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• Blue Jays Trade Josh Walker To Phillies
The Phillies announced the acquisition of lefty reliever Josh Walker from the Blue Jays for cash considerations. Philadelphia has had a free 40-man roster spot since José Alvarado was suspended. They optioned Walker to Triple-A Lehigh Valley, so no additional move was necessary. Toronto had designated Walker for assignment earlier in the week. An injury to backup…...2025
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• Phillies Had Reached Out To David Robertson Before Alvarado Suspension
The Phillies bullpen took a huge hit over the weekend, as José Alvarado was hit with an 80-game suspension after a failed performance-enhancing drug test. Players suspended for PEDs are barred from participating in the postseason that year. Alvarado should return to the Phils bullpen in early August, but he will not be a factor…...2025
• Phillies move on without suspended Alvarado
The Phillies entered this season with World Series aspirations, and José Alvarado was one of the reasons for that optimism....2025
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• ‘He Did Not Do That Knowingly’: Phillies GM Makes Feelings Known on José Alvarado After PED Suspension
The Philadelphia Phillies know the situation with Jose Alvarado is unfortunate, but they realize it was a mistake and have to move on....2025
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• Outside The Confines: Not closing time for a while

Photo by Heather Barry/Getty Images Phillies closer Jose Alvarado is suspended for PED’s. The Orioles fire Brandon Hyde. The Mets/Yankees rivalry heats up. And other news from around baseball. Good morning. The Orioles fired manager Brandon Hyde after a 15-28 start. Third-base coach Tony Mansolino takes over on an interim basis. And the Orioles promptly lost two more games. Several O’s...2025
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• MLB PED Suspensions: Why José Alvarado Was Suspended for 80 Games, Rules, and More Around Baseball’s Most Controversial Topic
We have you covered on the latest when it comes to José Alvarado's suspension and what it means for the Philadelphia Phillies moving forward....2025
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• Phillies Had Reached Out To David Robertson Before Alvarado Suspension
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• MLB PED Suspensions: Why José Alvarado Was Suspended for 80 Games, Rules, and More Around Baseball’s Most Controversial Topic
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• José Alvarado suspension: Nine trade candidates Phillies could target to replace closer after PED violation

The Phillies' bullpen was already in bad shape even before Alvarado got busted...2025
• Phillies reliever José Alvarado suspended 80 games for PED violation, will be ineligible for postseason

Alvarado had already made 20 appearances for Philadelphia this season...2025
• Phillies series preview: Phight!

Photo by Matt Krohn/Getty Images The Phillies are good, but the Royals could be catching them at a good time. The Phillies have been in the NLCS in each of the last two seasons, making a trip to the World Series in 2023. They’re a big spender - their $246 million opening day payroll was fourth-largest with big stars like Bryce Harper, Aaron Nola, and Zach Wheeler. Their 74-53 record is thi...2024
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• Great pitching continues to keep Braves alive in 3-1 win over Phillies

Photo by Brett Davis/Getty Images Reynaldo López, Grant Holmes, Joe Jiménez and Raisel Iglesias all deserve a big, juicy steak dinner tonight. Reynaldo López's return to the mound was a successful one, as he pitched five innings while striking out ten batters and only giving up one run. Between his efforts and the bullpen putting up yet another great performance, the Atlanta Braves were a...2024
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers @ Philadelphia Phillies

Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports Division leaders clash in big National League series In a major early-season test for the young Milwaukee Brewers, the National-League-Central-leading squad will take on the National-League-East-leading Philadelphia Phillies in a three-game series at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. The Brewers come in hot: Milwaukee has won five straight and eight of their ...2024
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"Phillies reliever José Alvarado suspended 80 games for PED violation, will be ineligible for postseason"

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"José Alvarado came on for the Phillies and ran into a bit of trouble."

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"José Alvarado injury: Phillies place reliever on injured list with elbow inflammation after stellar start"

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"Of those, just five were by actual pitchers (the rest were by position players who pitched): Two by Reiver Sanmartin of the Reds, who had to bat after the Reds starting catcher Tyler Stephenson was injured and their only other catcher, Aramis Garcia, was the DH and had to move to catcher, one by José Alvarado of the Phillies, one by Evan Phillips of the Dodgers, and one by Robertson."

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"Also coming back from the 10-day IL is reliever José Alvarado."

• Outside The Confines: Not closing time for a while
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• Cubs free agent target: Carlos Estévez

Photo by Heather Barry/Getty Images This reliever might be a useful guy for the Cubs bullpen. Here’s another guy I wasn’t going to write about connected to the Cubs, but then he appeared in this Jim Bowden article in The Athletic Monday, about who he considers the top 15 remaining free agents. Here’s what Bowden wrote: Like [Kirby] Yates, Estévez probably has to wait until Scott signs befo...2025
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers vs. Philadelphia Phillies

Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images Brewers take on Phillies for final time in the regular season in potential postseason preview Coming off a solid road trip in which they secured series wins against both the Giants and Diamondbacks (with a chance to sweep Arizona on Sunday), the Brewers take on another heavyweight opponent in the Phillies beginning Monday in Milwaukee with a chance to clinch the N...2024
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• José Alvarado, Phillies agree to 3-year, $22 million deal

