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The New York Mets have pushed the Philadelphia Phillies to the brink of elimination with a 7-2 win in Game 3 of their best-of-five NLDS series. As the pressure now mounts on the Phillies to keep their season alive, skipper Rob Thomson spoke to the press and didn’t exactly inspire confidence among the fans that […]

Philadelphia Phillies manager Rob Thomson is revealing why he left third baseman Alec Bohm out of the lineup in Game 2 of the NLDS. Thomson is instead going with Edmundo Sosa in the infield for Game 2 against the New York Mets. “I think [Sosa] energizes other people, and that’s what we need,” Thomson said, […]

On paper, the Philadelphia Phillies should beat the New York Mets in the NLDS. However, no stat describes the mental toughness of this year’s Mets team, who beat them 6-2 in Saturday’s Game 1. Phillies manager Rob Thomson spoke on his bullpen’s failures, via NBC Sports’ Corey Seidman. “It was stunning, it was, to see […]

Following a robust 12-3 victory over the New York Mets that clinched a postseason berth for the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday, manager Rob Thomson was far from celebratory as his team faltered Saturday, losing 6-3 in a game that highlighted ongoing bullpen issues. Thomson expressed clear frustration with his pitching staff’s recent performance, particularly regarding […]

Rob Thomson’s squad was the overwhelming favorite entering this game against the Atlanta Braves. After all, they are on top of the NL East and should be getting more hungry as the postseason nears. However, Reynaldo Lopez and his crew put everyone on the team from Pennsylvania on notice. Not a single one of Bryce […]

The Philadelphia Phillies are on their way back to make a big blast before the season ends. They just notched a big win over the Skip Schumaker-led Miami Marlins after a huge outing from Kyle Schwarber. This now puts at an equal 5 wins and 5 losses in their last 10 games. While Rob Thomson’s […]

It has been a rough one for the Philadelphia Phillies as their once commanding lead on top of the AL East is starting to diminish as they have lost seven of the last 10 games, coming off of a three-game sweep against the New York Yankees. Phillies star Bryce Harper is also in a slump […]

The New York Yankees have won their fourth straight game after outlasting the Philadelphia Phillies, 7-6, on Tuesday night. After the brutal loss, Phillies manager Rob Thomson offered a reality check to his pitchers. This loss was the Phillies’ second in a row to the Yankees. They had given up the first game, 14-4, in […]

Brandon Marsh is not in the Philadelphia Phillies lineup for their game Monday night against the Minnesota Twins as he rests a sore elbow. Utility man Weston Wilson will start in his place. Wilson has only played in seven games for the Phillies this season, but is 5-18 with a home run and a stolen […]

The Philadelphia Phillies were defeated 5-4 by the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday. Starting pitcher Taijuan Waker lasted just four innings and surrendered four runs in the defeat. Walker also walked three hitters while striking out three as well. Phillies manager Rob Thomson still believes in Walker’s ability on the mound, but isn’t sure if the […]

The Philadelphia Phillies franchise played its first season in the National League in 1883. No Phillies team won 36 of its first 50 games in a season until this year. No team in the MLB has done that since the 2001 Seattle Mariners. Plenty of superlatives can be used to describe the 2024 Phillies season […]

The first month of the 2024 MLB season was very kind to the Philadelphia Phillies. After a somewhat sluggish 8-8 start, they exploded, winning 13 of their next 16 and becoming the first team to 20 wins, 21-11 in total at the start of play Friday night. And before we jump all the way in […]

While the Philadelphia Phillies look to once again have a solid season like last year where they won 90 games and made some noise in the postseason, there is one element that needs to be locked in if the team wants success. At the current moment, Phillies star Nick Castellanos is in a slump, but […]

The Philadelphia Phillies have made a name for themselves over the past few seasons by mashing the long ball. Home runs eluded them through the first two weeks of the 2024 season though, which prompted manager Rob Thomson to offer his solution on how to get more power out of his offense. “Just keep running […]

For the second consecutive year the Philadelphia Phillies extended their manager’s contract. The Phillies announced a one-year extension for manager Rob Thomson on Monday, tying him to the franchise through the 2025 season. Thomson took over as interim manager in June 2022 and was named to the position full-time in October, signing a two-year deal […]

The Philadelphia Phillies came back home to the City of Brotherly Love with two chances to make a return trip to the World Series. However, the Phillies ended up blowing both of those opportunities, seeing their season come to an end after suffering a 4-2 loss in Game 7 of the NLCS against the Arizona […]

Rob Thomson isn’t stressed. The MLB playoffs present no shortage of adversity, challenges, and pressure. However, the Philadelphia Phillies manager dropped an honest admission Saturday, explaining why he is not worried about pressure in the postseason, via Jesse Rogers of ESPN. “I was going to retire a couple years ago so there’s really not much […]

The best team with the best offense in all of baseball, the Atlanta Braves, looked like they were going to be shut out once again in Game 2 of the NLDS against the Philadelphia Phillies. But the Braves made a dramatic comeback late in the game to even the series, winning 5-4. Last year in […]

Philadelphia Phillies fans held their breath in Spring Training when first baseman Rhys Hoskins went down with what was diagnosed as a torn ACL. With the regular season coming to a close, there is no return in sight. However, if the Phils do make a deep run again, Hoskins could potentially make an appearance in […]

Red October is upon us. The Philadelphia Phillies are back in the postseason as they look to defend their National League pennant and finish the job in the World Series. Johan Rojas, a rookie center fielder who has become one of the best defenders in baseball after being called up from Double-A in July, hit […]

