Division clinched!

With nine games remaining, the Phillies’ magic number to secure the second seed and the accompanying wild card round bye is four, any combination of Phillies’ wins and Dodgers’ losses.

The Brewers’ magic number for the top seed is six, any combination of Brewers’ wins and Phillies’ losses.  The Brewers’ magic number to clinch home field throughout the entire post-season is four.  (Home field for the world series is determined by the best regular season record.)  Continue reading Phillies Discussion 9/19/2025 →

Sometime this week the Phillies will clinch the division.  Hopefully in the first game of the Dodgers’ series. Continue reading Phillies Discussion 9/15/2025 →

The Phillies got some impressive starting pitching and timely hitting in a four-game sweep of the New York Mets.   Let’s take a moment or two to savor it. Continue reading Phillies Discussion 9/12/2025 →

I promised to extract the Lists portion of an earlier article and put it on the site menu. Finally getting around to it.  I’ll leave comments open for a couple days, but this is not in lieu of a Phillies discussion.  After a couple days, I’ll delete this paragraph and scrub the comments of anything not pertinent. Continue reading MLB’s Lists and Roster Limits →

The Phillies completed a four-and-two road trip with a disappointing loss in Miami and returned home for an important series against the Mets.  Since their last meeting when the Mets swept the Phillies in New York and closed to within four games of the division lead, the Mets have squandered their good fortune and have dropped back to seven games off the pace. Continue reading Phillies Discussion 9/8/2025 →

The Phillies won three out of four games from the Braves.  And yet, there is disappointment that they couldn’t complete the sweep on the heels of Luzardo’s pitching gem. Continue reading Phillies Discussion 9/1/2025 →

The Phillies were swept by the Mets and looked terrible throughout the series. Continue reading Phillies Discussion 8/28/2025 →

While I was away, the Phillies finished off a disappointing road trip at six-and-four after opening with four wins.  They just closed out a six-game homestand with five wins, could have been six but stuff happens. Continue reading Phillies Discussion 8/25/2025 →

Well hopefully the Phillies beat up the Nationals and then did well against Seattle. Continue reading Phillies Discussion 8/21/2025 →

Well hopefully the Phillies had a good first two series before going on to Washington. Continue reading Phillies Discussion 8/14/2025 →