Phillies - A Fan’s View

International League ( AAA ) - Lehigh Valley 5 (1-0) Toledo 2 (0-1) Allentown, PA - Coca-Cola Park Summary : Toledo scored a run in the second inning on a single, wild pitch and single. Felix Reyes doubled in the sixth inning off the right center field wall, Bryan De La Cruz and Carter Kieboom walked to load the bases. Christian Cairo walked to score a run. Paul McIntosh walked in the seventh inning, he was forced out at second on a ground ball by Pedro Leon on which Leon rea

Pitchers : Side bullpens (seven mounds) - Levi Stoudt, Estibenzon Jimenez, Tanner Gresham, Luis Gonzalez, Jose Peña Jr, Peyton Havard, Zuher Yousef, Matt Potok, Marty Gair, MT Morrissey, Wilmer Blanco, Luke Russo, John McMillon, Tegan Cain Live BP’s : Christian McGowan, Wen Hui Pan, Ramon Marquez Pitchers not throwing BP’s or in the games - PFP’s on Carlton and Ashburn fields. Position Players : fielding practice and BP on Carlton/Ashburn. Two 10 AM Scrimmage Games - one on

Pitchers : Side bullpens (seven mounds) - Ryan Degges, Sam Highfill, Cole Gilley Pitchers not throwing BP’s or in the games - PFP’s on Carlton and Ashburn fields. Position Players : fielding practice and BP on Carlton/Ashburn. Two 1 PM Practice Games vs Yankees - one at Clearwater, one @ Tampa - I will post details tomorrow. I watched a bit of the game on Roberts - Dante Nori hit a bases clearing double in the game. RHP Luke Gabrysh pitched two innings as the starter. Minor

The Phillies have re-signed outfielder Oscar Mercado to a minor league contract for the 2026 season and assigned him to the Lehigh Valley IronPigs roster. The now 31 yes role signed last season as a minor league free agent and played for the IronPigs in 115 games - 477 plate appearances posting a .249/.369/.373 slash line and .742 OPS with 13 doubles, 1 triple, 11 home runs, 65 RBIs, 69 walks, 68 strikeouts and 40 stolen bases. Defensively he played LF 28 games, CF 7 games an

The Phillies have signed 29 year old infielder Sergio Alcantara to a minor league contract and assigned him to the Lehigh Valley IronPigs roster. He was recently released (3/24/26) by the Washington Nationals after signing with them on 1/28/26. Alcantara has played in 193 major league games with the Tigers, Cubs, Padres, Diamondbacks and Giants. He was originally signed by the Diamondbacks on 7/12/12 from the Dominican Republic as an international free agent. Last season he p

Three games played against the Tigers - two at Clearwater, one at Lakeland. Game One (Roberts Field - Clearwater) - Phillies 3 Tigers 1 At the Plate : 3 R, 5 H, 4 BB, 9 K’s John Spikerman - CF - 0 for 3, walk, 3 K’s Devin Saltiban - RF - 0 for 3, K Brady Day - 2B - 0 for 2 Raider Tello - 3B - 1 for 2 (single), RBI, K Kodey Shojinaga - C - 1 for 2 (single), K Luis Caicuto - C - 0 for 1 Luke Davis - 1B - 0 for 3, K Brock Vradenburg - DH - 1 for 3 (single) Jose Colmenares - SS -

Active players only listed - there are others but are opening the season on the IL. Arizona : DH/1B Carlos Santana Athletics : RHP Michael Kelly RHP Mark Leiter Jr (2013 draft) C Austin Wynns Baltimore : RHP Zach Eflin Boston : LHP Ranger Suarez (International 2012) Chicago Cubs : RHP Ben Brown (2017 Draft) LHP Hoby Milner (2012 Draft) INF Scott Kingery (2015 Draft) Chicago White Sox : RHP Seranthony Dominguez (Intl 2012) LHP Tyler Gilbert (2015 Draft) OF Austin Hayes Clevela

Pitchers : Side bullpens (seven mounds) - Kleyderve Andrade, Naoel Mejia, Michael Mercado, Micah Ottenbreit, Kevin Warunek, Jaydenn Estanista, Angel Liranzo, Eligio Arias, Raymon Rosario, Danyony Pulido, Kyle Brnovich, Chuck King Pitchers not throwing BP’s or in the games - PFP’s on Roberts and Schmidt fields. Position Players : fielding practice and BP on Carlton/Roberts. Three 1 PM Practice Games vs Tigers - two at Clearwater, one @ Lakeland - I will post details tomorrow

Three games played against the Blue Jays - one at Clearwater, two at Dunedin. Game One (Roberts Field - Clearwater) - Blue Jays 9 Phillies 6 At the Plate : 6 R, 10 H, 3 BB, 11 K’s Dante Nori - DH - 2 for 5 (singles), RBI, K Aroon Escobar - 2B - 1 for 4 (double), RBI, walk, 2 K’s Bryan Rincon - SS - 3 for 5 (single, double, HR), RBI Raylin Heredia - RF - 0 for 2, K Raider Tello - RF - 2 for 3 (single,double), two RBIs Dylan Campbell - CF -  0 for 3, walk, K Alex Binelas - 1B -

Pitchers : 15 RH Jean Cabrera - 24 years old - signed as an international free agent 7/2/19 - Maracay, Venezuela - Jean is on the 40 man roster - he appeared in two Grapefruit League games this spring totaling 4.1 IP and posting a 2.01 ERA and pitched two scoreless innings in the Spring Breakout game against the Twins - he’s a battler on the mound who uses a plus changeup, mid nineties sinker (93-96 mph) along with a sweeper. Has the skillset to pitch in the show - a key part

