Here’s a new Phillies Discussion .

Looks like the novelty of a new manager has worn off.  The Phillies have settled back into their pre-Mattingly malaise of not hitting and not scoring runs.  They’ve wasted a couple good starts recently.  After their 9-19 start, they went 15-4 winning 6 consecutive series under Mattingly.  In their last 12 games, they’ve gone 6-6 losing 3 of 4 series.  They were fortunate to have faced the offensively challenged Padres whom they swept.

Over their last 12 games, they’ve been outscored 40-31.  Hard to win when you average 2.5 runs per game.  The pitching has been very good.  If you remove the two games where they gave up a total of 18 runs, they’ve held the opposition to 24 runs in the other ten games.

I’ve seen the trade suggestions.  While I like the idea of adding an elite pitcher to the rotation, I don’t think that would move the needle much.  He would be just another pitcher not receiving run support.

The Phillies need offense, particularly, a right-handed bat.  There really aren’t any good options likely to be available at the trade deadline.  If there are, the Phillies would probably overpay.  Why not try an internal option?  At least until the deadline?  Option Garcia and play one of the Lehigh Valley guys in right field.  And stick with it.  Try a couple of them like Reyes and Rincones.  Even Kemp.  Anything that keeps Sosa out of left field.  If Garcia can block an option, then release him.   And please forget about Turner in the outfield.  Except for a few dozen games in 2016, he has never ever played outfield.  Look it up.

I also hope they have given up on Turner in the leadoff spot.  He looks like an incarnation of Nick Castellanos most times at the plate, flailing away at pitches out of the strike zone.

Important Dates

• June 1, 2026: Dominican Summer League starts
• July 11, 2026: 2026 MLB All-Star Futures Game, Philadelphia PA
• July 12-13, 2026: MLB First-Year Player Draft, Philadelphia PA (Phillies drop 10 slots)
• July 13, 2026: 2026 Home Run Derby, Philadelphia PA
• July 14, 2026: 2026 MLB All-Star Game, Philadelphia PA
• August 3, 2026: MLB trade deadline at 6:00 P.M. ET
• August 13, 2026: Field of Dreams Game, Thursday game from Phillies at Twins series
• December 1, 2026 (11:59 p.m. ET): MLB Collective Bargaining Agreement expires.

Note: These dates will be used unless/until notified differently.  (Note that there are many more dates to add from Spring Training through the end of the 2026 season and calendar year.  I will add when I have accurate dates for them.)

