DENVER -- After waiting nearly six months through a cold winter, baseball brings with it a sense of warmth and, if you’re a Phillies fan, an expectation of a real shot at winning the World Series.

Zack Wheeler wasn't quite as sharp in his second rehab outing with Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Friday night -- but his defense also didn't do him any favors. The three-time All-Star was one out away from finishing off three scoreless innings against the Durham Bulls before things went a bit

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Spring Training is always a testing ground for new pitches. It seems like every pitcher is trying something new with their arsenal. The regular season is another story. New pitch experiments from the spring evaporate as quickly as they came -- see Garrett Crochet and his new splitter, for example,

With the Minor League season kicking off, here's where the Phillies’ Top 30 Prospects are projected to start:

1. Aidan Miller (MLB No. 21), SS -- Injured (back)
2. Andrew Painter (MLB No. 26), RHP -- Philadelphia (MLB)
3. Justin Crawford (MLB No. 51), OF -- Philadelphia (MLB)
4. Gage

PHILADELPHIA -- Justin Crawford flung his helmet into the air. He had just laced a walk-off single to right field in the 10th inning of Wednesday’s 6-5 victory over the Nationals at Citizens Bank Park, capping a remarkable week that he never could have imagined. But he ran with it,

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The season has just begun, but several pitchers put themselves on the radar with electric debuts. Whether they are young hurlers that might be taking a step forward, veteran pitchers looking for bounceback seasons or unheralded pitchers potentially flashing a new upside, we had plenty of pitchers with impressive first

With games kicking off on Thursday at both levels of A ball as well as Double-A, and Triple-A entering its second week of play, the 2026 Minor League season is now fully underway. That means we can finally see all of our favorite prospects performing on the field. We know

The 2026 Minor League Baseball season has begun, which means its time for a six-month onslaught of theme nights, giveaway items and celebrity appearances. It's time for promotions, in other words, the lifeblood of the industry. Whatever it takes to get butts in seats.

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The White Sox have the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 Draft, which comes with an assigned value of $11,350,600, the largest since the bonus-pool era began in 2012. Yet it's the Pirates who possess the largest overall pool at $19,130,700, another record. MLB informed the teams of the

PHILADELPHIA -- Cristopher Sánchez pitched so well on Opening Day that the Rangers called him a “bonafide superstar.” But even superstars aren’t perfect every day. Sánchez didn’t have his best stuff in Wednesday afternoon’s 6-5 comeback win in 10 innings over the Nationals at Citizens Bank Park, grinding through 5

PHILADELPHIA -- Andrew Painter stepped out of the Phillies’ dugout shortly before 6 p.m. on Tuesday. He was less than an hour from his highly anticipated MLB debut. The fans that noticed him at Citizens Bank Park applauded as he walked to the bullpen to begin the final preparations for

The Phillies haven’t had a pitching prospect like Andrew Painter since Cole Hamels more than 20 years ago. Hamels couldn't have been more hyped. Then, he won 2008 World Series and NLCS MVP honors, made four All-Star teams, finished top eight in NL Cy Young voting four times and threw

Which Minor League ballparks are worth visiting? The answer, of course, is "all of them." Minor League Baseball's 120 teams operate out of a wide variety of locales, within a wide variety of locations, and all of them offer their own unique charms. And every year, there are different reasons

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PHILADELPHIA -- No pressure on Andrew Painter, but the Phillies need somebody to step up on Tuesday. Manager Rob Thomson said before Monday night’s 13-2 loss to the Nationals at Citizens Bank Park that he would be thrilled to get six innings from Painter in his highly anticipated MLB debut

Andrew Painter was supposed to be Exhibit A for pitching phenoms, not the poster boy for how non-linear baseball development can be. Yet here we are. After a 2022 season that saw him dominate three levels at age 19, Painter was the clear choice for MLB Pipeline Pitching Prospect of

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PHILADELPHIA -- The Phillies know how it looked this weekend at Citizens Bank Park. They certainly know how it sounded. They heard boos during a pair of losses to the Rangers, including Sunday’s 8-3 loss in the series finale. Fans expressed their frustration about the offense and the sloppy play

Zack Wheeler was never expected to be fully ready to pitch in the Phillies' season-opening series this weekend at Citizens Bank Park. But if his outing with Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Saturday afternoon is any indication, Wheeler's 2026 debut may not be too far off.