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PHILADELPHIA -- The Phillies on Tuesday hired Peter Fatse as their new hitting coach. Fatse most recently worked for the Red Sox, holding the same position from December 2021 until he -- along with manager Alex Cora and other members of the coaching staff -- was let go by Boston

PHILADELPHIA -- Dave Dombrowski talked last week about how the Phillies hope to improve a roster that is top heavy with high-priced talents like Bryce Harper, Trea Turner, Kyle Schwarber, Zack Wheeler, Cristopher Sánchez, Jesús Luzardo and Aaron Nola. Their salaries (and, for most, their full no-trade rights) figure to

You can only make one first impression. Organizations handle recent Draft picks in all sorts of ways. Sometimes, they’ll hold them back for lighter work at the Spring Training complex, work that continues into fall instructs or bridge-league play. Sometimes, they’ll push them out to an affiliate to get their

The 34th annual Arizona Fall League season is underway, and you can watch top prospects from all 30 MLB organizations throughout October and November as AFL matchups are once again streaming for free on both MLB.com (here and on the AFL site) and MLB.TV. All but five games of the

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This page will be updated throughout the offseason to reflect the team’s latest transactions and any injury updates. As a reminder, players can remain on the 60-day IL through the World Series, after which teams must account for those players on their 40-man roster.

PHILADELPHIA -- Dave Dombrowski said he isn’t happy with the way the Phillies played or how the season ended in 2026. “We’re expecting and we want to win a World Series,” he said Thursday morning at Citizens Bank Park. But the Phillies went backward in ’26. They started 9-19, costing

MLB Pipeline's latest Top 100 Prospects list is full of youth. That’s always the case when it comes to Minor League players, but that’s especially true currently. Of the top 25 players ranked, 17 are not legally allowed to drink yet in the United States (under 21) and eight are

PHILADELPHIA -- For now, Trea Turner is the Phillies’ shortstop. How long he plays there is up to him. Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski spoke on Thursday morning at Citizens Bank Park for the first time since the team’s loss to Atlanta in Game 3 of the NL

PHILADELPHIA – Two days after the Phillies’ season ended on Oct. 1, Dave Dombrowski and Don Mattingly met in Dombrowski’s office at Citizens Bank Park to discuss the season and the future. They talked for two hours. Mattingly replaced Rob Thomson as the interim manager on April 28. He guided

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- There were 45,485 fans in Citizens Bank Park on Oct. 23, 2022 when Bryce Harper drilled his iconic go-ahead three-run homer in NLCS Game 5 to help send the Phillies to the World Series. One of them was Ryan Dromboski, a native of Hamilton, New Jersey, who

PHILADELPHIA -- The Phillies' bullpen needs to build a better bridge from the starting rotation to closer Jhoan Duran before Opening Day 2027. They are bringing back one of their most reliable bullpen arms from this past season. Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski announced on Thursday that they

I'm fresh off my stint in the Arizona Fall League, what I believe to be my 27th time covering Major League Baseball's prospect finishing school. As always, it didn't disappoint, and I know all of you are tired of me talking about how every baseball fan should plan a trip

PHILADELPHIA -- Don Mattingly will be back next season as Phillies manager. The club announced Wednesday morning that Mattingly, who became the team’s interim manager on April 28, signed a two-year contract that runs through the 2028 season. Sources had pointed toward Mattingly’s return since early last week, when former

PHILADELPHIA -- The Phillies are making changes to the 2027 coaching staff, following Wednesday’s announcement that Don Mattingly is back as manager. Hitting coach Kevin Long and infield coach Bobby Dickerson will not return, president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski said on Thursday. Long and Dickerson have worked together on

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The most important thing for prospects is development: learning how to be a professional, acquiring new skills, sharpening tools or pitches. There often can be bumps in the road along the path to the big leagues, and it's important to note that performance and production in the moment isn't necessarily

PHILADELPHIA -- The Phillies and Dodgers are the only two teams in baseball to have made the postseason each of the past five years. The Phillies have been to the World Series once in that time. They lost in 2022. The Dodgers have won each of the last two World

PHILADELPHIA -- Alex Cora will not be the Phillies’ next manager. Now, signs point to Don Mattingly’s return. League sources on Wednesday morning confirmed what USA Today first reported late Tuesday night. Sometime in the past few days, Cora told the Phillies that he is not interested in managing next

The Arizona Fall League presents an opportunity for players who missed significant time due to injury to get more reps. It also provides a chance for teams to look at some of their prospects for six more weeks before deciding whether to add them to their 40-man roster. Organizations have

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- There are changes afoot for Aidan Miller and where he might find a home in Philadelphia’s infield, but before getting to that, a moment is needed just to celebrate his return to the field where things like future defensive home matter once again. When he’d get to