2021 Chachi #30 Lundquist / Brudzinski / Stumpo / Calitri

#94
David Bruce Lundquist, Jr.
Bullpen Coach

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'2"  Weight:  240
Opening Day Age:  47
Born:  June 4, 1973, Beverly, MA
Major League Teams:  Chicago White Sox 1999; San Diego Padres 2001-2002
As a Coach:  Philadelphia Phillies 2019-

First Phillies Card:  2019 Phillies Team Issue #57
First Phillies Minor League Card:  2008 Multi-Ad Lakewood BlueClaws #30
First Phillies Team Issued Card:  2019 Phillies Team Issue #57

Newest Card Added:  2019 Phillies Team Issue 2 #57

Topps Flagship Set Appearances (0):  N/A

14 - Lundquist baseball cards in my collection per The Phillies Room Checklist as of 5/16/21.

Complete Chachi Checklist - Lundquist
2019 Chachi #29
2020 Chachi #34
2021 Chachi #30

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#81
Gregory Matthew Brodzinski
Bullpen Catcher/Catching Coach

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'0"  Weight:  205
Opening Day Age:  29
Born:  July 23, 1991, Pittsburgh, PA
Major League Teams:  N/A
As a Coach:  Philadelphia Phillies 2020-

First Phillies Card:  N/A
First Phillies Minor League Card:  2017 Grandstand Reading Fightin Phils #22
First Phillies Team Issued Card:  N/A

Newest Card Added:  2019 Choice Williamsport Crosscutters #37

Topps Flagship Set Appearances (0):  N/A

4 - Brodzinski baseball cards in my collection per The Phillies Room Checklist as of 5/16/21.

Complete Chachi Checklist - Brodzinski
2020 Chachi #35
2021 Chachi #30

#82
Robert Joseph Stumpo
Bullpen Catcher/Catching Coach

Bats:  Switch  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'4"  Weight:  230
Opening Day Age:  33
Born:  July 17, 1987, Philadelphia, PA
Major League Teams:  N/A
As a Coach:  Philadelphia Phillies 2018-

First Phillies Card:  2018 Phillies Team Issue 2 #82
First Phillies Minor League Card:  2011 Choice Williamsport Crosscutters #15
First Phillies Team Issued Card:  2018 Phillies Team Issue 2 #82

Newest Card Added:  2019 Phillies Team Issue 2 #82

Topps Flagship Set Appearances (0):  N/A

6 - Stumpo baseball cards in my collection per The Phillies Room Checklist as of 5/16/21.

Complete Chachi Checklist - Stumpo
2020 Chachi #35
2021 Chachi #30

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Michael Hennessey Calitri
Quality Assurance Coach

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'3"  Weight:  210
Opening Day Age:  43
Born:  March 14, 1978, Brockton, MA
Major League Teams:  N/A
As a Coach:  Philadelphia Phillies 2021

First Phillies Card:  2018 Phillies Team Issue Special Edition #95
First Phillies Minor League Card:  N/A
First Phillies Team Issued Card:  2018 Phillies Team Issue Special Edition #95

Newest Card Added:  2019 Phillies Team Issue 2 #95

Topps Flagship Set Appearances (0):  N/A

2 - Calitri baseball cards in my collection per The Phillies Room Checklist as of 5/16/21.

Complete Chachi Checklist - Calitri
2021 Chachi #30

I wasn't originally going to include Mike Calitri on a coach's card in this year's Chachi set, but every team publication and the Phillies website considers Calitri to now be a full-fledged coach despite the fact he wasn't issued a uniform number.  I'll admit I'm not quite sure what a Quality Assurance Coach does.

When I created my first Chachi set, back in 2005, the coaching assignments were much more limited - bench, hitting, pitching, 1st base, 3rd base, bullpen, bullpen catcher.  Manager Charlie Manuel and his seven coaches all fit on two cards.  Now with the Phillies nearly doubling that number with 12 coaches, I had to get creative this year and I assume this will be the pattern going forward.  And the Phillies aren't alone in this exercise as most (if not all) teams now employ upwards of 10 or more coaches, some with position names as nebulous as Quality Assurance Coach.

