The Phillies Show

Will Rob Thomson be the Phillies manager on Tuesday? Will Kevin Long be the hitting coach?

The team’s 9-19 start has fueled this speculation. Thomson addressed his job status following Sunday’s loss to the Braves. Meanwhile, Dave Dombrowski declined to address speculation about Alex Cora’s unexpected availability, after the Red Sox fired him on Saturday.

We talk a lot about the hot seat and who should be held responsible for this mess.

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It’s hard to imagine how much worse things can get for the Phillies, but we’ll find out this weekend in Atlanta.

The Phillies have lost nine consecutive games, following their first four-game sweep to the Cubs at Wrigley Field since 1973. The terrible run has Phillies manager Rob Thomson and hitting coach Kevin Long on the hot seat, while Dave Dombrowski’s job performance has come under scrutiny. After all, he signed both Nick Castellanos and Taijuan Walker, who the Phillies just released on Thursday.

We talk about the losing streak, Walker and more.

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The Phillies have been playing bad baseball for weeks, and if they keep playing like this it could cost Rob Thomson his job.

Should it? We discuss Dave Dombrowski’s comments on Tuesday in Chicago, and his role in the Phillies’ mess. It includes a historically bad start for the Phillies’ offense, a pitching staff that no longer seems to be a strength and more.

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We’ll find out if this is rock bottom for the Phillies.

They just got swept by the Braves. They’ve lost five in a row, 10 out of 13 and just finished their worst nine-game homestand in almost 17 years. They have the worst run differential in baseball, too. Yes, it’s even worse than the Mets, who have lost 11 in a row. The Phillies are hoping it’s just a bad start, but maybe it’s more than that.

We discuss the homestand, Zack Wheeler’s return. Taijuan Walker’s spot on the roster and more.

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It’s not good, folks.

The Phillies rank toward the bottom in baseball in most offensive categories. They have one of the highest ERAs in baseball. They rank as one of the worst defenses. They’re 8-10. They’ve been in worse spots before, but the longer this continues the more people wonder if they will dig out of it.

We talk about everything that’s gone wrong, and who shoulders the blame.

We also discuss Jesús Luzardo’s troubling start, Zack Wheeler’s return to the rotation, Aidan Miller’s chronic back injury and more.

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Phillies right-hander Aaron Nola joins the show!

He’s having a charity poker tournament on Thursday night at Citizens Bank Park, which includes an auction of great stuff. We talked to Nola about the event, plus plenty of baseball. Why he loves throwing to J.T. Realmuto, what impresses him about Andrew Painter, how he got a little extra zip on his fastball this season, learning from Carlos Ruiz, Cole Hamels and much more!

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Bryce Harper made it short and quick following Sunday’s 4-3 loss to Arizona:

“Just bad baseball.”

What made it bad? Bad base running, a poor approach at the plate, just an overall lack of offense. We dig into the Phillies’ 7-8 start, and what is ailing the Phillies’ lineup. Plus, we look at who the Phils’ next cleanup hitter should be and more.

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The Phillies have played only 12 games, but it doesn’t mean fans can’t be frustrated.

But should they overreact? We asked you for your Phillies questions, and you delivered once again. We tackled everything from the offense to the hitting coach to the lineup to Alec Bohm’s slow start to the hitters' approach to swinging for the fences … do we detect a theme here?

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What happened out west?

The Phillies opened a six-game road trip on Friday in Colorado by scoring seven runs in the first inning and winning 10-1. They scored two or fewer runs in four of the next five games, including consecutive shutout losses in San Francisco to finish the road trip. The Phillies are 6-6. It’s early, but the offense’s slow start has you wondering.

We discuss the offense’s malaise, plus provide updates on J.T. Realmuto, Zack Wheeler and Aidan Miller and share our thoughts on the late Davey Lopes.

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The Phillies scored seven runs in the first inning in Friday’s series opener in Colorado, and everybody had to be thinking … here comes the offense.

The Phils won two of three this weekend in Colorado, but they scored only three runs in the final two games of the series. Fortunately, Jesús Luzardo pitched a gem in Saturday’s 2-1 victory. Unfortunately, Taijuan Walker did not in Sunday’s 4-1 loss. Takeaways from the weekend in both the hitting and pitching side?

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Plus, Zack Wheeler made his second rehab start on Friday, but he’s still looking for his fastball velocity.

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