Phillies - A Fan’s View

Pitchers : 9 RHP Andrew Bechtold - pitched at two levels in 2025 - broke spring camp with Reading - appeared in 36 games (38 IP) posting a 4.26 ERA with 53 K’s and 20 BB. Promoted to Lehigh Valley on 9/2 - pitched in 5 games - tagged for 8 runs on 8 hits, 2 BB in 4 IP - 3 K’s. Overall pitched in 41 games (42 IP) with a 5.57 ERA - 58 K’s, 23 BB. He has shown a big arm, four seam fastball in the 95-99 mph range with a cutter and slider as secondaries. Was the 2017 5th round dra

Notes on Phillies and former Phillies participating in winter leagues from games played on 1/22 and 1/23 (Australia) . Current Phillies bolded and underlined. Dominican Winter League : Championship Series : Leones del Escogido 7 (2-0) Toros del Este 4 (0-2) Mexican Pacific League : Championship Series : Charros de Jalisco 10 (2-0) Tomateros de Culiacán 6 (0-2) - Luis Verdugo (SS) doubled and scored a run for the Tomateros. Venezuela Winter League : Round Robin Playoff T

LHP Tim Mayza has signed a minor league contract for the 2026 season with the Phillies. The 34 year old pitched last season with the Phillies and Pirates. He was released by Pittsburgh on 8/30/25 and claimed off waivers by the Phillies and pitched in eight games (7.1 IP) posting a 4.91 ERA. Mayza elected free agency on 11/2/25. He has appeared in 382 major league games (Toronto, Yankees, Pirates and Phillies) posting a 3.87 ERA in 318.1 innings pitched. The veteran hurler is

Workouts continued for camp participants. While the emphasis is on strength training and conditioning the winter version of HP Camp has far more baseball practice activities that the Fall version. HP Camp workouts today and Friday shift to the stadium area as 2026 Phantasy Camp is taking place at the complex from Thursday thru Sunday. On Wednesday HP Camp defensive drills were held on Ashburn and Schmidt fields - today the defensive drills were conducted on the Bowa half fiel

Notes on Phillies and former Phillies participating in winter leagues from games played on 1/21. Current Phillies bolded and underlined. Dominican Winter League : Championship Series : Leones del Escogido 7 (1-0) Toros del Este 6 (0-1) - Bryan De La Cruz (RF) was 1 for 5 (double) with a run scored for the Toros. RHP Hector Neris threw a scoreless inning (1 BB) in relief for the Leones. Mexican Pacific League : Championship Series : Charros de Jalisco 6 (1-0) Tomateros

Notes on Phillies and former Phillies participating in winter leagues from games played on 1/20. Current Phillies bolded and underlined. Venezuela Winter League : Round Robin Playoff Tournament : Navegantes del Magallanes 7 (6-6) Bravos de Margarita 5 (3-9) - Cardenales de Lara 11 (7-5) Aguilas del Zulia 3 (6-6) - Willians Astudillo (1B) doubled for the Cardenales. Puerto Rico Winter League : League Championship Series : Cangrejeros de Santurce 5 (5-1) Leones de Ponce 1

Workouts continued for camp participants. While the emphasis is on strength training and conditioning the winter version of HP Camp has far more baseball practice activities that the Fall version. Most every camp day starts with scheduled group meetings for the pre-designated work groups followed by baseball activities. Generally the work groups are divided into position player and pitcher units. Throwing and fielding drills are scheduled for all units - pitchers who are work

Notes on Phillies and former Phillies participating in winter leagues from games played on 1/19. Current Phillies bolded and underlined. Dominican Winter League : Round Robin Playoff Tournament : Toros del Este 8 (12-6) Aguilas Cibaenas 7 (10-8) - ten innings - after two singles and a fielders choice loaded the bases including a hit by Bryan De La Cruz a walk then scored De La Cruz with the walk-off game winning run in the bottom of the tenth inning for the Toros advanc

Phillies 2025-2026 off-season minor league free agents signings : 24 C Mark Kolozsvary C Rene Pinto INF Liover Peguero INF Erick Brito - re-signed INF Christian Cairo OF Bryan De La Cruz OF Austin Murr - Rule 5 LHP Adam Seminaris LHP Erubiel Armenta - re-signed LHP Genesis Cabrera LHP Tucker Davidson RHP Colin Peluse RHP Michael Mercado - re-signed RHP Andrew Bechtold - re-signed RHP Gabriel Barbosa - re-signed RHP MT Morrissey - UDFA RHP Trevor Richards RHP Evan Gates - Rule

Notes on Phillies and former Phillies participating in winter leagues from games played on 1/18. Current Phillies bolded and underlined. Dominican Winter League : Round Robin Playoff Tournament : Aguilas Cibaenas 4 (11-7) Leones del Escogido 1 (12-6) - the Aguilas will play the Toros del Este on 1/19 in an elimination game. Venezuela Winter League : Round Robin Playoff Tournament : Aguilas del Zulia 4 (6-5) Cardenales de Lara 3 (6-4) - Ali Castillo (2B) and Simon Muzzi