2021 Virtual Phillies Wall / 2021 Season Summary Index / 2021 Chachi Set Checklist

2020 Chachi #35 Greg Brodzinski / Jim Gott / Bob Stumpo CO

#81
Gregory Matthew Brodzinski
Bullpen Catcher/Catching Coach

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'0"  Weight:  205
Opening Day Age:  29
Born:  July 23, 1991, Pittsburgh, PA
Major League Teams:  N/A
As a Coach:  Philadelphia Phillies 2020

First Phillies Card:  N/A
First Phillies Minor League Card:  2017 Grandstand Reading Fightin Phils #22
First Phillies Team Issued Card:  N/A

Newest Card Added:  2019 Choice Williamsport Crosscutters #37

Topps Flagship Set Appearances (0):  N/A

4 - Brodzinski baseball cards in my collection per The Phillies Room Checklist as of 8/11/20.

Complete Chachi Checklist - Brodzinski
2020 Chachi #35 - with Jim Gott and Bob Stumpo

I thought it would be appropriate for the three bullpen coaches to share the same card.  Greg Brodzinski is the only new coach here out of the three, having been a coach for the Williamsport Crosscutters for the past two seasons.

Jim Gott is the elder statesmen among Phillies coaches, and this is his third season as the team's bullpen coach.  He pitched in parts of 14 seasons in the majors between 1982 and 1995, finishing second in the National League in saves in 1988 with 34.

The Phillies Media Guide indicates this is Bob Stumpo's third season as a coach as well, and admittedly I didn't realize he was an official coach resulting in his omission from the last two year's of Chachi sets.  Technically, his first Phillies card is a somewhat rare team-issued photo card from 2018 that was handed out to young baseball players who participated in a clinic held at Citizens Bank Park and facilitated by some of the coaches, including Stumpo.

#35
James Willliam Gott
Bullpen Coach

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'3"  Weight:  250
Opening Day Age:  60
Born:  August 3, 1959, Hollywood, CA
Major League Teams:  Toronto Blue Jays 1982-1984; San Francisco Giants 1985-1987; Pittsburgh Pirates 1987-1989; Los Angeles Dodgers 1990-1994; Pittsburgh Pirates 1995
As a Coach:  Philadelphia Phillies 2018-

First Phillies Card:  2018 Phillies Team Issue #35
First Phillies Minor League Card:  N/A
First Phillies Team Issued Card:  2018 Phillies Team Issue #35

Newest Card Added:  2019 Phillies Team Issue 2 #35

Topps Flagship Set Appearances (13):  1983-1995

4 - Gott baseball cards in my collection per The Phillies Room Checklist as of 8/11/20.

Complete Chachi Checklist - Gott
2018 Chachi #28 - with Dusty Wathan, Pedro Guerrero and Chris Young
2019 Chachi #28 - with Paco Figueroa and Dusty Wathan
2020 Chachi #35 - with Greg Brodzinski and Bob Stumpo

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#82
Robert Joseph Stumpo
Bullpen Catcher/Catching Coach

Bats:  Switch  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'4"  Weight:  230
Opening Day Age:  33
Born:  July 17, 1987, Philadelphia, PA
Major League Teams:  N/A
As a Coach:  Philadelphia Phillies 2018-

First Phillies Card:  2018 Phillies Team Issue 2 #82
First Phillies Minor League Card:  2011 Choice Williamsport Crosscutters #15
First Phillies Team Issued Card:  2018 Phillies Team Issue 2 #82

Newest Card Added:  2019 Phillies Team Issue 2 #82

Topps Flagship Set Appearances (0):  N/A

6 - Stumpo baseball cards in my collection per The Phillies Room Checklist as of 8/11/20.

