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.500 before Memorial Day. Who’d have thunk it?
It does help that they are playing some of the middle class teams in baseball instead of repeating viewings of the upper crust, but the Phillies are still playing good baseball right now, getting back to the spot we thought they’d be in.
On to the links.
Phillies news:
- The Phillies have been playing better and at least some of that is due to Alec Bohm playing better and Justin Crawford improving in the field ($).
- Getting Zack Wheeler back might have been the thing that saved the Phillies season. That and other thoughts found here ($).
MLB news:
- The Mariners have had a smattering of injuries to their roster, so they brought up Colt Emerson for his big league debut.
- Jose Altuve is headed to the injured list after straining his oblique. The Astros have been decimated with injuries this year.
- Speaking of injuries, the Dodgers have a bunch on the pitching side, so they traded for Eric Lauer to help reinforce them.
