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Now we can really start spring training.

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A little back-field fun: Zack Wheeler and Ranger Suárez threw to Harper, Stott, Bohm and Kepler. Kepler took Wheeler deep. Scheduled to pitch in the game today: Phillips, Tyler, Vespi, McMillon, Garnett.

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Schwarber DH Castellanos 9 Marsh 8 Sosa 6 Clemens 3 Stubbs 2 Stevenson 7 Kennedy 4 Arroyo 5 Tyler Phillips starts. The game is on TV.

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All of a sudden, Edmundo Sosa's outfield adventure and Buddy Kennedy's winter mornings with Mike Trout have become important. The thinnest Phillies unit (RH OF) is weaker with Weston Wilson injury. www.nytimes.com/athletic/615...

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Weston Wilson has a strained oblique that will keep him out at least six weeks, Rob Thomson said. That last bench spot is wide open. Buddy Kennedy’s chances have improved considerably.

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Phillies lose the Grapefruit League lid-lifter on a walk-off single. Buddy Kennedy homered. Max Kepler had some good ABs. Alan Rangel was interesting. The highlight was when a bird dropped a large nest in the outfield in the seventh inning.

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Franzke doing play by play of a bird trying to carry a branch to a nest on top of the light tower is better than every Sixers game this year

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Here's something cool: Phillies will face Paul Skenes in Clearwater on Monday. It'll be their first look at him.

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Here you go. Rojas DH Stott 4 Bohm 5 Kepler 7 Kennedy 3 Marchan 2 Stevenson 8 Castro 6 Kroon 9

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Weston Wilson “felt a little grab” on a swing today. Midsection. He’ll probably go for some imaging. Wilson is leading candidate for final Phillies bench spot.

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"This process is going to change your life," Aaron Barrett told Andrew Painter when he joined the rehabbing pitchers. What happened when the game was taken away from Painter for two seasons? He emerged with some perspective. The education of a top prospect: www.nytimes.com/athletic/614...

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Phillies will take Alec Bohm, Bryson Stott and Max Kepler to beautiful Lakeland on Saturday for their Grapefruit League opener. Nabil Crismatt will start. The game is not televised, but Scott Franzke has arrived in Florida.

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They’re experimenting with the challenge system during a Zack Wheeler live batting practice session. Trea Turner took a called strike three. Bryson Stott challenged on his behalf (not allowed). It was a strike. “Suck it, Trea!” an unidentified Phillie yelled.

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Some Phillies notes from Clearwater, featuring Trea Turner and Brandon Marsh: www.nytimes.com/athletic/614...

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“Number 80,” Aidan Miller said, “and number 81, baby.” “I like that 80, I’m not going to lie,” Justin Crawford said. The view is pretty decent this spring for the two youngest guys in the Phillies clubhouse. Story: www.nytimes.com/athletic/614...

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“I feel like a kid again,” Aidan Miller, 20, said about being in big-league camp as I died inside.

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New Phillies Therapy: We talked about the double-play tandem — and how 2025 is a big year for both guys, albeit for different reasons. Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/1tIi...

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"He had them right where he wanted them. They were attacking him, and he just wasn't swinging the bat enough." Injuries might explain some of Bryson Stott's 2024 regression. But not all of it. Story: www.nytimes.com/athletic/614...

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First Phillies full-squad workout today. Bryce Harper is ill, so he’s been excused. Trea Turner is not here yet; his wife recently had a baby. He should be on the field Wednesday.

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Dave Dombrowski said offensive adjustments to use the whole field more would “fall into Kevin Long’s hands.” Phillies had 2nd-most opposite-field hits in MLB. But there are still tough conversations for Long to have. “There might be some friction.” Story: www.nytimes.com/athletic/614...

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Some weekend Phillies notes from camp: www.nytimes.com/athletic/613...

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It makes sense for the Phillies to free up the DH spot a little more in 2025 to keep some regulars fresh. How weird should they get? A story: www.nytimes.com/athletic/613...

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Lots of rambling about things you do not care about on this parade day.

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Alec Bohm's offseason saga is over. "I feel like people forget how much of a piece of this team he is." Now, the hard part. Story: www.nytimes.com/athletic/613...

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The first of many dispatches from Clearwater — a shiny new clubhouse for a familiar roster that is trying to move on with this group while keeping an eye on the kids in the room: www.nytimes.com/athletic/613...

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Matt’s spring updates have begun. Want in? Check out the Discord server that’s part of our Patreon membership

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Spring training unofficially began with Jesús Luzardo and Andrew Painter throwing a football around. Luzardo said he’s full-go, on schedule this spring. Aaron Nola cut his hair. José Alvarado lost some weight. It’s 76 degrees.

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Spring training begins tomorrow for the Phillies. It feels a lot like it did a year ago this time. The last preview of the preview: www.nytimes.com/athletic/612...

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I’m blind now.

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This feature from the 20th anniversary still holds up! www.nytimes.com/athletic/150...

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The Phillies have 29 hitters coming to camp. Only four of them were not in the organization last season. No unit will face more scrunity than the lineup. A word on every position player:

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The annual camp blurbs are back. Thoughts on all 34 pitchers coming to Clearwater next week: www.nytimes.com/athletic/609...

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New PT. In place of a typical Spring Training preview, Matt and I run a 5-round draft of spring player storylines we’re most interested in. Did we get the picks and order right (of course we did how dare you)? open.spotify.com/episode/7Ebz...

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Answering some of your Phillies questions while you wait for the Super Bowl: www.nytimes.com/athletic/609...

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Are you thinking about baseball? Why? If you are, come ask a Phillies mailbag question: www.nytimes.com/athletic/609...

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New PT. You want an hour of baseball talk to help tide you over between now and pitchers & catchers (ok, really Feb. 9th)? Well GUESS WHAT: open.spotify.com/episode/3qMW...

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Some dead-of-winter words about the Phillies: www.nytimes.com/athletic/608...

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Doing some research on the last time the Phillies signed a professional player directly from Japan (1998) ... and Salisbury was on it:

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Phillies NRI tiers? Phillies NRI tiers: www.nytimes.com/athletic/606...

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Roki Sasaki was 9 when a tsunami destroyed his hometown. His father and grandparents died, as did 18,000 others along Japan's northeast coast. That day dictated so much of what came after for Sasaki. Baseball made him happiest, so he started chasing an MLB dream. www.nytimes.com/athletic/605...

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New PT. Jeff Hoffman is gone, and we must soldier on. Matt and I do that by talking about the outfield, naturally open.spotify.com/episode/4sug...

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Phillies reached agreements with all of their remaining arbitration-eligible players -- Suárez, Bohm, Luzardo, Stott, Marsh and Sosa. Suárez ($8.8 million in ARB 3) and Bohm ($7.7 million in ARB 2) were largest sums.

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