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Fri, 23 Oct 2026 17:37:01 GMT NBC Sports Philadelphia https://sportspyder.com/mlb/philadelphia-phillies/articles/58413049 https://sportspyder.com/mlb/philadelphia-phillies/articles/58413049 false false Starting tonight, two small market teams who have never won a title will attempt to do so when the Milwaukee Brewers host the Tampa Bay Rays for Game 1 of the 2026 World Series. With a lockout looming and owners clamoring for a salary cap they say is necessary to restore competitive balance, the teams […] Fri, 23 Oct 2026 17:06:11 GMT John Stolnis https://sportspyder.com/mlb/philadelphia-phillies/articles/58412586 https://sportspyder.com/mlb/philadelphia-phillies/articles/58412586 false false As teammates for the Phillies, Shane Victorino and Ryan Howard won a World Series title. Now, they'll be foes as opposing players on Banana Ball teams next summer. Fri, 23 Oct 2026 16:49:29 GMT Mike Livingston https://sportspyder.com/mlb/philadelphia-phillies/articles/58412459 https://sportspyder.com/mlb/philadelphia-phillies/articles/58412459 false false Alec Bohm let the pitch travel and drove it over the right-field wall at Truist Park. His two-out, opposite-field homer in the 10th inning of Game 2 gave the Phillies a 4-3 lead over the Braves, kept their season alive and provided Bohm with the biggest hit of his career. Philadelphia was eliminated the following night, leaving the homegrown infielder’s future as one of the first questions of the offseason. Did that swing help buy Bohm another year with the Phillies? No decision this important will be based on one postseason at-bat. But the home run offered a final reminder of what Bohm has provided, even during a season that began disastrously. He consistently puts the ball in play, rarely strikes out and has repeatedly driven in runs for a lineup that does not have many dependable right-handed hitters. The Phillies also need more power, better defense and a different look after failing to win a postseason series for the third consecutive year. Deciding whether Bohm remains part of that picture is not as simple as replacing his .698 OPS. His tenure in Philadelphia The Phillies selected Bohm third overall in the 2018 draft, and he reached the majors two years later. He finished second in National League Rookie of the Year voting during the shortened 2020 season and has remained in Philadelphia’s lineup ever since. His development has not been linear, but he eventually became one of the steadier run producers in the middle of the order. Bohm drove in 97 runs in both 2023 and 2024, making his first All-Star team during the latter season while setting a career high with 44 doubles and producing a .779 OPS. Injuries limited him to 120 games in 2025, but he still hit .287 with 59 RBIs. His contract year began under much different circumstances. Bohm filed a lawsuit against his parents days before Opening Day, alleging they had mismanaged his finances. His parents denied wrongdoing, and the sides reached a confidential settlement in September. Through May 6, Bohm was hitting .159 with one home run, 15 RBIs and a .433 OPS. Don Mattingly then gave him . Bohm responded by homering twice in his return. From May 9 through the end of the regular season, he hit .274 with 14 homers, 73 RBIs, 41 extra-base hits and a .773 OPS over 120 games. Extended across 162 games, that production translates to approximately 19 home runs and 99 RBIs. That is much closer to the player Bohm has been throughout his career than the one who spent the opening weeks with one of baseball’s lowest OPS marks. His production with runners in scoring position remained his greatest strength. Bohm hit .347 with a .418 on-base percentage, .542 slugging percentage and .960 OPS in those situations. His average ranked seventh among qualified major-league hitters, and 74 of his 88 RBIs came with runners in scoring position. Bohm finished the regular season hitting .249 with 15 home runs, 29 doubles, 88 RBIs and a .698 OPS in 155 games. He then hit .333 with three RBIs during the Wild Card Series. Dombrowski did not guarantee that Bohm would return, but he cautioned against allowing the infielder’s shortcomings to overshadow everything he has provided. “It’s amazing sometimes when you look at a player day in and day out, sometimes you remember more negatives than you do positives,” Dombrowski said at the Phillies’ end-of-season press conference. “There are a lot of positives.” “If Alec is not back with us, those 90 runs he drives in every year will be missed,” he added. “You’ll have to pick it up in other ways.” Offseason outlook Bohm’s free agency forces the Phillies to weigh a valuable skill against the limitations that accompany it. He is not the traditional power hitter teams expect from a corner-infield position. Bohm has never hit more than 20 home runs in a season, and his career high came in 2023. But he has driven in at least 85 runs in three of the last four