Complete Chachi Checklist - Stumpo
2020 Chachi #35 - with Greg Brodzinski and Jim Gott

2020 Virtual Phillies Wall / 2020 Season Summary Index / 2020 Chachi Set Checklist

Phillies Finalize 2020 Coaching Staff

2019 Choice Williamsport Crosscutters #37

1986 Topps #379

2013 Grandstand Clearwater Threshers #25

On Monday, in the first new Phillies news of 2020, the team Tweeted out the graphic below listing its extremely crowded coaching staff.  Growing up in the 1970s and 1980s, I got used to a set number of coaches - bench, first base, third base, hitting, pitching, bullpen.  Six seemed like the right amount of coaches needed, and this is after most teams only had two or three coaches in earlier decades.

In 2020, the Phillies will be suiting up with double that amount as 12 coaches will be on their official staff.  We have the "traditional" six as listed above, and then there's infield, assistant hitting, assistant pitching, two bullpen catcher/catching coaches and the mysterious coaching assistant.  Paco Figuera, Jim Gott, Pedro Guerrero, Dave Lundquist, Bob Stumpo, Rob Thomson and Dusty Wathan are all holdovers from the Gabe Kapler regime.  I've previously posted about the additions of Juan Castro, Joe Dillon and Bryan Price.

Greg Brodzinski and Bobby Meacham are new to this list.  Brodzinski will assist Stumpo with bullpen catching and catching coach duties, a position previously occupied by Craig Driver.  He had spent the past two seasons as a coach with the Rookie-A Williamsport Crosscutters, and his baseball cards can be found in the 2017 Reading Fightin Phils and 2019 Crosscutters team sets.  He played in the Phillies minor league system in 2015 and 2016.

Meacham steps into the new coaching assistant role, and it's his third stint with manager Joe Girardi.  Meacham had been Girardi's third base coach with the Marlins in 2006 and the Yankees in 2008.  He was also a coach with the Crosscutters back in 2009.  Meacham should be no stranger to baseball card collectors, as he appeared in every Topps flagship set with the Yankees between 1984 and 1989.

I've added this list of a dozen coaches to the linked list on the sidebar, and now the big decision is do I create 2020 Chachi cards for all 12 coaches, or do I draw the line with the "Traditional 6?"

2018 Phillies Team Issue - 2nd Edition

Number of Cards:  46 + 8 cards added to an update set
Card Size:  4" x 6"
Description:  The second series of 2018 team-issued photo cards feature a design very reminiscent of the update set issued at the end of the 2017 season.  The cards have a gray border with the player's name and uniform number at the bottom and the Phillies script logo at the top.  The photos featured are from the first month and a half of the 2018 season.  Consistent with prior years' designs, the horizontal card backs feature biographical information and complete career statistics.

How Distributed:  Sets most likely went on sale at the beginning of the late May homestand with the Braves beginning on May 21st.  I purchased my set for $5 at a Scorecards stand on May 23rd.

On September 11th, an "update" set went on sale comprised of 8 new cards inserted into the packaging of the previously available 46 cards.

Complete Standard Checklist:  The cards are unnumbered, but I've presented them below ordered by uniform number.  The set comes in clear packaging with Rhys Hoskins and Aaron Nola facing up on either side, and with the cards largely in alphabetical order.

2 - J.P. Crawford 3 - Jose David Flores CO 4 - Scott Kingery 5 - Nick Williams 7 - Maikel Franco 8 - John Mallee CO 9 - Jesmuel Valentin 13 - Pedro Guerrero CO 15 - Andrew Knapp 16 - Cesar Hernandez 17 - Rhys Hoskins 18 - Pedro Florimon 19 - Ben Lively 22 - Gabe Kapler MG 23 - Aaron Altherr 24 - Roman Quinn 27 - Aaron Nola 28 - Vince Velasquez 31 - Mark Leiter, Jr. 33 - Drew Hutchison 35 - Jim Gott CO 37 - Odubel Herrera 38 - Jorge Alfaro

