This time next week… you will not be watching the Phillies play regular season baseball. This time the week after next… you will also not be watching the Phillies play regular season baseball. But one day before this time next week… then you’ll be watching Phillies regular season baseball.
Unless opening day gets rained out again, in which case you will be watching the Phillies play regular season baseball this time the week after next.
Anyway, onto the links.
Phillies news
Mark your calendars: on August
7th, Chase Utley joins the Phillies Wall of Fame.
Aaron Nola changed his offseason training approach, and the early results look good. ($)
Zack Wheeler will be taking the next step in his recovery with a live batting practice this Saturday.
MLB news
MLB.com’s Mike Petriello evaluates every MLB ballpark by how hard it is to play outfield there. Phillies outfielders have it tough.
Dan Szymborski of FanGraphs takes a look at the scenarios that could spell doom for top teams, including the Phillies. ($)
Start checking those old binders and boxes: a one of a kind Aaron Judge card just sold for $5.2 million. (I checked my old collection, but all I found was a 1st edition shadowless Charizard. Darn.)