seasons, making him one of only seven right-handed hitters in baseball to do so. The defensive evaluation is less favorable. Bohm appeared in 106 games at third base and 50 at first after the Phillies acquired Luis Arraez and rearranged their infield. Statcast credited him with minus-8 Outs Above Average at third and minus-3 at first. His ability to play both corners should expand the number of clubs that can pursue him, but the flexibility would be less useful in Philadelphia. Dombrowski has already said Bryce Harper will enter 2027 as the Phillies’ first baseman. If Bohm returns, he would return as their third baseman. “Harper’s going to be our first baseman,” Dombrowski said. “If Bohm’s coming back, that means he has to be our third baseman. So, how does that compare with him as a third baseman, an all-around player, versus some other things that we could do?” The Phillies have several alternatives to consider. Bryson Stott showed that he can move from second to third, while top prospect Aidan Miller received his first professional work at the position late in the season. Miller’s back ... Fri, 23 Oct 2026 16:35:35 GMT Cole Weintraub https://sportspyder.com/mlb/philadelphia-phillies/articles/58412280 https://sportspyder.com/mlb/philadelphia-phillies/articles/58412280 false false With an owner-imposed lockout likely to begin on Dec. 2, the Phillies are putting single-game tickets for the 2027 season on sale much earlier than they usually do. The Phillies say on their website that single-game tickets for the 2027 season will go on sale on Nov. 23. Single-game tickets typically go on sale in […] Fri, 23 Oct 2026 16:05:46 GMT Destiny Lugardo https://sportspyder.com/mlb/philadelphia-phillies/articles/58411930 https://sportspyder.com/mlb/philadelphia-phillies/articles/58411930 false false After five seasons with the Phillies, utility player Edmundo Sosa is set to become a free agent this offseason. Acquired for reliever JoJo Romero in a trade with the Cardinals in 2022, Sosa has been a fan favorite in Philadelphia and a contributor for five playoff teams. At times, his performance — or another player’s […] Fri, 23 Oct 2026 16:05:41 GMT Ty Daubert https://sportspyder.com/mlb/philadelphia-phillies/articles/58411929 https://sportspyder.com/mlb/philadelphia-phillies/articles/58411929 false false The 76ers’ remarkable comeback against the Cavs from 29 points down in their 2026 home opener was only the latest remarkable comeback against all odds over the years by a Philadelphia sports team. We’ve seen the Eagles score 28 points in 7 ½ minutes to beat the Giants in 2010, the Phillies down to their last strike three times to beat the Cards this summer, the Flyers down 3-0 in a series and 3-0 in an elimination game and come back to win both. But what are the 10 greatest comebacks in Philly sports history? We put together a list of 10 amazing ones, listed here chronologically because it’s impossible to rank any of them above the others. The list includes games from the 1950s through this past summer. What comebacks are missing? Eagles were down 24-0 Metropolitan Stadium, Oct. 25, 1959 When Hall of Famer Dick “Night Train” Lane scored on a pick-6 off Norm Van Brocklin in the 3 rd quarter, the Cards led the Eagles 24-0 in a game played at neutral site Metropolitan Stadium in Minneapolis. But the Eagles scored the final 28 points of the game on two touchdown runs by Billy Ray Barnes, Van Brocklin’s 29-yard TD pass to Tommy McDonald and the game-winner, a 22-yard TD pass from Van Brocklin to McDonald. It was the first NFL game ever played at Metropolitan Stadium, which later became the first home of the Vikings. The game was played in Minneapolis as the city tried to raise interest in attracting an NFL stadium. The 24-point comeback remains tied for the biggest in Eagles history and is tied for 8 th-largest in NFL history and 3 rd-largest ever on the road. QUOTE: “The Eagles gave 20,112 in this big-league hungering town a glimpse of what they are missing Sunday. The Birds rallied from a 24-0 3 rd-quarter deficit to out-hustle the St. Louis Cardinals, 28-24. Tommy McDonald lunged in the fashion of a flying tackler to snare Norm Van Brocklin’s 22-yard pass in the right corner of the end zone to decide things” — Story by John Dell in the Oct. 26, 1959, Philadelphia Inquirer. Down 30 in Boston, where they had lost 15 straight March 25, 1988, Boston Garden The 76ers had lost 15 straight road games against the Celtics and were 7-29 on the road in 1987-88 when they faced Larry Byrd, Kevin McHale, Robert Parrish and Company in Boston late in the season. When the Celtics went up 75-45 with 7:31 left in the third quarter, it looked like more of the same. But the 76ers suddenly got hot, the Celtics got cold, and the 76ers improbably outscored Boston 52-18 the rest of the way to win 97-93, with Mo Cheeks hitting the go-ahead basket with nine seconds left and Gerald Henderson clinching it with two foul shots after Byrd missed a 3-pointer. The 30-point