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RHP Lenny Torres has signed a minor league contract with the Phillies for the 2026 season. The now 25 year old was the 2018 round CB-A draft selection (#41 overall) by the Cleveland Guardians from Beacon HS in Beacon, New York and was committed to attend St. John’s University before signing with Cleveland for a reported $1.35 million. After spending the initial years of his career with the Guardians organization he became a free agent in November of 2024 and signed with the C

Notes on Phillies and former Phillies participating in fall/winter leagues from games played on 12/14.  Current Phillies bolded and underlined. Dominican Winter League : Rodolfo Castro (SS) went 2 for 4 (single & double) with a walk, RBI and run scored for the Estrellas Orientales in a 8-2 loss to the Aguilas Cibaenas. Bryan De La Cruz was 1 for 4 (single) with a run scored for the Toros del Este in a 3-2 win against the Tigres del Licey. Mexican Winter League : RHP Alan Rang

Notes on Phillies and former Phillies participating in fall/winter leagues from games played on 12/13.  Current Phillies bolded and underlined. Dominican Winter League : RHP Jose Cuas pitched a scoreless frame (3 H) for the Aguilas Cibaenas in a 3-2 loss to the Estrellas Orientales. Robert Moore (2B) was 0 for 3 with a walk for the Aguilas. Mexican Winter League : RHP Alan Rangel threw a perfect inning as did veteran RHP Fernando Salas for the Naranjeros de Hermosillo in a 2-

RHP Bryse Wilson has signed a minor league contract with the Phillies for the 2026 season. The 27 year old pitched in the Chicago White Sox organization in 2025 making 20 major league appearances (5 starts) recording a 6.65 ERA in 47.1 IP with 28 K’s and 19 walks - he also pitched for Chicago’s AAA affiliate Charlotte appearing in 18 games (8 starts) posting a 4.25 ERA in 48.2 IP with 41 K’s and 11 walks. He’s appeared in 115 minor league games overall (99 starts) with a 3.19

RHP Kyle Brnovich has agreed to a minor league contract with the Phillies for the 2026 season. The 28 year old initially played last season for the Baltimore Orioles organization making 15 appearances (14 starts) for AAA level Norfolk. He posted a 6.34 ERA in 61 IP and was released on 8/7 - then signed by the Colorado Rockies on 8/12 finishing the season with their AAA affiliate in Albuquerque making 7 appearances (4 starts). In October he declared free agency. Kyle has an ca

Notes on Phillies and former Phillies participating in fall/winter leagues from games played on 12/12 and 12/13 (Australia).  Current Phillies bolded and underlined. Dominican Winter League : Bryan De La Cruz (RF) went 2 for 5 (single & double) with an RBI and Yairo Munoz (3B) was 2 for 4 (two doubles) with two runs scored and an RBI for the Toros del Este in a 10-3 win over the Gigantes del Cibao. RHP Aneurys Zabala pitched a perfect inning and RHP Robinson Martinez a scorel

Notes on Phillies and former Phillies participating in fall/winter leagues from games played on 12/11 and 12/12 (Australia).  Current Phillies bolded and underlined. Dominican Winter League : Johan Rojas (DH) went 1 for 4 (single) for the Gigantes del Cibao in a 1-0 loss to the Tigres del Licey. Robert Moore (2B) was 1 for 2 (double) with two walks and two runs scored for the Aguilas Cibaenas in a 5-0 win over the Leones del Escogido. Mexican Winter League : Joey Meneses (1B)

RHP Trevor Richards has signed a minor league contract for the 2026 season with the Phillies. The 32 year old pitched last season in the Cubs, Royals and Diamondbacks organizations. He appeared in five major league games (three with KC and two with Arizona) posting a 7.94 ERA in 5.2 innings. Most of his 2025 action was at the AAA level in the minor leagues - 7 games with Iowa (Cubs), 10 with Omaha (Royals) and 21 with Reno (Diamondbacks) recording a 5.19 ERA in 38 games (52 I

The Phillies selected one player in the major league portion of the Rule 5 Draft. RHP Zach McCambley - Miami Marlins - 26 years old - 2020 3rd round draft selection - Coastal Carolina - 2025 AA/AAA - 2.90 ERA - 47 appearances - 62 IP - 83 K’s, 22 walks, 1.10 WHIP.  “Slider is an out pitch - 51% miss rate - also has a cutter - FB is 93-94 mph but has touched 97 mph.” - MLB. He graduated from Pocono Mountain East HS in Mount Pocono, Pa. They lost one player in the major leag