Pitchers : Side bullpens (seven mounds) - Yoniel Curet, Giuseppe Velasquez, Estibenzon Jimenez, Christian McGowan, Cade Obermueller, Gabriel Barbosa, Alexander De Los Santos, Wen Hui Pan, Mitch Neunborn, Adam Seminaris, Gage Wood, Ramon Marquez, Juan Amarante, Braydon Tucker, Brian Walters, Sean Youngerman, Alex McFarlane, Cody Bowker, Colin Peluse Pitchers not throwing BP’s or in the games - PFP’s on Ashburn and Schmidt fields. Position Players : fielding practice and BP o

Final Grapefruit League & Exhibition Game - Number Thirty @ CW vs Rays      Rays 7 Phillies 0 Summary : The Rays scored four runs in the 6th inning on a HR ( Jake Fraley ), two singles, a walk and bases clearing double ( Yandy Diaz ). Ben Williamson homered for Tampa in the seventh. They scored twice in the 8th on two walks and a double. At the Plate : 0 R, 5 H, 3 BB, 11 K’s Edmundo Sosa doubled. Pitching Notes : 7 R, 11 H, 7 BB, 8 K’s LH Jesus Luzardo - 5 IP, 2 R, 7 H, 2 BB,

Grapefruit League & Exhibition Game Twenty-Nine @ Tampa vs Yankees     Yankees 6 Phillies 2 Summary : The Yankees scored two runs in the fourth inning on a walk and three singles, they added two more in the fifth on a home run ( Aaron Judge ), double and single. Bryan De La Cruz doubled in the 8th inning - he scored on a Kyle Schwarber two run home run. Three singles and a sacrifice bunt scored two runs for the Yankees in the bottom of the eighth inning. At the Plate : 2 R, 4

Two games played against the Tigers - one at Clearwater, one at Lakeland. Game One (Roberts Field - Clearwater ) - Tigers 7 Phillies 4 At the Plate : 4 R, 10 H, 4 BB, 11 K’s Pedro Leon - CF - 1 for 5 (HR), 2 RBIs, 2 K’s Rene Pinto - DH - 0 for 5, 2 K’s Nate Humphreys - RF - 1 for 2 (single), walk, SB Joel Dragoo - RF - 1 for 2 (double), K Nick Biddison - 2B - 1 for 2 (single), K Tyler Pettorini - 2B - 0 for 3 Brock Vradenburg - 1B - 0 for 2, K Zach Arnold - 1B - 0 for 3, 3 K’

Grapefruit League & Exhibition Game Twenty-Eight @ Sarasota vs Orioles    Orioles 10 Phillies 8 Summary : Bryson Stott doubled in the first inning and scored on a single by Bryan De La Cruz. A double, single and balk scored a run for Baltimore in the bottom of the first. A walk, wild pitch and single scored a run for them in the third inning. Garrett Stubbs walked in the fourth inning, stole second and scored on a single by Christian Cairo. Trea Turner singled sending Cairo t

Two games played against the Yankees - one at Clearwater, one at Tampa. Game One (Ashburn Field - Clearwater ) - Phillies 2 Yankees 2 At the Plate : 2 R, 6 H, 2 BB, 16 K’s Juan Villavicencio - SS - 0 for 4, 3 K’s Griffin Burkholder - CF - 1 for 4 (double), K Alirio Ferrebus - DH - 0 for 5, 2 K’s Jack Barker - LF - 2 for 3 (single, triple), K, 2 SB’s Victor Cardoza - 1 for 3 (single), K Romeli Espinosa - 0 for 2, 2 K’s Jaeden Calderon - 1B - 0 for 4, K Logan Dawson - 3B - 0 fo

The Phillies will play their second Spring Breakout game in Clearwater tomorrow against the Blue Jays - the first was in Fort Myers on 3/19 against the Twins. The roster has been adjusted to substitute for some of those who played in the Fort Myers game. Lots of folks will cover these games and offer intel - here’s my notes on what I’ve seen and heard on each player on tomorrow’s roster so far this spring. The Phillies gameday roster for tomorrow for was initially posted by

Grapefruit League & Exhibition Game Twenty-Seven @ Clearwater vs Tigers    Phillies 4 Tigers 4 Summary : Justin Crawford tripled to lead off the third inning, Kyle Schwarber reached on an error. Bryce Harper singled to score Crawford. Alec Bohm doubled to score Schwarber. Adolis Garcia singled to score two runs. Detroit scored a run in the fifth inning on a double, fly-out and ground-out.  They scored another run in the sixth inning on two singles and a ground-out. Dillon Din

Two games played against the Blue Jays at Dunedin Game One (Field One) - Phillies 1 Blue Jays 0 At the Plate : 1 R, 6 H, 3 BB, 11 K’s Pedro Leon - CF - 1 for 4 (single), 2 K’s Alex Binelas - DH - 0 for 4, 2 K’s Austin Murr - RF - 1 for 3 (single), walk Bryson Ware - LF - 0 for 3, walk, 2 K’s Will Vierling - C - 2 for 3 (single, HR), RBI Jordan Dissin - C - 0 for 1, K Erick Brito - 3B - 1 for 4 (single), K, SB Trent Farquhar - 2B - 0 for 4, K Jose Colmenares - SS - 0 for 4, 2

Grapefruit League & Exhibition Game Twenty-Six @ Clearwater vs Rays    Phillies 8 Rays 2 Summary : Brandon Marsh doubled in the second inning, Justin Crawford singled on a bunt to third base. Edmundo Sosa grounded out to score a run and Otto Kemp singled to score one more. Adolis Garcia homered in the third inning. The Rays scored twice in the fifth on home runs by Ryan Vilade and Alfonzo Martinez. Trea Turner doubled in the bottom of the fifth and scored on a home run by Bry