Transactions

May 2026
05/31/2026 – Lehigh Valley placed RHP Lou Trivino on the temporarily inactive list
05/30/2026 – Phillies designated RHP Zach Pop for assignment
05/30/2026 – Phillies activated RHP Max Lazar from the 60-day IL
05/30/2026 – Phillies activated RHP Zach Pop from the 15-day IL
05/30/2026 – Phillies optioned RHP Max Lazar to Lehigh Valley
05/30/2026 – Lehigh Valley activated RHP Max Lazar
05/30/2026 – Lehigh Valley placed RHP Jackson Rutledge on the 7-day IL retroactive to 5/29
05/30/2026 – Lehigh Valley placed RHP Grant Holman on the 7-day IL retroactive to 5/29
05/30/2026 – RHP Brian Keller assigned to Lehigh Valley from FCL Phillies
05/30/2026 – Reading activated SS Bryan Rincon from the 7-day IL
05/30/2026 – SS Nikau Pouaka-Grego assigned to Jersey Shore from Reading
05/29/2026 – Phillies placed RHP Aaron Nola on the paternity list
05/29/2026 – Phillies recalled RF Steward Berroa from Lehigh Valley
05/29/2026 – Phillies recalled RHP Nolan Hoffman from Lehigh Valley
05/29/2026 – Lehigh Valley activated RHP Andrew Bechtold from the 60-day IL
05/29/2026 – Lehigh Valley sent RF Pedro León on a rehab assignment to Clearwater
05/29/2026 – Jersey Shore sent RHP Micah Ottenbreit on a rehab assignment to Clearwater
05/29/2026 – RHP Wilmer Blanco assigned to Clearwater from FCL Phillies
05/29/2026 – DSL Phillies placed LHP Leonardo Larez on the 7-day IL
05/29/2026 – DSL Phillies placed RHP Filippo Sabatini on the 7-day IL
05/29/2026 – C Sebastian Saenz assigned to DSL Phillies
05/29/2026 – RHP David Victorino assigned to DSL Phillies
05/28/2026 – Phillies optioned LF Otto Kemp to Lehigh Valley
05/28/2026 – DSL Phillies placed RHP Jhoener Tovar on the 60-day IL
05/28/2026 – Lehigh Valley activated C Lou Albrecht from the Development List
05/27/2026 – RHP Justin Burgos assigned to DSL Phillies
05/27/2026 – LHP Leonardo Larez assigned to DSL Phillies
05/27/2026 – RHP Francisco Mercedes assigned to DSL Phillies
05/27/2026 – RHP Luis Mirabal assigned to DSL Phillies
05/27/2026 – RHP Jorge Miranda assigned to DSL Phillies
05/27/2026 – P Alexandre Moreti assigned to DSL Phillies
05/27/2026 – LHP Samuel Ortiz assigned to DSL Phillies
05/27/2026 – RHP Jose Romero assigned to DSL Phillies
05/27/2026 – RHP Yilmar Samudio assigned to DSL Phillies
05/27/2026 – RHP Jhoener Tovar assigned to DSL Phillies
05/27/2026 – LHP Yoel Zambrano assigned to DSL Phillies
05/27/2026 – C Jose Tovar assigned to DSL Phillies
05/27/2026 – OF Jose Briceno assigned to DSL Phillies
05/27/2026 – SS Javen Maduro assigned to DSL Phillies
05/27/2026 – 3B Patrick Silva assigned to DSL Phillies
05/27/2026 – OF Edwin Ramirez assigned to DSL Phillies
05/26/2026 – Lehigh Valley activated RF Gabriel Rincones Jr. from the 7-day IL
05/26/2026 – Lehigh Valley sent RHP Andrew Bechtold on a rehab assignment to Jersey Shore
05/26/2026 – Lehigh Valley sent SS Erick Brito on a rehab assignment to Reading
05/26/2026 – Lehigh Valley sent OF Keaton Anthony on a rehab assignment to Jersey Shore
05/26/2026 – Lehigh Valley sent RF Pedro León on a rehab assignment to FCL Phillies
