtalk. Don’t be long-winded. Don’t just talk to talk,’” Hamels told The Inquirer in September. “I start watching the game and enjoying it, and I forget sometimes I have to talk.”

    Taryn Hatcher, seen here during a 2019 media softball game.

    One NBC Sports personality who won’t be back is Taryn Hatcher, who joined the network in 2018 and spent the past few seasons covering the game as an in-stadium reporter.

    Hatcher’s contract wasn’t renewed at the end of the year and NBC Sports Philadelphia eliminated the position, according to sources.

    Sadly, it wouldn’t be the first time. In the past few years NBC Sports Philadelphia has hired a number of in-game reporters they haven’t kept, including Jessica Camerato, Molly Sullivan, and Serena Winters. They also said goodbye to longtime Phillies reporter Gregg Murphy in 2020, who is now the team’s pre- and postgame radio host.

    Can I stream Phillies spring training games?

    For the second straight season, Phillies fans will be able to stream spring training games without a cable subscription.

    NBC Sports Philadelphia is available directly through MLB.com for $24.99 a month. You can also get the network as an add-on to your Peacock subscription for the same price, though you’ll need to have a premium plan, which runs $10.99 a month.

    You can also stream NBC Sports Philadelphia on Hulu + Live TV and YouTube TV, which will soon roll out a skinny sports bundle. And NBC Sports Philadelphia will stream its games on the NBC Sports app, but a subscription to a cable service is required.

    One streaming service where you won’t find the network is Fubo, which hasn’t broadcast any NBC channels since November due to a carriage dispute. NBC Sports Philadelphia is also not available on Sling TV or DirecTV Stream.

    For the third straight season, the Phillies will also exclusively stream a handful of spring training games from BayCare Ballpark for free on the team’s website.

    The team will also provide an audio-only feed for a few midweek road games that aren’t airing on WIP.

    Are there any new MLB rules in spring training?

    Umpires will have their balls and strikes face challenges this season.

    There aren’t any new rules in play during spring training, but MLB is fully rolling out its automatic ball-strike (ABS) challenge system ahead of its launch in the regular season. The Phillies plan on giving it a healthy test drive.

    The rules are pretty straightforward. Pitchers, catchers, or batters can challenge a ball or strike by taping their head immediately after the umpire’s call.

    Each team starts the game with two challenges, which they only lose when a challenge is unsuccessful. If a team has no challenges remaining and the game goes into extra innings, they’re awarded one per inning until the game is over.

    Phillies news and spring training updates

    Trea Turner fields a ground ball during spring training Wednesday.

    When is opening day for the Phillies?

    The Phillies will open the season against the Texas Rangers at Citizens Bank Park.

    The Phillies are scheduled to open the 2026 season on March 26 against the Texas Rangers at Citizens Bank Park, where the team will hang its 2025 NL East pennant.

    The Phillies have had several memorable openers since they were defeated, 4-3, by Old Hoss Radbourn of the Providence Grays on May 1, 1883. Here are nine of the more memorable season openers in franchise history.

    Phillies spring training TV schedule 2026

    • Saturday: Phillies at Blue Jays, 1:07 p.m. (NBC Sports Philadelphia, 94.1 WIP)
    • Sunday: Pirates at Phillies, 1:05 p.m. (NBC Sports Philadelphia, 94.1 WIP)
    • Monday: Phillies at Nationals, 6:05 p.m. (Phillies webcast, 94.1 WIP)
    • Tuesday: Phillies at Marlins, 1:10 p.m. (Phillies audio feed)
    • Wednesday: Tigers at Phillies, 1:05 p.m. (NBC Sports Philadelphia+)
    • Thursday: Nationals at Phillies, 1:05 p.m.
    • Friday, Feb. 27: Phillies at Tigers and vs. Marlins (split team), 1:05 p.m. (NBC Sports Philadelphia+)
    • Saturday, Feb. 28: Phillies at Blue Jays, 1:07 p.m. (NBC Sports Philadelphia, 94.1 WIP)
    • Sunday, March 1: Yankees at Phillies, 1:05 p.m. (NBC Sports Philadelphia, 94.1 WIP)
    • Tuesday, March 3: Phillies at Rays, 1:05 p.m.
    • Wednesday, March 4: Team Canada at Phillies (World Baseball Classic exhibition), 1:05 p.m. (NBC Sports Philadelphia+)
    • Thursday, March 5: Red Sox at Phillies, 1:05 p.m. (NBC Sports Philadelphia+, MLB Network, Phillies audio feed)
    • Friday, March 6: Phillies at Pirates, 1:05 p.m. (94.1 WIP)
    • Saturday, March 7: Blue Jays at Phillies, 1:05 p.m. (Phillies webcast)
    • Sunday, March 8: Phillies at Twins, 1:05 p.m. (NBC Sports Philadelphia, 94.1 WIP)
    • Monday, March 9: Phillies at Red Sox, 1:05 p.m. (Phillies audio feed)
    • Tuesday, March 10: Yankees at Phillies, 1:05 p.m. (NBC Sports Philadelphia+)
    • Thursday, March 12: Blue Jays at Phillies, 1:05 p.m. (Phillies webcast)
    • Friday, March 13: Orioles at Phillies, 1:05 p.m. (NBC Sports Philadelphia+)
    • Saturday, March 14: Phillies at Yankees, 1:05 p.m. (NBC Sports Philadelphia+, 94.1 WIP)
    • Sunday, March 15: Braves at Phillies, 1:05 p.m. (NBC Sports Philadelphia, 94.1 WIP)
    • Monday, March 16: Phillies at Tigers, 1:05 p.m. (Phillies audio feed)
    • Tuesday, March 17: Twins at Phillies, 1:05 p.m. (NBC Sports Philadelphia+)
    • Wednesday, March 18: Phillies at Braves, 1:05 p.m. (Phillies audio feed)
    • Thursday, March 19: Rays at Phillies, 1:05 p.m. (Phillies webcast)
    • Thursday, March 19: Twins prospects at Phillies prospects, 1:05 p.m. (MLB Network)
    • Friday, March 20: Tigers at Phillies, 1:05 p.m. (NBC Sports Philadelphia+)
    • Saturday, March 21: Phillies at Orioles, 1:05 p.m.
    • Saturday, March 21: Blue Jays prospects at Phillies prospects, 1:05 p.m. (NBC Sports Philadelphia+, MLB Network)
    • Sunday, March 22: Phillies at Yankees, 1:05 p.m. (NBC Sports Philadelphia, 94.1 WIP)
    • Monday, March 23: Rays at Phillies, 12:05 p.m. (Phillies webcast)