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Philadelphia Phillies Analysis
MLB Playoff Appearances For Each Team From 1995-2025
Tucker, Bregman, Schwarber Headline 2025-26 MLB Free Agent Class
Kyle Tucker leads a deep winter market featuring former Astros stars and proven veterans seeking lucrative multi-year deals across multiple positions. Read more »
Grading The 19-20 MLB Offseason: National League Edition
Breaking down all of the moves that mattered for the NL teams, most notably the Dodgers and Reds. Read more »
Favorite Things: A National League Midseason Baseball Revue
The Dodgers are unsurprisingly dominating the National League, followed by the Braves, Nationals, Cubs and Brewers. Read more »
Predictions For The 2019 MLB Season (Bold, Tepid & Otherwise)
Some rankings, thoughts and predictions for the 2019 season, all of which will certainly come to pass and which we will in no way regret in the future. Read more »
Grading The 2019 Offseason: NL East
No division in either league improved as much as the NL East did this offseason, and it's going to be an absolute grind to here next season. Read more »
Gimme Dat Harp, Boy: On the Bryce Harper Signing
If any team could afford to take a risk on a very special player like Bryce Harper, it's the Phillies. Read more »
Grading The Deal: J.T. Realmuto Reeled In By Phillies
J.T. Realmuto makes the Phillies better and all he cost was some prospects (even if one of them is one of the better pitching prospects up for grabs). Read more »
2018 Year-End MLB Team Portfolio Rankings
The Red Sox, Astros and Dodgers comprise this year's top-3 with the Yankees and Cubs right behind them. Read more »
Pitch Perfection: Cy Young Award Predictions
On the candidates including Blake Snell, Jacob deGrom, Chris Sale, Aaron Nola and more. Read more »
Predictions For The 2018 MLB Season (Bold, Tepid & Otherwise)
Predicting the regular season awards, division winners and what will happen in the always unpredictable October. Read more »
2017 Year-End MLB Team Portfolio Rankings
The Astros, Dodgers, Yankees, Indians and Cubs comprise our top-5 as we enter 2018. Read more »
Grading The Deals: Eduardo Nunez, Anthony Swarzak, Pat Neshek
On Eduardo Nunez to the Red Sox, Anthony Swarzak to the Brewers and Pat Neshek to the Rockies. Read more »
Predictions For The 2017 MLB Season (Bold, Tepid & Otherwise)
Here are some predictions for the 2017 season, organized by team. If we make enough; some safe, some crazy, surely, we'll get some right, right? Cue: the rumbling laughter of the baseball gods. Read more »
Grading The Offseason: NL East
While the Nationals and Mets largely looked to maintain their spots atop the NL East, the Marlins, Phillies and Braves continued to rebuild. Read more »
2016 Year-End MLB Team Portfolio Rankings
The Cubs won the 2016 World Series but they rank behind the Dodgers and Red Sox in terms of the value of their collective assets. Read more »
Grading The Deals: On The NL Trade Deadline
Matt Moore, Matt Duffy, Matt Kemp, Josh Reddick, Rich Hill, Jay Bruce and Mark Melancon were some of the big names to move at the deadline. Read more »
Flirting With Success: The Young, Filthy Phillies Starters
Even if there's a little bit of early-season mirage going on somewhere here, we've seen the upside of the Phillies young rotation now and it looks like they could be around for their next competitive team thanks to how young they are. Read more »
Ranking MLB's Best Hitter-Pitcher Combinations
It's difficult to win a World Series on the strength of just two stars, but having a superstar hitter and pitcher is as good a place as any to start building a contender. Read more »