05/26/2026 – Reading activated RHP Mitch Neunborn from the 7-day IL
05/26/2026 – SS Erick Brito assigned to Reading from Lehigh Valley
05/26/2026 – 2B Tyler Pettorini assigned to Jersey Shore from Clearwater
05/26/2026 – Jersey Shore transferred SS Brady Day from the 7-day IL to the 60-day IL
05/26/2026 – OF Manolfi Jimenez assigned to Jersey Shore from Clearwater
05/26/2026 – OF Victor Cardoza assigned to Clearwater from FCL Phillies
05/26/2026 – OF TJayy Walton assigned to Clearwater from FCL Phillies
05/26/2026 – Clearwater sent C Cesar Mujica on a rehab assignment to FCL Phillies
05/26/2026 – FCL Phillies placed RHP Eligio Arias on the 7-day IL retroactive to 5/25
05/26/2026 – FCL Phillies placed RHP Jesus Montiel on the 7-day IL retroactive to 5/21
05/25/2026 – Lehigh Valley sent SS Erick Brito on a rehab assignment to Reading
05/25/2026 – Jersey Shore placed SS Jose Colmenares on the 7-day IL
05/25/2026 – Jersey Shore placed SS Raider Tello on the 7-day IL
05/25/2026 – Clearwater transferred RHP Sean Youngerman to the Development List
05/24/2026 – Lehigh Valley released SS Sergio Alcántara
05/24/2026 – Clearwater placed RHP Richie Cortese on the 7-day IL
05/24/2026 – Clearwater activated RHP Cole Gilley from the Development List
05/23/2026 – Reading placed SS Bryan Rincon on the 7-day IL
05/23/2026 – Jersey Shore placed OF John Spikerman on the 7-day IL retroactive to 5/21
05/23/2026 – Clearwater activated LHP Cade Obermueller from the 7-day IL
05/22/2026 – Phillies traded RHP Andrew Baker to Colorado for International Bonus Pool Money
05/21/2026 – Phillies signed FA RHP Drake Fellows to an MiLB contract
05/21/2026 – RHP Drake Fellows assigned to Lehigh Valley
05/21/2026 – Clearwater transferred RHP Cole Gilley to the Development List
05/20/2026 – Clearwater activated RHP Brad Pacheco from the Development List.
05/19/2026 – Lehigh Valley sent RF Gabriel Rincones Jr. on a rehab assignment to Jersey Shore
05/19/2026 – Lehigh Valley sent SS Erick Brito on a rehab assignment to Jersey Shore
05/19/2026 – LHP Kirby Snead assigned to Lehigh Valley from FCL Phillies
05/19/2026 – Reading sent RHP Estibenzon Jimenez on a rehab assignment to Jersey Shore
05/19/2026 – Jersey Shore sent RHP Micah Ottenbreit on a rehab assignment to FCL Phillies
05/19/2026 – Jersey Shore sent LHP Kevin Warunek on a rehab assignment to Clearwater
05/19/2026 – RHP Wen-Hui Pan assigned to Jersey Shore from Reading
05/19/2026 – RHP Brian Keller assigned to FCL Phillies
05/18/2026 – Phillies signed FA RHP Brian Keller to an MiLB contract
05/18/2026 – Phillies recalled OF Otto Kemp from Lehigh Valley
05/18/2026 – Phillies optioned LF Felix Reyes to Lehigh Valley
05/18/2026 – RHP Gage Wood assigned to Reading Fightin Phils from Clearwater
05/18/2026 – RHP Gabriel Barbosa assigned to Jersey Shore from Reading
05/17/2026 – Jersey Shore placed RHP Ryan Degges on the 7-day IL
05/17/2026 – RHP Tegan Cain assigned to Clearwater from Lehigh Valley
05/17/2026 – Jersey Shore released RHP Jaydenn Estanista
05/17/2026 – Lehigh Valley released RHP Lenny Torres Jr.
05/17/2026 – Lehigh Valley released RHP Jonathan Hernández
