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The Phillies swept the Angels in Anaheim on Sunday, following a huge grand slam with two outs in the ninth inning on Friday and another comeback victory on Saturday.

They got a promising start from Zack Wheeler on Sunday. Is he back? “I’m still not out of it,” Wheeler said. But he certainly pitched better than he had lately. He helped the Phillies improve to 20-7 in August, which is the best record in baseball. Th...

Where would the Phillies be without Jesús Luzardo, Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper. Each had big games on Wednesday in Seattle, helping the Phillies avoid a sweep. Luzardo’s starts have become Win Day for the Phillies, and Schwarber’s 40th homer has him pushing for the Hall of Fame.

But what’s up with Trea Turner? Time to sit him? Time to drop him in the lineup?

We talk about Andrew Painter’s chances to...

The Phillies flew to Seattle on Sunday on the highest of highs, riding a nine-game winning streak into a nine-game West Coast road trip.

But then Zack Wheeler got shelled on Monday, allowing four home runs and eight runs in just four innings. He has an 8.51 ERA in his last six starts. Then the offense collected just two hits after the second inning in Tuesday’s loss. Suddenly, the Braves have a 4 ½ game lead in the NL East ag...

Don’t count out these Phillies. Kyle Schwarber hit a dramatic, no-doubt-about-it, walk-off home run in the ninth inning in Sunday’s 6-4 victory over the Cardinals at Citizens Bank Park. The Phillies have won in nine in a row!

Big at-bats from Bryce Harper, J.T. Realmuto, Justin Crawford, Edmundo Sosa and Bryan De La Cruz in the ninth inning led to Schwarber’s historic moment. We talk about the Phillies' historic c...

Is Aaron Nola back? If so, it’s great news for the Phillies. At the very least, Nola’s resurgence is coming at the right time with Phillies co-aces Zack Wheeler and Cristopher Sánchez not pitching to their typical standards.

We then answer your questions, everything from this team’s ability to win the World Series to swinging at first pitches to Alec Bohm’s and Luis Arraez’s futures with the Phillies t...

Alec Bohm and Bryson Stott continue to come up big for the Phillies, who have won five consecutive games to move into second place in the NL Wild Card race. It’s fun to watch guys get hits and run the bases, isn’t it? But can the Phillies keep it up?

Meanwhile, Zack Wheeler’s struggles continue, while Cristopher Sánchez’s home dominance continues.

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Phillies first baseman Alec Bohm has been crushed by Phillies fans for weeks.

Some wanted him off the team. But Bohm has been one of the Phillies best hitters since the All-Star break, and even one of the best hitters in baseball. Meanwhile, the Phillies’ offense has the best on-base percentage in baseball in August. Do you believe in Bohm’s resurgence? Do you believe in the Phillies offense?

We discuss those hot-b...

The Field of Dreams game lived up to the hype on Thursday night in Iowa.

Kyle Schwarber homered twice in a 7-1 victory over the Twins. He’s heating up, smashing four home runs in his last five games. Aaron Nola allowed one run in five innings. He has a 2.91 ERA in his last four starts.

Ruben was in Iowa, so he shared his experience, which included an awesome pregame ceremony that featured former Phillies and Hall of Famers Mi...

The Phillies grounded into four double plays on Tuesday night. They lost to the Cardinals, 2-0.

It’s the 27th time this season they’ve been held to one run or shut out. Only the A’s have done that more. But Tuesday’s loss also dropped the Phillies into a three-way tie with the Diamondbacks and Padres for the final two NL Wild Card spots.

Luis Arraez is hitless in his last 16 at-bats. Bryce Harper has a sore ...

Chase Utley made the Phillies’ Wall of Fame this weekend, but he couldn’t have been happy to see the way his former team played.

Sloppy all around, and only a Derek Hill walk-off single in the 12th inning on Sunday prevented a sweep. There are plenty of things to be concerned about going into the final few weeks of the regular season, but perhaps the biggest one is the bullpen. Orion Kerkering and José Alvarado continue...

We’re settling in for the final two months of the regular season, so Friday felt like the perfect time to hear what’s on your mind.

First, though, how about Luis Arraez? We talk about his impact in his first three games with the Phillies.

Second, you asked us about the lineup, the rotation, players the Phillies might still pick up, Dave Dombrowski on the hot seat and more.

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We recap the Phillies’ trade deadline.

The Phillies got Luis Arraez, Brooks Raley and Caleb Kilian. But they didn't get a right-handed bat. They didn't get a No. 5 starter. We talk about what we like and don't like about it.

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The Phillies acquired second baseman Luis Arraez and right-hander Caleb Kilian from the Giants for prospects Ramon Marquez and Marty Gair. They also acquired left-hander Brooks Raley from the Mets for prospects John Spikerman and Luke Gabrysh.

What do we like about it? We don’t we like?

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Title: It’s Trade Deadline Day for the Phillies

Finally, Major League Baseball’s trade deadline is here.

It’s 6 p.m. ET on Monday, and we expect the Phillies to be busy. But what will they get? A reliever? A bat? Both? Are the Phillies no longer looking for a starter following Andrew Painter’s encouraging start on Friday? It could allow them to make better moves elsewhere, but it would leave them exposed sho...

The Phillies are reeling just days before Monday’s 6 p.m. ET trade deadline.

Phillies interim manager Don Mattingly said four times in 90 seconds on Wednesday in Miami that they will learn what the Phillies are made of in the coming days, weeks and months. So, what are the Phillies made of?

We also discuss Bryce Harper, Don Mattingly, Dave Dombrowski and the trade deadline. Daulton Varsho? Taylor Ward? Zach Neto? Wh...

The Phillies are 3-8 since the All-Star break, and they have scored zero or one runs in six of those games.Everybody sees what’s going on. Everybody knows what the Phillies need. Bryce Harper spoke candidly about it following Tuesday night’s 1-0 loss to the Marlins in Miami.

“I think we need some help,” Harper said. “But you know, I think we've proved pretty much all year we've done a pretty good job. ...

The Phillies’ window to win the World Series with this core is closing, so they need to do what they can before the Aug. 3 trade deadline. They need to make trades.

Baseball America wrote something recently that backed up Ruben’s take last week that the Phillies need to be bold … prospects almost never come back to haunt the teams that traded them. So the Phillies need to be aggressive, make trades and do what th...

The Aug. 3 trade deadline is less than two weeks away, and the Phillies still need a bat, a reliever and a starter.

What do they need the most?

Honestly, you could make a strong argument for any one of the three. The Phillies have the lowest on-base percentage in Major League Baseball, so they need somebody who can get on base. The No. 5 starter’s spot has been a black hole since the beginning of the season, which is costing ...

What in the world happened to the Phillies on Tuesday night at Citizens Bank Park?

The Phillies made a couple base running blunders in the ninth inning in a 2-1 loss. Was the contact play on? Don Mattingly said Justin Crawford was supposed to run on any ball hit. Crawford said he wasn’t. But then J.T. Realmuto exercised a lapse in judgment and inexplicably got thrown out at second to end the game.

Trea Turner showed what he c...