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Free agent Infielder Christian Cairo has signed a minor league contract with the Phillies for the 2026 season. The now 24 year old was drafted by the Cleveland Guardians in the 4th round of the 2019 draft from Calvary Christian HS in Clearwater, Florida. He is the son of former long time major leaguer Miguel Cairo who played in 18 major league seasons with nine different organizations and has also both coached and managed in the major leagues. Christian Cairo played last seas

Notes on Phillies and former Phillies participating in fall/winter leagues from games played on 12/21.  Current Phillies bolded and underlined. Dominican Winter League : Robert Moore (2B) was 1 for 3 (single) with a walk and run scored for the Aguilas Cibaenas in a 6-1 win over the Estrellas Orientales. Bryan De La Cruz (RF) was 2 for 3 (singles) with two walks, an RBI and two runs scored for the Toros del Este in a 9-6 win over the Tigres del Licey. Mexican Winter League : L

Patience is not a virtue of most Philly fans - immediate worrisome reactions like when the Eagles lose a game or god forbid three in a row despite winning the Super Bowl the season before are often the norm. Yet the E-A-G-L-E-S chants sound again after a second consecutive Eastern Division title 🤪. The same holds true for the Phillies - the off-season is a time of speculation and change, however unlike the other major sports MLB off-season transactions generally take time an

Notes on Phillies and former Phillies participating in fall/winter leagues from games played on 12/20.  Current Phillies bolded and underlined. Dominican Winter League : RHP Hector Neris pitched a scoreless inning (1 H) for the Leones del Escogido in a 4-1 loss to the Gigantes del Cibao. Bryan De La Cruz (DH) hit his 8th home run of the season for the Toros del Este in a 7-3 loss to the Tigres del Licey. RHP Yunior Marte pitched a perfect inning (1 K) for the Tigres. RHP Jona

Notes on Phillies and former Phillies participating in winter leagues from games played on 12/18, 12/19 and 12/20 (Australia).  Current Phillies bolded and underlined. Dominican Winter League : 12/19 : Bryan De La Cruz went 1 for 4 (single) for the Toros del Este in a 5-4 ten inning loss to the Leones del Escogido. Rodolfo Castro (3B) went 2 for 4 (singles) with a walk, RBI and run scored for the Estrellas Orientales in a 4-3 win against the Gigantes del Cibao. RHP Adonis Me

Notes on Phillies and former Phillies participating in fall/winter leagues from games played on 12/17 and 12/18 (Australia).  Current Phillies bolded and underlined. Dominican Winter League : Bryan De La Cruz (RF) was hit by a pitch in the first inning and had to leave the game for the Toros del Este in a 2-1 loss to the Gigantes del Cibao. Jonathan Guzman (SS) was 2 for 4 (singles) with two RBIs for the Leones del Escogido in a 8-5 win against the Aguilas Cibaenas. Jonathan

RHP Levi Stoudt has signed a minor league contract with the Phillies for the 2026 season. The now 28 year old was originally drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 3rd round of the 2019 draft from Lehigh University. He had TJ surgery in 2019 and didn’t pitch in a game till 2021. Is from Pennsburg, PA and graduated from the Perkiomen School where he was part of four league championship teams. Stoudt was traded to the Reds on 7/30/22 in the Luis Castillo trade. He was in the Re

Notes on Phillies and former Phillies participating in winter leagues from games played on 12/16.  Current Phillies bolded and underlined. Dominican Winter League : The Aguilas Cibaenas and Leones del Escogido split a double header - RHP Hector Neris pitched a scoreless inning (1 H, 1 K) for the Leones in game one. Robert Moore (2B) was 4 for 8 (single, double, triple, HR) with a walk, four RBIs and a run scored in the two games for the Aguilas. The Gigantes del Cibao swept a

RHP Jonathan Hernandez has signed a minor league contract with the Phillies for the 2026 season. The now 29 year old was originally signed by the Texas Rangers on 1/30/13 from the Dominican Republic. He pitched in the Rangers organization from 2013 till 8/2/24 when he was claimed off waivers by the Seattle Mariners - on 1/30/25 he signed as a free agent with the Tampa Rays. Hernandez pitched last season for the Durham Bulls (Rays AAA affiliate) appearing in 12 games and posti

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