comeback remains the largest in 76ers history and is tied for 8 th-largest in NBA history and 5 th-largest on the road. QUOTE — “At the half, I was really embarrassed. I didn’t expect to win, I just wanted to get some pride back,” Charles Barkley Eagles trailed 27-7 in Washington Sept. 17, 1989, RFK Stadium Mark Rypien, a future Eagle, threw three quick touchdown passes – two to Gary Clark, one to Earnest Byner – and Washington raced out to a 27-7 lead early in the second quarter at RFK Stadium. But Randall Cunningham heated up and the Eagles got back in the game on a touchdown run by Anthony Toney and Cunningham TD passes to Keith Jackson, Cris Carter and Mike Quick. Despite all of it, Washington still led 37-35 in the finals and seemed to put the game away when Gerald Riggs spun off a 58-yard run down to the Eagles’ 22-yard-line after the two-minute warning. But two plays later, Riggs got the ball again and Seth Joyner crushed him, forcing a fumble. Eagles defensive end Al Harris from Mount Holly recovered and handed the ball off to Wes Hopkins, who raced all the way down to the Washington 4-yard-line, where the Eagles had a 1 st-and-goal with 57 seconds left. That’s when Randall threw his fifth touchdown pass of the game and second to Jackson. Jerome Brown forced a Rypien fumble on Washington’s first snap of their next possession and the Eagles had blown a 20-point lead for the first time since 1946. QUOTE — “We had a lot of confidence. Even though we were down by a whole bunch of points we’re still in the game. If we keep scoring, we’ll keep winning. And in the last minute of the game, when the Redskins were driving, Randall said, ‘If we get the ball back with a minute on the clock, we’re going to score,” Keith Jackson. The Phillies trailed the Dodgers 11-3 in the 9 th inning Aug. 21, 1990, Dodger Stadium The Phillies trailed 11-3 going into the top of the 9 th at Dodger Stadium before rallying for nine runs off Dave Walsh, Tim Crews and Jay Howell and winning 12-11. Big hits in the inning were a three-run homer by John Kruk, a two-run double by Dale Murphy and an RBI double by Carmelo Martinez to tie the game at 11, with Dickie Thon hitting a sacrifice fly to score Rod Booker with the go-ahead run. Don Carman pitched the 9 th to earn the save. QUOTE — “Let’s be hone... Fri, 23 Oct 2026 15:39:32 GMT Reuben Frank https://sportspyder.com/mlb/philadelphia-phillies/articles/58411699 https://sportspyder.com/mlb/philadelphia-phillies/articles/58411699 false false It would be unfair to blame Taijuan Walker for the 9-19 start and the firing of Rob Thomson, who was released after five miserable performances in the middle of the 10-game losing streak. However, it is not unfair to use Taijuan Walker as a symbol of their biggest problem in 2026: failing to roster enough […] Fri, 23 Oct 2026 15:31:01 GMT Anthony Esbensen https://sportspyder.com/mlb/philadelphia-phillies/articles/58411617 https://sportspyder.com/mlb/philadelphia-phillies/articles/58411617 false false Gabrie Barbosa was diagnosed with stage three colon cancer in July. Phillies fans will be happy to hear that just a few months later, he's been declared cancer- Fri, 23 Oct 2026 15:14:47 GMT Ethan Williams https://sportspyder.com/mlb/philadelphia-phillies/articles/58411447 https://sportspyder.com/mlb/philadelphia-phillies/articles/58411447 false false The Philadelphia Phillies could consider making this risky $90 million offseason move. Fri, 23 Oct 2026 14:58:28 GMT Matthew Schmidt https://sportspyder.com/mlb/philadelphia-phillies/articles/58411269 https://sportspyder.com/mlb/philadelphia-phillies/articles/58411269 false false The Philadelphia Phillies are getting set for an important winter, and how they look to attack it will be interesting. Coming off another early exit from the p Fri, 23 Oct 2026 14:56:57 GMT Nick Ziegler https://sportspyder.com/mlb/philadelphia-phillies/articles/58411242 https://sportspyder.com/mlb/philadelphia-phillies/articles/58411242 false false The 2026 World Series begins tonight, as the Tampa Bay Rays travel to Milwaukee to take on the Brewers. First pitch in tonight’s Game 1 is scheduled for 8pm on FOX. It’s the first World Series since 1980 where neither franchise has ever won a title, ensuring that a first time-champion will be crowned. It […] Fri, 23 Oct 2026 13:17:49 GMT Joe Edinger https://sportspyder.com/mlb/philadelphia-phillies/articles/58410323 https://sportspyder.com/mlb/philadelphia-phillies/articles/58410323 false false PHILADELPHIA -- Dave Dombrowski talked last week about how the Phillies hope to improve a roster that is top heavy with high-priced talents like Bryce Harper, Trea Turner, Kyle Schwarber, Zack Wheeler, Cristopher Sánchez, Jesús Luzardo and Aaron Nola. Their salaries (and, for most, their full no-trade rights) figure to Fri, 23 Oct 2026 13:15:55 GMT Todd Zolecki https://sportspyder.com/mlb/philadelphia-phillies/articles/58410296 https://sportspyder.com/mlb/philadelphia-phillies/articles/58410296 false false