Multiple players have returned to Clearwater to begin training for the 2026 season - the first “official” camp gathering starts today with Winter High Performance Camp. Also arriving at the Complex this week will be Phillies Phantasy Camp participants and staff - they begin on field tournament play on Thursday with camp completion set for Sunday. The HP Camp Phillies will share the complex with the Phantasy Camp Phillies - HP Camp activities will be in the stadium while the p

The Phillies announced signing 18 international players this past week as part of the 2026 international amateur free agent signing class. Eleven of the players are from Venezuela, two from the Dominican Republic, two from Panama and one each from Aruba, Italy and Japan. The signees range in age from 16 to 18 years of age. LHP Leonardo Larez from Venezuela is the youngest in the group - he turns 17 on June 24th. Good reviews have been published in both Baseball America and on

Notes on Phillies and former Phillies participating in winter leagues from games played on 1/17 and 1/18 (Australia). Current Phillies bolded and underlined. Dominican Winter League : Round Robin Playoff Tournament : Toros del Este 6 (11-7) Gigantes del Cibao 5 (2 -16) - Yairo Munoz (2B) went 2 for 4 (singles) with a run scored for the Toros while Bryan De La Cruz (RF) was 1 for 5 with a single. Aguilas Cibaenas (10-7) Leones del Escogido (12-5) - ppd till 1/18 - rain

Notes on Phillies and former Phillies participating in winter leagues from games played on 1/16 and 1/17 (Australia). Current Phillies bolded and underlined. Dominican Winter League : Round Robin Playoff Tournament : Leones del Escogido 7 (12-5) Gigantes del Cibao 4 (2 -15) - with the win the Leones clinched a berth into the league championship series. Aguilas Cibaenas 6 (10-7) Toros del Este 2 (10-7) - with one game left in the round robin playoffs the two teams are tie

Notes on Phillies and former Phillies participating in winter leagues from games played on 1/15 and 1/16 (Australia). Current Phillies bolded and underlined. Dominican Winter League : Round Robin Playoff Tournament : Aguilas Cibaenas 5 (9-7) Gigantes del Cibao 4 (2 -14) Toros del Este 8 (10-6) Leones del Escogido 5 (11-5) - Yairo Munoz (2B) went 2 for 4 (triple & HR) with five RBIs and a run scored for the Toros. RHP Hector Neris pitched a scoreless inning (1 H, 1 K) for

Notes on Phillies and former Phillies participating in winter leagues from games played on 1/13, 1/14 and 1/15 (Australia). Current Phillies bolded and underlined. Dominican Winter League : Round Robin Playoff Tournament : 1/13/26 : Aguilas Cibaenas 4 (8-6) Gigantes del Cibao 3 (2 -12) - 11 innings - RHP Jonathan Hernandez pitched a scoreless inning (1 BB, 1 K - 11 pitches - 6 strikes) for the Aguilas. Toros del Este 3 (8-6) Leones del Escogido 1 (10-4) - Bryan De La Cru

Notes on Phillies and former Phillies participating in winter leagues from games played on 1/11 and 1/12. Current Phillies bolded and underlined. Dominican Winter League : Round Robin Playoff Tournament : 1/11/26 : Aguilas Cibaenas 9 (7-6) Gigantes del Cibao 3 (2 -11) Leones del Escogido 7 (10-3) - Toros del Este 2 (7-6) - Yadier Munoz (2B) went 1 for 4 (double) and Bryan De La Cruz (RF) 0 for 3 with a walk for the Toros. 1/12/26 : no games played Mexican Winter League :

Notes on Phillies and former Phillies participating in winter leagues from games played on 1/10. Current Phillies bolded and underlined. Dominican Winter League : Round Robin Playoff Tournament : Gigantes del Cibao 2 (2 -10) Toros del Este 1 (7-5) - Johan Rojas (CF) was 1 for 4 (single) for the Gigantes. Bryan De La Cruz (RF) was 0 for 3 with a walk and run scored and Felix Reyes (DH) 0 for 3 for the Toros. Leones del Escogido 8 (9-3) Aguilas Cibaenas 3 (6-6) - RHP An

Notes on Phillies and former Phillies participating in winter leagues from games played on 1/9 and 1/10 (Australia). Current Phillies bolded and underlined. Dominican Winter League : Round Robin Playoff Tournament : Leones del Escogido 7 (8-3) Gigantes del Cibao 6 (1 -10) - ten innings - RHP Hector Neris (1 BB) pitched a scoreless inning for the Leones. Johan Rojas (CF) was 0 for 4 for the Gigantes. Aguilas Cibaenas 3 (6-5) Toros del Este 1 (7-4) - Bryan De La Cruz (RF)

Notes on Phillies and former Phillies participating in winter leagues from games played on 1/8 and 1/9 (Australia). Current Phillies bolded and underlined. Dominican Winter League : Round Robin Playoff Tournament : Gigantes del Cibao 4 (1 -9) Toros del Este 1 (7-3) - Bryan De La Cruz (RF) went 2 for 4 (single & triple) with an RBI for the Toros. RHP Jimmy Cordero pitched two scoreless innings (2 H, 1 K) to close out the win for the Gigantes. Aguilas Cibaenas 2 (5-5) Leo