05/17/2026 – RHP Tegan Cain assigned to Clearwater from Lehigh Valley
05/16/2026 – Phillies signed FA LHP Kirby Snead to an MiLB contract
05/16/2026 – Phillies signed FA RHP Lou Trivino to an MiLB contract
05/16/2026 – Lehigh Valley released LHP Génesis Cabrera
05/16/2026 – LHP Kirby Snead assigned to Lehigh Valley
05/16/2026 – RHP Lou Trivino assigned to Lehigh Valley
05/15/2026 – RHP Wilmer Blanco assigned to FCL Phillies from Jersey Shore
05/14/2026 – Reading sent RHP Mitch Neunborn on a rehab assignment to Jersey
05/14/2026 – FCL Phillies placed RHP Matthew Potok on the 7-day IL retroactive to 5/11
05/13/2026 – RHP Tegan Cain assigned to Lehigh Valley from FCL Phillies
05/13/2026 – RHP Keegan Batka assigned to Jersey Shore from Clearwater
05/13/2026 – Lehigh Valley sent RHP Andrew Bechtold on a rehab assignment to Clearwater
05/13/2026 – Reading activated RHP Braydon Tucker from the 7-day IL
05/13/2026 – Clearwater activated LHP Zuher Yousuf from the Development List
05/13/2026 – Clearwater transferred RHP Brad Pacheco to the Development List
05/12/2026 – Phillies signed LF Dylan Carlson
05/12/2026 – Phillies sent RHP Max Lazar on a rehab assignment to Lehigh Valley
05/12/2026 – LF Dylan Carlson assigned to Lehigh Valley
05/12/2026 – Lehigh Valley activated RHP Jackson Rutledge
05/12/2026 – RHP Levi Stoudt assigned to Lehigh Valley from Reading
05/12/2026 – C Lou Albrecht assigned to Lehigh Valley from Reading
05/12/2026 – Lehigh Valley sent OF Keaton Anthony on a rehab assignment to Clearwater
05/12/2026 – Jersey Shore placed RHP Jean Cabrera on the 7-day IL
05/12/2026 – OF Cade Fergus assigned to Reading from Lehigh Valley
05/12/2026 – Reading sent RHP Estibenzon Jimenez on a rehab assignment to Clearwater
05/12/2026 – Reading sent RHP Wen-Hui Pan on a rehab assignment to Jersey Shore
05/12/2026 – RHP Ryan Dromboski assigned to Jersey Shore from Reading
05/12/2026 – Jersey Shore activated RHP Ryan Dromboski
05/12/2026 – Clearwater activated OF Nathan Humphreys from the temporarily inactive list
05/11/2026 – Lehigh Valley sent SS Erick Brito on a rehab assignment to FCL Phillies
05/11/2026 – OF Victor Cardoza assigned to FCL Phillies from Clearwater
05/10/2026 – Phillies claimed RHP Jackson Rutledge off waivers from Washington
05/10/2026 – Phillies optioned RHP Jackson Rutledge to Lehigh Valley
05/10/2026 – Lehigh Valley placed LHP Andrew Walling on the 7-day IL
05/10/2026 – Lehigh Valley released RF Óscar Mercado
05/09/2026 – Phillies sent RHP Zach Pop on a rehab assignment to Lehigh Valley
05/09/2026 – RHP Wilmer Blanco assigned to Jersey Shore from FCL Phillies
05/09/2026 – C Gabriel Azocar assigned to FCL Phillies from DSL Phillies
05/08/2026 – Phillies sent CF Dylan Moore outright to Lehigh Valley
05/08/2026 – Phillies traded RHP Enyel Garcia and RHP Maicol Lauriano to Baltimore for cash
05/08/2026 – Lehigh Valley activated RHP Grant Holman
05/08/2026 – Reading sent RHP Mitch Neunborn on a rehab assignment to FCL Phillies
05/08/2026 – Clearwater placed OF Nathan Humphreys on the temporarily inactive list