Jose Alvarado and the Phillies agreed to a three-year, $22 million contract, superseding a one-year, $3.45 million, deal reached a week earlier that avoided salary arbitration....2023
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• Effectively Wild Episode 1918: Call Off the Search for the Secret Sauce
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley review the results of the 2022 minor league free agent draft, discuss Gold Glove finalists and a study about the lack of special ways to win in the postseason, recap the first few Championship Series games (and banter about José Alvarado and same-named athletes in multiple sports), and answer listener […]...2022
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• A Cubs fan’s guide to the National League Championship Series
Nick Castellanos and Kyle Schwarber will both be in the NLCS | Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images I’m not sure I can choose who I want to win this series In the Division Series version of this guide I highlighted that the postseason had a real David vs. Goliath vibe to it with the super teams and their 100+ win seasons entering the playoff picture to face off against a slew of Wild Card t...2022
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• 3 things you should know for Nationals vs Phillies

Brad Mills-Imagn Images The Nationals Enter Philly Series Looking to Regain Momentum The Nationals head into their road series against the Philadelphia Phillies riding a wave of mixed emotions. After a chaotic four-game split with the New York Mets, D.C. fans are still trying to process what just happened. That Mets series had everything. A walk-off win thanks to a defensive miscue. A blo...2025
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• Phillies 9, White Sox 5: Another day on planet earth

Dominic Fletcher struck out in the fifth inning, but doubled during a ninth-inning rally that unfortunately fell short of the 10 runs Chicago needed to win. | Mitchell Leff/Getty Images Ninth-inning rally falls short, South Siders slip to 3-17 With one out in the top of the sixth inning, I turned to the TV, which I had not been facing, and watched Braden Shewmake fly out to shallow center...2024
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• NLCS and ALDS Recaps: Diamondbacks 2, Phillies 1/Astros 10, Rangers 3

José Abreu blasts another postseason homer | Carmen Mandato/Getty Images Arizona squeezes out a win, and Houston definitely does not have a problem — outside of Houston Things are getting interesting, folks! The MLB postseason never disappoints. NL Championship Series Game 3: Arizona Diamondbacks 2, Philadelphia Phillies 1Wow, what a nailbiter! Almost 50,000 fans witnessed one of the mo...2023
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• Astros 5, Phillies 0: Combining for history in World Series Game 4
Brilliance: Cristian Javier pitched six innings without allowing a hit. Houston’s bullpen would proceed to complete a combined no-hitter. | Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports Cristian Javier and the bullpen held Philadelphia hitless to even the World Series The Astros showed that they have no interest in fading away in the World Series, as their pitching staff made history in its victory over...2022
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• Phillies overcome five-run deficit to steal 6-5 victory in extras
J.T. Realmuto blasted a go-ahead homer in the 10th to take the lead over the Houston Trash Cans. | Logan Riely/MLB Photos via Getty Images Verlander falters, Houston fails at more cheating, Philadelphia prevails, America rejoices The World Series is officially here, the grand finale of a season that Rob Manfred tried so hard to ruin. The 87-win Philadelphia Phillies prevailed, against almo...2022
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• A Cubs fan’s guide to the National League Championship Series
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• Phillies reliever José Alvarado suspended 80 games for PED violation, will be ineligible for postseason
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• The 10 best Cubs photos of 2022
Al Yellon It might not have been a great year on the field, but the Cubs were, at times at least, photogenic. This is the last week of calendar year 2022 and so it’s time for year-end things! As has been my practice in previous years, I am today posting 10 of what I think are the best Cubs photos of the past season. I’m going to give the first slot to... myself, a photo taken April 23 at ...2022
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• Phillies 9, White Sox 5: Another day on planet earth
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• Phillies Had Reached Out To David Robertson Before Alvarado Suspension
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• José Alvarado injury: Phillies place reliever on injured list with elbow inflammation after stellar start

Alvarado has a 1.88 ERA and 24 strikeouts in 14 1/3 innings so far this season...2023
• Phillies sign José Alvarado to 3-year extension
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers vs. Philadelphia Phillies
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• NLCS Game 7 recap: Arizona stuns Philly with a 4-2 win

The final out. | Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images The Diamondbacks slither their way to the pennant The Diamondbacks came out firing in Game 7 on Tuesday night, with base hits from Corbin Carroll and Gabriel Moreno, and an RBI from Christian Walker. The Phillies could not answer until the second, when Alec Bohm launched a solo homer to tie the game. With Alek Thomas not starting, the Snake...2023
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• NLCS and ALDS Recaps: Diamondbacks 2, Phillies 1/Astros 10, Rangers 3
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• Effectively Wild Episode 1926: Open Offseason
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley, and FanGraphs writer Ben Clemens banter about Game 6 of the World Series, the Series and the playoffs as a whole, Phillies manager Rob Thomson’s decision to pull Zack Wheeler in favor of José Alvarado, Yordan Alvarez’s titanic dinger, the Astros’ bullpen performance, and Kyle Schwarber’s bunt attempt, before discussing the […]...2022
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• Astros 5, Phillies 0: Combining for history in World Series Game 4
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• Phillies overcome five-run deficit to steal 6-5 victory in extras
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• A Cubs fan’s guide to the National League Championship Series
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