LAKELAND, Fla. -- Max Kepler said last month he might be nervous stepping into the Phillies’ clubhouse at BayCare Ballpark for the first time. He had spent his entire professional baseball career with the Twins before signing a one-year, $10 million contract with the Phillies in December. It meant new

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Weston Wilson entered camp as the frontrunner to be the fourth and final man on the Phillies’ bench. But Wilson sustained a mild oblique strain on Friday and will miss the next six weeks.

CLEARWATER, Fla. – It feels like a quick turnaround. The Phillies will play their Grapefruit League opener against the Tigers on Saturday afternoon in Lakeland, Fla. They just opened camp on Feb. 12. Alec Bohm, Bryson Stott and Max Kepler will be the notable big leaguers in the Phillies’ lineup.

This story was excerpted from Todd Zolecki’s Phillies Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Cole Hamels approached Andrew Painter just after he finished his bullpen session on Tuesday at Carpenter Complex. Hamels might be the

CLEARWATER, Fla. – Trea Turner often watches videos of past at-bats when he is slumping. He watches the good ones, of course. He wants to see what he was doing at the time. He wants to remember how he was feeling. Oftentimes, it helps. He helps his teammates the same

Spring may not have arrived quite yet, but Spring Training has! Players have reported to camp and exhibition games kick off Thursday with the Cubs visiting the Dodgers in Glendale, Ariz.

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CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Aidan Miller grew up about 30 minutes from BayCare Ballpark. He still lives at home, and why wouldn’t he? Miller loves the food, and he gets to share his experiences from his first Phillies camp with family and friends. According to MLB Pipeline, Miller, 20, is baseball’s

Umpires first began calling both balls and strikes way back in 1864, and baseballers have been arguing about those calls ever since. Strike-zone judgment has been the subject of some untold number of verbal (and, yes, sometimes even physical) tussles. It has led to outbursts, interruptions, ejections. The greatest managerial

After Spring Breakout's dynamic debut last year, the prospect showcase event returns in full force for 2025. All 30 Major League teams will field squads of top prospects to face off in 16 games from March 13-16 -- the Cubs and Nationals will play twice since there's an odd number

CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Bryce Harper, Trea Turner and Alec Bohm started for the National League at last year’s All-Star Game in Texas. The other member of the Phillies’ starting infield -- Bryson Stott -- watched on TV.

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CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Kyle Schwarber recently did the most difficult thing he said he’s done in sports. He took a swing on hole No. 16 at TPC Scottsdale during the PGA Tour’s WM Phoenix Open pro-am. “You’re used to going out to a golf course and it’s wide open,” Schwarber

When Spring Training arrives each year, there are certain players who have more on the line than others. These are players who were perhaps injured the previous season or didn't live up to expectations. This year is no exception, with many such individuals looking to make a big impact during

CLEARWATER, Fla. -- This winter, Bryce Harper showed the world how he makes ribs, cheesesteaks, bagels, coffee, oatmeal cream pies and date, chocolate and peanut butter bark. A video on Nature’s Gatorade got more than 3.5 million views on TikTok. It made him a surprising social media star.

CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Koyo Aoyagi has been a side-armed right-hander for as long as he can remember. He needed to be, he said. “I couldn’t throw overhand,” Aoyagi joked through his interpreter on Friday afternoon at BayCare Ballpark.

CLEARWATER, Fla. -- J.T. Realmuto has a catcher’s mitt, a first baseman’s mitt and an infielder’s glove. He doesn’t have an outfielder’s glove. He’s never played there. Maybe he finds one this spring. Maybe he doesn’t. It’s early. But Phillies manager Rob Thomson and Realmuto have talked about creative ways

CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Alec Bohm got stopped by somebody different every day at the gym in Houston where he worked out this winter. So, you, uh, getting traded or what? No, Bohm was not getting traded. He didn’t know it at the time, of course. But he wondered because the

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CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Phillies owner John Middleton cheered as hard as anybody as the Eagles trounced the Chiefs on Sunday in the Super Bowl. He had a perfect view from Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie’s suite inside the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. After the green confetti fell and Lurie hoisted

PHILADELPHIA -- Phillies pitchers and catchers will work out for the first time on Wednesday at Carpenter Complex in Clearwater, Fla. They will open the spring with one of the best rotations in baseball, following the offseason acquisition of left-hander Jesús Luzardo. They think right-hander Jordan Romano will return to