39 - Rick Kranitz CO 40 - Tommy Hunter 41 - Carlos Santana 43 - Nick Pivetta 44 - Jake Thompson 45 - Chris Young CO 46 - Adam Morgan 48 - Jerad Eickhoff 49 - Jake Arrieta 50 - Hector Neris 53 - Yacksel Rios 55 - Hoby Milner 56 - Zach Eflin 57 - Luis Garcia 58 - Seranthony Dominguez 59 - Rob Thomson CO 61 - Edubray Ramos 62 - Dusty Wathan CO 64 - Victor Arano 81 - Craig Driver CO 82 - Bob Stumpo CO 93 - Pat Neshek Phillie Phanatic

Update Set

13 - Asdrubal Cabrera 19 - Jose Bautista 25 - Dylan Cozens 33 - Justin Bour

40 - Wilson Ramos 47 - Aaron Loup 54 - Austin Davis 70 - Luis Avilan

One and Done (6):  Avilan, Cabrera, Bautista, Bour, Loup, Ramos
First Appearances (4):  Cozens, Davis, Dominguez, Rios
Returning Players (32):  Alfaro, Altherr, Arano, Arrieta, Crawford, Eflin, Eickhoff, Florimon, Franco, Garcia, Hernandez, Herrera, Hoskins, Hunter, Hutchison, Kingery, Knapp, Leiter Jr., Lively, Milner, Morgan, Neris, Neshek, Nola, Pivetta, Ramos, Quinn, Santana, Thompson, Valentin, Velasquez, Williams

Every player/coach/mascot available in the first series release is repeated in this second series release with four additional cards added for relievers Rios and Dominguez along with bullpen catchers Stumpo and Driver.  This is the first time the Phillies have included their bullpen catcher(s) in their main photo card set since Clemente Alvarez received a card within the 2001 release.

Jesmuel Valentin's card switches his uniform number from the #76 he wore in spring training to the #9 he's wearing now.  Roman Quinn remains in the set even though he's spent the first part of the season with the Lehigh Valley IronPigs.  The only odd man odd here is reliever Zac Curtis who was on the active roster for 10 days in early May.

For the 8 players inserted into the set late in the season, this marks each of their first appearances in a team-issued photo card set and 5 of the players received their first ever Phillies baseball cards - Avilan, Bautista, Bour, Davis and Loup.  Cozens has a few Phillies baseball cards already to his name while Cabrera and Ramos have recently appeared on Topps Now cards.

The First Appearance designation is for players who have never before appeared within a Phillies team issued set.  These players may have already appeared on other Phillies baseball cards.

Manager (1):  Kapler
Coaches (10):  Driver, Flores, Gott, Guerrero, Kranitz, Mallee, Stumpo, Thomson, Wathan, Young
Phillie Phanatic (1)
Broadcasters (0)
Other Cards (0)

For the second set in a row, the broadcast team has been omitted.  The Phanatic is pictured in front of the wall climb now featured in The Yard, a kid's area that opened at the start of the 2018 season at the former location of Bull's BBQ.

Rarities:  On June 10th, fellow collector Steve's son participated in a baseball clinic at Citizens Bank Park sponsored by Chevrolet.  Following the session, during which Rhys Hoskins made an appearance, the kids all received a pack of autographed coaches cards.  8 of the 12 coaches cards were identical to those found for sale within the first and second issuance of the photo card sets, but 4 of the cards were unique.  In the style of the second photo card set were cards of Mike Calitri, Manager of Advance Scouting, and former big leaguer Sam Fuld, the team's Major League Player Information Coordinator.

• 87 Sam Fuld
• 95 Mike Calitri

2018 Phillies Team Issue

Number of Cards:  42
Card Size:  4" x 6"
Description:  The 2018 set of team-issued photo cards feature a gray, splotchy border with the player's name at the bottom in the middle of a line of blue stars.  Photos are from spring training and it's impressive (to me at least) that the club managed to get Jake Arrieta in the set.  The Phillies script logo along with the player's position and uniform number appear at the top.  Consistent with prior years' designs, the horizontal card backs feature biographical information and complete career statistics.

