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Sunday, March 8, 2026

Spring Training Game 15 - World Baseball Classic Fever?

Toronto Blue Jays 1

Philadelphia Phillies 0

2025 Choice Clearwater
Threshers #19
Spring Training Game 15

Saturday Afternoon, March 7th

BayCare Ballpark - Clearwater, FL

Record - 5-9-1

One Sentence Summary: A battle of the bullpens broke out in Clearwater, with the Blue Jays prevailing in the ninth off Genesis Cabrera.

What It Means: I find myself unexpectedly following the World Baseball Classic, and I think it's solely because our oldest son is home for spring break and he's been religiously watching all the games. This untelevised Phillies-Blue Jays game was an afterthought when Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper are battling for Team USA, Edmundo Sosa is playing with Team Panama and Dante Nori, today's featured card, is starring for Team Italy.

What Happened: A whole lot of nothing happened for the Phillies offense. Dylan Moore and Bryan De La Cruz had the only hits on the day, a pair of singles. Andrew Painter threw thee shutout innings, allowing a hit and a run. Max Scherzer shut down the Phillies through four hitless innings and then turned it over to the bullpen.

Featured Card: Phillies prospect Nori went 3 for 3 on Saturday morning with a pair of home runs and a double, as Italy downed Brazil, 8-0. This is his first Phillies card in my collection, from last year's Threshers team set.

Camp Head Count: 69 - 4 = 65

Prior to the game, Jean Cabrera (rhp) and Gabriel Rincones, Jr. (of) were optioned to Lehigh Valley, and Moises Chace (rhp) and Yoniel Curet (rhp) were optioned to Reading. Curet had a horrific spring, allowing eight runs in 1 2/3 innings pitched for a 43.20 ERA.

Thursday, July 18, 2024

Game 96 - Phils Pounded by A's; Select Nori in Draft

2024 Chachi Draft Pick #1
Athletics 18, Phillies 3
Game 96 - Sunday Afternoon, July 14th in Philadelphia
Record - 62-34, 1st Place, 8 1/2 games ahead of the Braves

One Sentence Summary: The Phillies were destroyed by the Athletics as the team prepared to send a record eight All-Stars to the All-Star Game in Arlington.

What It Means: I don't think it means a whole lot. The Phillies looked ready for the break and the Athletics looked as if they were auditioning for future trades to contending teams.

What Happened: Orion Kerkering served as the opener and tossed a perfect first inning. It was mostly downhill from there. Michael Mercado and Seranthony Dominguez combined to allow 10 runs on eight hits while walking four in 5 1/3 innings. They allowed five home runs between the two of them. Jose Ruiz gave up two more home runs and three runs overall. Garrett Stubbs was called into duty for the final three outs and allowed five more runs, including a ninth inning grand slam to Zack Gelof. The Athletics hit eight home runs, including a pair from future Phillie (?) Brent Rooker, two more from Seth Brown and three from Lawrence Butler. The Phillies offense had four hits, including two doubles from Alec Bohm and a first inning solo home run from Trea Turner.

Featured Card: On Sunday night, the Phillies selected outfielder Dante Nori from Northville High School in Michigan, as the MLB Draft's 27th pick overall. As I've done every year since 2014, here's a card for the latest top pick by the Phillies.