Notes on Phillies and former Phillies participating in fall/winter leagues from games played on 12/8 & 12/9.  Current Phillies bolded and underlined. Dominican Winter League : 12/9 : Bryan De La Cruz (RF) went 1 for 3 (double) with a walk for the Toros del Este in a 4-3 win over the Estrellas Orientales. LHP JP Woodward pitched a perfect inning (1 K) in relief for the Estrellas. Johan Rojas (CF) went 2 for 5 (single & HR) with an RBI and two runs scored for the Gigantes del C

Notes on Phillies and former Phillies participating in fall/winter leagues from games played on 12/7.  Current Phillies bolded and underlined. Dominican Winter League : Johan Rojas (CF) went 2 for 5 (singles) with a run scored for the Gigantes del Cibao in a 8-7 win over the Estrellas Orientales. Rodolfo Duran (C) was 1 for 4 (double) with two RBIs for the Estrellas. Cal Stevenson (RF-CF-LF) went 2 for 4 (singles) with an RBI for the Tigres del Licey in a 2-1 win over the Leo

Notes on Phillies and former Phillies participating in fall/winter leagues from games played on 12/6 and 12/7 (Australia).  Current Phillies bolded and underlined. Australian Baseball League : Rixon Wingrove (1B) went 2 for 5 (double & HR) with three RBIs and two runs scored to lead the Brisbane Bandits to a 11-8 win over the Adelaide Giants. Devin Saltiban went 3 for 5 (three doubles) with an RBI and two runs scored and Mitchell Edwards (C) was also 3 for 5 (two singles & tr

Notes on Phillies and former Phillies participating in fall/winter leagues from games played on 12/5 (12/6 - Australia).  Current Phillies bolded and underlined. Dominican Winter League : Bryan De La Cruz (RF) went 2 for 4 (single & grand slam HR) with a walk, four RBIs and three runs scored for the Toros del Este in a 7-0 victory against the Estrellas Orientales. De La Cruz now has 6 home runs and 32 RBIs in 30 games (133 plate appearances) and leads the league in home runs,

Notes on Phillies and former Phillies participating in fall/winter leagues from games played on 12/4 (12/5 for Australia). Current Phillies bolded and underlined. Australian Baseball League : RHP Giussepe Velasquez pitched three scoreless innings in relief (0 H, 1 BB, 4 K’s - 39 pitches - 27 strikes) for the Adelaide Giants in a 6-1 win against the Brisbane Bandits. Alirio Ferrebus hit a three run home run, Devin Saltiban (CF) went 1 for 3 (single) with a walk, HBP, two stole

The baseball off-season affords players opportunities to conduct “normal life” - sometimes “normal life” includes lifetime events. Congrats are in order to Gabriel Rincones Jr and Tommy McCollum who each got married and to Mavis Graves and Marcus Lee Sang who each got engaged. Best wishes to each of the four couples! I’ve read and heard reports that the Phillies minor league system is “top heavy” - in past years some would say that the talent base was all at the lower levels

Notes on Phillies and former Phillies participating in fall/winter leagues from games played on 12/3.  Current Phillies bolded and underlined. Dominican Winter League : Bryan De La Cruz (RF) went 3 for 4 (singles) with two runs scored for the Toros del Este in a 7-4 win against the Leones del Escogido. Johan Rojas (CF) walked once in four plate appearances, stole two bases and scored a run for the Gigantes del Cibao in a 7-5 loss to the Estrellas Orientales. Mexican Winter L

Notes on Phillies and former Phillies participating in fall/winter leagues from games played on 12/2.  Current Phillies bolded and underlined. Dominican Winter League : Felix Reyes (1B) was 1 for 4 (double) with an RBI and run scored for the Toros del Este in a 6-1 win against the Estrellas Orientales. RHP Robinson Martinez pitched a scoreless inning (1 H, 2 K’s) for the Leones del Escogido in a 6-0 win over the Aguilas Cibaenas. Mexican Winter League : Jon Singleton (1B) wa

RHP MT (Michael Thomas) Morrissey , an un-drafted free agent who attended and pitched for the New Jersey Institute of Technology in 2025 has signed a minor league contract with the Phillies. Morrissey is twenty three years old and graduated from Portsmouth High School in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. He initially attended Georgetown University after high school before transferring to Bryant and then on to NJIT. In his collegiate career he pitched in 59 games - 16 as a starter ama

Notes on Phillies and former Phillies participating in fall/winter leagues from games played on 11/30.  Current Phillies bolded and underlined. Dominican Winter League : Johan Rojas (DH) went 1 for 4 (singles) with two RBIs for the Gigantes del Cibao in a 4-3 win over the Tigres del Licey. Bryan De La Cruz (RF) went 2 for 4 (single, three run HR) with four RBIs and a walk while Rafael Lantigua (SS) was 2 for 4 (singles) with a walk, RBI and three runs scored for the Toros del