Philadelphia Phillies manager Rob Thomson is on the record as not being a fan of Atlanta Braves superstar Ronald Acuña Jr.’s boisterous celebrations. And Acuña’s teammate Tyler Matzek isn’t a fan of Thomson’s take. It’s NL East beef at its finest. “If you don’t like it, stop it. If you can’t stop it, admire it. […]

Rob Thomson wasn’t a fan of Ronald Acuña Jr.’s empathic home-run celebration during a recent Philadelphia Phillies-Atlanta Braves clash. Acuña’s antics came after blasting a home run off Zack Wheeler at Citizens Bank Park. He celebrated while running the bases, ultimately leading Thomson to call Acuña out after the game, per WIP Morning Show. “I […]

Philadelphia Phillies fan, you might want to look away. The Phillies took on the Washington Nationals on Thursday night in Philadelphia, and ended up taking home a 6-2 win to improve to 64-52 and stay 1.5 games up on the San Francisco Giants for the top wild card spot. However, it wasn’t all good things […]

The Philadelphia Phillies are on a red hot tear, coming off a no-hitter by newly acquired pitcher Michael Lorenzen. They got even more good news on the mound, with relief pitcher Jose Alvarado rehabbing to return very soon. Alvarado will face hitters on Friday after his live batting practice was rained out on Thursday afternoon. […]

Michael Lorenzen is having a career resurgence in 2023, and has joined elite company after his recent trade deadline move to the Philadelphia Phillies. He became the fifth player ever to throw a no-hitter in his home debut with a team, as he held the Washington Nationals to a goose egg in his outing on […]

That was fast. In just his second game in Philadelphia Phillies threads, starting pitcher Michael Lorenzen was able to make history on the mound. The 31-year-old righty tossed just the 14th no-hitter in franchise history in a blazing performance Wednesday night against the Washington Nationals at home. Lorenzen’s no-hitter came on the heels of his […]

There might not be a more hated person in Philadelphia Monday night than Phillies manager Rob Thomson, whose decision-making against the Baltimore Orioles led to the team’s fans expressing their rage on Twitter. The fans are particularly outraged by Thomson’s decision to leave Kyle Schwarber in the outfield in the ninth which proved to be […]

Well, that’s one way to lose a game. The Philadelphia Phillies were doing a good job holding down the Cleveland Guardians. In the sixth inning, though, disaster struck. Zach Wheeler induced a routine pop-up into center right field. Three players converged towards the ball… but none of them were able to come down with it. […]

Bryce Harper of the Philadelphia Phillies had a bizarre at-bat against Hoby Milner of the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday, taking every pitch and striking out looking in a 3-2 count, and manager Rob Thomson explained Harper’s approach in the at-bat. “I asked him about it,” Rob Thomson said, via Alex Coffey of The Philadelphia Inquirer. […]

Philadelphia Phillies stud Nick Castellanos is more well-known for his offense rather than his defense, but you can’t say he’s not versatile. For the first time in Castellanos’ career Monday, he played center field. The best part? It literally came at the 2023 MLB All-Star Game. While no fly balls came his way, the slugger […]

The Philadelphia Phillies have hit their stride recently. A walk-off home run from Kyle Schwarber against the Los Angeles Dodgers made it six straight wins. But their momentum took a temporary halt in an intense game that featured an ejection of manager Rob Thomson. In the sixth inning of the Phillies’ Saturday matchup with the […]

The Philadelphia Phillies unexpected World Series run in 2022 led many fans to believe that they would be in contention to win it all again this season. Yet so far on the 2023 season, the Phillies have struggled, posting a 22-26 record, which is only good for fourth place in the crowded National League East. […]

Philadelphia Phillies manager Rob Thomson has spent most of the offseason in his hometown of Ontario, Canada, but confirmed to MLB.com that he would be back in Florida for spring training before the end of the month. The 59-year-old Sarnia native spoke with MLB reporter Todd Zolecki about how the 2022 NL Champions plan to […]

Philadelphia Phillies manager Rob Thomson was recently voted the second-most handsome manager in baseball, losing out to just Buck Showalter for the top spot. Thomson spoke with the Phillies media on Wednesday, and recalled the moment he told his wife the good news — and she had a hilarious roast ready for him when he […]

Zack Wheeler will start Game 6 of the World Series as was originally expected, per Bob Nightengale. The Philadelphia Phillies’ star right-hander has been dealing with arm fatigue, which left him questionable for this outing. But according to Nightengale, Wheeler was “fine” in a recent bullpen session and will take the ball on Saturday in […]

Zack Wheeler struggled mightily in World Series Game 2 against the Houston Astros. The Philadelphia Phillies’ star right-hander clearly did not have his best stuff. And despite Game 3 getting rained out, Wheeler’s next start will not come until a potential Game 6 in Houston. Phillies manager Rob Thomson recently revealed the harsh Zack Wheeler […]

Not many expected the Philadelphia Phillies to pull off a run to the World Series after they went through a roller-coaster first half of the season. From being eight games under .500 to president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski’s decision to fire manager Joe Girardi and replace him with Rob Thomson, the first few months […]

When Ranger Suarez secured the final out of the NLCS against the San Diego Padres, every single Philadelphia Phillies player celebrated on the field in jubilation. But for Phillies manager Rob Thomson, he was already looking ahead to planning for the World Series. Thomson announced on Wednesday that Aaron Nola will take the mound for […]

Philadelphia Phillies manager Rob Thomson could be with the New York Yankees right now. Instead, New York opted to sign Aaron Boone to be their manager instead. Boone’s Yankees will be watching Rob Thomson’s Phillies take on the Houston Astros in the 2022 MLB World Series. Thompson was recently asked if he believes the Yankees […]