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Cristian Pache or Dalton Guthrie?
Cristian Pache, a former top prospect in the Atlanta Braves organization, was traded to the Phillies on the eve of Opening Day. The team that traded him, the Oakland Athletics, did so because he was out of minor league options and wasn’t going to make their major league team. That makes him a safe bet…
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The Phillies Will Face deGrom, Eovaldi, and Pérez. How Has That Gone Before?
The Phillies open up the season in just four days against Jacob deGrom and the Texas Rangers. It’s the second consecutive year they’ll start the year against an AL West team, having faced the Oakland Athletics a year ago. These two teams met once before on Opening Day, back in 2014, where the Phillies took…
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Four Phillies Predictions and Four Rest-of-the-League Predictions for 2023
Not long after Yordan Álvarez sent a José Alvarado sinker 450 feet to center in Houston, Phillies fans were left facing a grim reality: The euphoric joyride of the past month was over, and 145 days separated them from Opening Day. Mercifully, this is being written 138 days later, with just one week until…