How Distributed:  The set has been available for sale at Citizens Bank Park since their home opener on April 5th.  Sets can be found for sale at souvenir locations throughout the ballpark.

Complete Standard Checklist:  The cards are unnumbered, but I've presented them below ordered by uniform number.  The set comes in clear packaging with Arrieta and Carlos Santana facing up on either side, and with the cards largely in alphabetical order.

2 - J.P. Crawford 3 - Jose David Flores CO 4 - Scott Kingery 5 - Nick Williams 7 - Maikel Franco 8 - John Mallee CO 13 - Pedro Guerrero CO 15 - Andrew Knapp 16 - Cesar Hernandez 17 - Rhys Hoskins 18 - Pedro Florimon 19 - Ben Lively 22 - Gabe Kapler MG 23 - Aaron Altherr 24 - Roman Quinn 27 - Aaron Nola 28 - Vince Velasquez 31 - Mark Leiter, Jr. 33 - Drew Hutchison 35 - Jim Gott CO 37 - Odubel Herrera

38 - Jorge Alfaro 39 - Rick Kranitz CO 40 - Tommy Hunter 41 - Carlos Santana 43 - Nick Pivetta 44 - Jake Thompson 45 - Chris Young CO 46 - Adam Morgan 48 - Jerad Eickhoff 49 - Jake Arrieta 50 - Hector Neris 55 - Hoby Milner 56 - Zach Eflin 57 - Luis Garcia 59 - Rob Thomson CO 61 - Edubray Ramos 62 - Dusty Wathan CO 64 - Victor Arano 76 - Jesmuel Valentin 93 - Pat Neshek Phillie Phanatic

One and Done (0)
First Appearances (8):  Arano, Arrieta, Crawford, Florimon, Hunter, Hutchison, Kingery, Santana
Returning Players (24):  Alfaro, Altherr, Eflin, Eickhoff, Franco, Garcia, Hernandez, Herrera, Hoskins, Knapp, Leiter Jr., Lively, Milner, Morgan, Neris, Neshek, Nola, Pivetta, Ramos, Quinn, Thompson, Valentin, Velasquez, Williams

Of the 32 players on the checklist, 25 were on the team's opening day roster, 3 started the season on the disabled list (Eickhoff, Hunter and Leiter Jr.) and 4 started the season in the minors (Arrieta, Eflin, Quinn and Valentin).  As of this writing, the latter three are still in the minors.  Valentin has appeared in the set two years in a row but has yet to play a game for the Phillies.

Once again, the checklist creators did a fantastic job with the only notable omission being reliever

Yacksel Rios who was recalled on the second day of the season when Neshek was disabled.  Both Kingery and Lively had late-spring number changes and their cards reflect their new numbers.

The First Appearance designation is for players who have never before appeared within a Phillies team issued set. These players may have already appeared on other Phillies baseball cards.

Manager (1):  Kapler
Coaches (8):  Flores, Gott, Guerrero, Kranitz, Mallee, Thomson, Wathan, Young
Phillie Phanatic (1)
Broadcasters (0)
Other Cards (0)

For all coaches other thank Kranitz, this marks their first appearances in a Phillies team issued set.  This is also Kapler's first official baseball card as the manager of the club.  The large group of Phillies broadcasters most likely weren't all together in the same place this spring making their inclusion on a photo card difficult.

Rarities:  On June 10, 2018, fellow collector Steve's son participated in a baseball clinic at Citizens Bank Park sponsored by Chevrolet.  Following the session, during which Rhys Hoskins made an appearance, the kids all received a pack of autographed coaches cards.  8 of the 12 coaches cards were identical to those found for sale within the first and second issuance of the photo card sets, but 4 of the cards were unique.  In the style of the first photo card set were cards of bullpen catchers Craig Driver and Bob Stumpo, who made official appearances within the second photo card set.

• 81 Craig Driver CO
• 82 Bob Stumpo CO