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A strange team in the midst of a strange league year finds itself coming home after a successful 4-2 road trip that, even as we reach June, still felt weird to watch. With expectations for the offense nearly shattered, we stumble through head-scratcher after head-scratcher and contemplate how long the pitching staff can carry the weight of a cumbersome offense.
Our Executive Producer supporters for this episode are: Adam D., Andrew C., Andrew G., Joe M., Mary R., and Owen S.
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No one in the sport can hit right-handed, and the Phillies are quite mortal at home. Thank fully, that soft, cushiony spot in the schedule we all know and love is here: A West Coast trip! We review the Ohio teams' series and, once again, recalibrate our expectations of what this team is.
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The Phillies blasted their way through a 5-1 road trip, and arrive back home as the owners of a record above .500 just three weeks after hitting the bottom. How about that? Carried by their stars on both sides of the ball, the team has looked like the contender we expected, and they bring Big Momentum back to CBP for six games against Ohio's finest.
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Maybe it really was just the Cubs and the Braves? The Phillies wrapped up a 10-3 stretch with a series win over Colorado, their 4th straight. Up next: A 6-game road trip in the Eastern time zone, featuring possible matchups with an old friend and a clash of pitching titans.
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The Phillies are stabilizing. Sure, their right-handed hitters are absentee, the defense is shaky, and bullpen injuries could become a problem, but they've won 6 of 7 leading into a homestand against a couple of West division foes. Maybe things are beginning to level off, after all?
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The Phillies made it official on Tuesday, relieving Rob Thomson of his duties after their 9-19 start. Despite leading the team to four consecutive playoff berths and coming off of back-to-back 95-plus-win seasons, the Phillies deemed Thomson to be the latest problem in need of fixing as they search for ways to climb out of their deep-and-growing April hole.
Don Mattingly takes over on a firmly interim basis, with Dusty Wathan moving to fill the bench coach role and Triple-A manager Anthony Contreras moving up to take over as MLB third base coach. Chris Adamson will manage the IronPigs.
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Is Judgement Day approaching for the 2026 Phillies before the calendar even flips to May? Patience is running thin, both inside and from outside the club, and it's fair to wonder what move(s) can be made to start turning things around. Paul and Matt process the bafflement in real-time, and take stock of the team at their latest disappointing checkpoint.
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The Phillies have lost 9 straight and 13 of their last 15. I do not have a quippy title for this one!
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Bleh. Yuck. Assorted mucus-y noises. The Phillies bombed a homestand, and now head on the road against two of the teams that have made their start to the season a little extra gross. The countdown - well, one we're setting, at least - has begun.
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It starts with a question: What do you want to hear? We review and rank some concerns, acknowledge the relative earliness of the hour (again), and (Paul in particular) feel the urgency of the need for someone outside the top of the lineup to step up.
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