As always, Philadelphia Phillies fans are doubtful, but this team on paper is very good. And their marginal players are very promising.
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There are plenty of articles about keys to the coming MLB season, many of them longish. But can those lists be cut down. For the Phillies, yes.
It is very tempting to see the Pittsburgh Pirates as NL Central contenders this year, but, in fact, the team is only at a point where they have to decide if they have the right young players.
The Phillies have now added veteran Whit Merrifield to their bench, a new role for the former All-Star. Could he be a difference maker?
Regarding the Phillies offseason, it must be observed that hope is not inspiration, but maybe they will make another move.
While some Phillies fans are a bit miffed the team has done little to change their roster this winter, two recent matters deserve examination.
Can any questions be answered early in the season that will indicate how the Phillies will do in 2024?
The Philadelphia Phillies need a real closer. Here are a couple of suggestions, one conventional, one not so much.
Half of the top 20 MLB free agents are still available. Power hitter Rhys Hoskins is one of them.
Are the Philadelphia Phillies good enough to stand pat with essentially the same team as last season? Their aggressive GM seems to think so.
Philadelphia Phillies fans are no more settled about what their team needs to do than they were as they went down to the surprising Diamondbacks in the NLCS.
The questions about what the back-to-back playoff Phillies must do to improve might take a back seat to dealing with two veteran players' contract situations for a few months.
The Philadelphia Phillies once again fell short of their goal for 2023, but some very surprising players earned As.
The question of when the first Korean-born inductee to the American Baseball Hall of Fame will come along seems just as murky as it has since Chan Ho Park retired.
The Phillies-Braves matchup for Game 3 of their NLDS series seemed to be a matter of which starting pitcher would perform well. That question became moot quickly.
Looking back a one's preseason predictions can be especially harrowing when the team involved is the Philadelphia Phillies.
Three years ago Bryce Harper making the Hall of Fame was a 50-50 matter. Now, it very much seems that his chances have improved.
The Philadelphia Phillies comms group recently promoted some eye-opening stats about their pitchers. Did they allay worries or not?
Setting a franchise record for home runs in a calendar month was a but of several signs the Philadelphia Phillies are ready for the postseason.
Once again, the Philadelphia Phillies seem determined to be a second-tier team during the regular season. Will that work this year?