05/08/2026 – RHP Ramon Marquez assigned to Clearwater from FCL Phillies
05/08/2026 – OF Victor Cardoza assigned to Clearwater from FCL Phillies
05/08/2026 – DSL Phillies released RHP Richard Reyes
05/07/2026 – Phillies claimed RHP Grant Holman off waivers from Detroit
05/07/2026 – Phillies optioned RHP Grant Holman to Lehigh Valley
05/07/2026 – RHP Ryan Dromboski assigned to Reading from Jersey Shore
05/07/2026 – Reading placed LHP Wesley Moore on the 7-day IL
05/07/2026 – Reading placed RHP Braydon Tucker on the 7-day IL retroactive to 5/6
05/07/2026 – Reading activated C Lou Albrecht from the 7-day IL
05/07/2026 – Reading placed SS Carson DeMartini on the 7-day IL
05/07/2026 – Clearwater sent OF TJayy Walton on a rehab assignment to FCL Phillies
05/07/2026 – DSL Phillies activated RHP Cristian Rego
05/07/2026 – DSL Phillies activated LHP D’wichi Ramirez
05/07/2026 – DSL Phillies activated OF Francisco Renteria
05/07/2026 – DSL Phillies activated RHP Wandelin Garcia
05/07/2026 – DSL Phillies activated RHP Wilfry Michel
05/07/2026 – DSL Phillies activated OF Dayber Cruceta
05/06/2026 – Clearwater transferred LHP Zuher Yousuf to the Development List
05/05/2026 – Phillies activated RHP Jhoan Duran from the 15-day IL
05/05/2026 – Phillies traded RHP Trevor Richards to Chicago White Sox for cash
05/05/2026 – Phillies sent RHP Max Lazar on a rehab assignment to Reading
05/05/2026 – Lehigh Valley sent RF Gabriel Rincones Jr. on a rehab assignment to Clearwater
05/05/2026 – Reading sent RHP Estibenzon Jimenez on a rehab assignment to FCL Phillies
05/05/2026 – Jersey Shore sent LHP Kevin Warunek on a rehab assignment to FCL Phillies
05/04/2026 – Lehigh Valley IronPigs released SS José Rodríguez
05/04/2026 – RHP Gerardo Lopez assigned to FCL Phillies from DSL Phillies Red
05/04/2026 – RHP Pedro Peralta assigned to FCL Phillies from DSL Phillies White
05/04/2026 – FCL Phillies placed RHP Naiker Velazquez on the 60-day IL
05/03/2026 – Reading activated RHP Christian McGowan from the 7-day IL
05/03/2026 – Clearwater activated RHP Sean Youngerman from the Development List
05/03/2026 – FCL Phillies placed OF Nathanael Cijntje on the full-season IL
05/02/2026 – Phillies activated C J.T. Realmuto from the 10-day IL
05/02/2026 – Phillies designated CF Dylan Moore for assignment
05/02/2026 – Lehigh Valley activated RHP Michael Mercado from the 7-day IL
05/02/2026 – Lehigh Valley placed RHP Connor Gillispie on the full-season IL
05/02/2026 – Reading transferred LHP Wesley Moore to the Development List
05/02/2026 – Jersey Shore placed SS Brady Day on the 7-day IL retroactive to 4/30
05/01/2026 – Phillies optioned RHP Nolan Hoffman to Lehigh Valley
05/01/2026 – Lehigh Valley released RHP Lou Trivino
05/01/2026 – Clearwater sent OF TJayy Walton on a rehab assignment to FCL Phillies
05/01/2026 – FCL Phillies placed C Rey Cruz on the 60-day IL
05/01/2026 – DSL Phillies Red released SS Elias Marrero
05/01/2026 – DSL Phillies Red released RHP Henry Ramirez
05/01/2026 – DSL Phillies White released SS Kevin Alvarado
05/01/2026 – DSL Phillies White released LHP Jorge Guzman

