PHILADELPHIA -- The Phillies rolled out a lineup featuring their typical top four hitters for the first time in six weeks on Monday night -- and the results could not have been better. Philadelphia celebrated Trea Turner's long-awaited return by collecting a season-high 18 hits en route to a 9-2

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PHILADELPHIA -- It was no secret that Phillies shortstop Trea Turner would make his long-awaited return on Monday. The only lingering question was who would be removed from the active roster to create a spot. That answer came when the club activated Turner and optioned starting center fielder Johan Rojas

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BALTIMORE -- There hasn't been much for the Phillies to get upset about this season -- but that certainly wasn't the case on Sunday afternoon at Camden Yards. Manager Rob Thomson was ejected from the club's 8-3 loss to the O's in the rubber game following a heated argument. With

Want to give the gift of baseball to celebrate Father’s Day? MLB.TV has just the deal for you, and Tuesday is the last day you can take advantage. During the MLB.TV Father’s Day Sale, the All Teams Yearly package -- which enables you to stream every out-of-market game, live or

We have a crack staff here at MLB.com, working hard to watch every team as closely as possible and rank them as dispassionately and analytically as possible. But, if you’ll forgive us saying something about our very-fun-considering-we-get-to-watch-baseball-all-day jobs is kind of hard … this year doing these rankings is very

BALTIMORE -- Not that Sunday's showdown at Camden Yards needed any added magnitude, but it will now serve as the rubber game for the Phillies' highly anticipated series with the Orioles. The Phils followed up Friday night's electric 11-inning victory over the O’s with a 6-2 loss on Saturday afternoon.

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BALTIMORE -- This weekend’s showdown is unlike any early-season series in Phillies history -- and Game 1 against the Orioles certainly lived up to the hype on a wild Friday night at Camden Yards. The series opener had a little bit of everything, from Kyle Schwarber’s leadoff home run to

BOSTON -- Phillies right-hander Aaron Nola had never been hit around quite as hard as he was in Thursday night's 9-3 loss to the Red Sox at Fenway Park. "I'm going to flush this one pretty quick," Nola said after allowing a career-high-tying eight earned runs in 3 2/3 innings.

We’re still about a month away from the start of the 2024 Draft, and much like Jim Callis stated in his projection last week, we’re in a little bit of a calm-before-the-storm territory. With a few exceptions playing in the Men's College World Series, topped by No. 3 prospect Jac

BOSTON -- Cristopher Sánchez's pitch had barely hit rookie catcher Rafael Marchán's mitt when Bryce Harper started his slow stroll to the mound from first base. With the Phillies holding a four-run lead, Sánchez had just thrown his sixth straight ball and found himself behind in the count with runners

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Two offensive skills will always stand out most to evaluators of all stripes, from the most veteran of scouts to the first-time fan in the stands -- power and speed. Players who can consistently make loud contact and send balls over outfield walls will draw plenty of wows, and those

BOSTON -- Move over Babe Ruth, "June Schwarber" has finally arrived. It came a bit late this year, but Kyle Schwarber's June dominance could not have come at a better time for the Phillies. Schwarber clubbed his first home run of the month on the opening pitch of the Phils'

BOSTON -- The National League-leading Phillies expect to be without J.T. Realmuto for approximately a month. The star catcher was placed on the 10-day injured list prior to Tuesday’s series-opening 4-1 win in Boston and will undergo right knee meniscectomy surgery on Wednesday in Philadelphia. The timeline of a month

LONDON -- Nick Castellanos’ bat splintered into three pieces on the final pitch of the Phillies’ trip to London. The Phillies had the bases loaded with one out in the ninth inning of Sunday’s 6-5 loss to the Mets, which gave them a split of the London Series at London

One team with the top two Cy Young Award finishers? It hasn't happened often -- only five times by four different pairs of pitchers -- but it's definitely in play this season. In our third Cy Young poll of 2024, a pair of teammates took the first two spots in

There are only 30 teams in baseball, so, by definition, there is only so much of a jump you can make in one week. The Dodgers are always in the top 10, so even if they go 7-0 in a week, they’re still only going up so far. Same for

With the Mets' nail-biter 6-5 victory over the Phillies on Sunday, the 2024 London Series has come to an end. The NL East rivals went out with a bang -- sort of -- with a tightly-contested game culminating in an anxious ninth inning in which both clubs mounted rallies. But