April 2026
04/30/2026 – Phillies placed LHP Kyle Backhus on the 15-day IL retroactive to 4/27, left elbow inflammation
04/30/2026 – Phillies selected the contract of RHP Trevor Richards from Lehigh Valley
04/30/2026 – Phillies recalled RHP Nolan Hoffman from Lehigh Valley
04/30/2026 – Phillies sent RHP Max Lazar on a rehab assignment to Jersey Shore
04/30/2026 – LHP Camron Hill assigned to Jersey Shore from Clearwater
04/30/2026 – Jersey Shore activated LHP Camron Hill
04/30/2026 – DSL Phillies Red released RHP Alvaro Hernandez
04/30/2026 – DSL Phillies White released RHP Jose De La Cruz
04/29/2026 – RHP Colin Peluse assigned to Reading from Lehigh Valley
04/29/2026 – Reading activated RHP Colin Peluse
04/28/2026 – OF Nathanael Cijntje assigned to FCL Phillies from DSL Phillies Red
04/28/2026 – RHP Naiker Velazquez assigned to FCL Phillies from DSL Phillies White
04/28/2026 – Phillies activated RHP Jonathan Bowlan from the 15-day IL
04/28/2026 – Phillies optioned RHP Nolan Hoffman to Lehigh Valley
04/28/2026 – Reading sent RHP Christian McGowan on a rehab assignment to Jersey Shore
04/28/2026 – RHP Giussepe Velasquez assigned to Jersey Shore from Reading
04/28/2026 – Clearwater activated LHP James Tallon from the 7-day IL
04/28/2026 – Clearwater transferred RHP Orlando Gonzalez from the 7-day to the 60-day IL
04/28/2026 – LHP D’wichi Ramirez assigned to DSL Phillies White.
04/27/2026 – Jersey Shore placed RHP Casey Steward on the full-season IL
04/27/2026 – Jersey Shore placed RHP Ethan Chenault on the full-season IL
04/26/2026 – Phillies sent RHP Jonathan Bowlan on a rehab assignment to Lehigh Valley
04/26/2026 – Clearwater transferred RHP Sean Youngerman to the Development List
04/25/2026 – Phillies activated RHP Zack Wheeler from the 15-day IL
04/25/2026 – Phillies optioned RHP Alex McFarlane to Reading
04/25/2026 – Reading activated RHP Alex McFarlane
04/24/2026 – Phillies recalled RHP Alex McFarlane from Reading
04/24/2026 – Clearwater activated OF Jonathan Hogart from the 7-day IL
04/24/2026 – OF Jack Barker assigned to FCL Phillies from Clearwater
04/24/2026 – Reading activated LHP Wesley Moore from the 7-day IL
04/23/2026 – Phillies released RHP Taijuan Walker
04/23/2026 – Phillies optioned RHP Alan Rangel to Lehigh Valley
04/23/2026 – Phillies recalled RHP Nolan Hoffman from Lehigh Valley
04/23/2026 – RHP Chuck King assigned to Lehigh Valley from Reading
04/23/2026 – SS Juan Villavicencio assigned to Clearwater from Jersey Shore
04/22/2026 – Phillies transferred RHP Max Lazar from the 15- to the 60-day IL, left oblique strain
04/22/2026 – Phillies placed C J.T. Realmuto on the 10-day IL, back spasms
04/22/2026 – Phillies selected the contract of C Garrett Stubbs from Lehigh Valley
04/22/2026 – OF Cade Fergus assigned to Lehigh Valley from Reading
04/22/2026 – Reading sent RHP Wen-Hui Pan on a rehab assignment to Clearwater
04/21/2026 – Phillies optioned RHP Seth Johnson to Lehigh Valley
04/21/2026 – Phillies recalled RHP Alan Rangel from Lehigh Valley
04/21/2026 – RHP Lenny Torres Jr. assigned to Lehigh Valley IronPigs from Reading
04/21/2026 – Lehigh Valley sent RHP Michael Mercado on a rehab assignment to Jersey Shore
04/21/2026 – RHP Aaron Combs assigned to Reading from Jersey Shore
04/21/2026 – SS Nikau Pouaka-Grego assigned to Reading from Clearwater
04/21/2026 – C Guillermo Rosario assigned to FCL Phillies from Reading
04/20/2026 – Phillies signed FA RF Pedro León to an MiLB contract
04/20/2026 – RF Pedro León assigned to Lehigh Valley, right hamstring strain
04/19/2026 – RHP Cole Gilley assigned to Clearwater from FCL Phillies
04/19/2026 – RHP Eligio Arias assigned to FCL Phillies from Clearwater
04/19/2026 – RHP Cristian Rego assigned to DSL Phillies White
04/18/2026 – Phillies placed RHP Jhoan Duran on the 15-day IL retroactive to 4/15, left oblique strain
04/18/2026 – Phillies optioned OF Otto Kemp to Lehigh Valley
04/18/2026 – Phillies selected the contract of OF Felix Reyes from Lehigh Valley
04/18/2026 – Phillies recalled RHP Seth Johnson from Lehigh Valley
04/17/2026 – RHP Gabriel Barbosa assigned to Reading from Jersey Shore
04/17/2026 – C Guillermo Rosario assigned to Reading from Clearwater
04/17/2026 – RHP Jaydenn Estanista assigned to Jersey Shore from Reading
04/17/2026 – C Angel Mata assigned to Clearwater from FCL Phillies
04/16/2026 – Reading placed C Lou Albrecht on the 7-day IL
04/16/2026 – Clearwater placed RHP Orlando Gonzalez on the 7-day IL
04/16/2026 – RHP Eligio Arias assigned to Clearwater from FCL Phillies
04/15/2026 – Phillies placed RHP Zach Pop on the 15-day IL retroactive to 4/13, right calf strain
04/15/2026 – Phillies recalled LHP Kyle Backhus from Lehigh Valley
04/15/2026 – Lehigh Valley activated RHP Colin Peluse
04/15/2026 – RHP Colin Peluse assigned to Lehigh Valley from Reading