Odds Show How The Phillies Saved Their Season

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Call him Philly Rob. Call him Topper. Whatever the nickname, the Philadelphia Phillies can call Rob Thomson their manager for at least two more seasons. The Phillies signed Thomson to a one-year contract extension through the 2025 season after he led the team to two straight trips to the NL Championship Series. He worked most of…

PHILADELPHIA -- Call him Philly Rob. Call him Topper. Whatever the nickname, the Philadelphia Phillies can call Rob Thomson their manager for at least two more seasons. The Phillies signed Thomson to a one-year contract extension through the 2025 season after he led the team to two straight trips to the NL Championship Series. He worked most of…

The Philadelphia Phillies take on the San Francisco Giants. Our MLB odds series has our Phillies Giants prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Phillies Giants. The Philadelphia Phillies are struggling right now as much as they did in the first month and a half of the 2022 season. They were 19-22 through 41 games last year, and they are 20-21…

This story was excerpted from Todd Zolecki's Phillies Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, . And to get it regularly in your inbox. Happy holidays, everybody. Remember a year ago at this time? Almost nobody would have picked the Phillies to win the NL pennant in 2022. They had holes in left field, center field and the bullpen. There were…

Philadelphia's bats have been getting the job done, and Kyle Gibson gives them an edge on the mound Friday. See why we like him to keep Arizona at bay while Bryce Harper & Co. keep doing damage with our Diamondbacks vs. Phillies picks. The Philadelphia Phillies enter this weekend's three-game set with the Arizona Diamondbacks fresh off a sweep of…

If not for the extended playoffs, the Philadelphia Phillies would have had their season come to an end with the regular season. However, they made it to Game 6 of the World Series before falling to the Houston Astros. Even with all the success, the Phillies will have a different look next year, with almost a quarter of their roster hitting free…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Bryce Harper stepped off the team bus after it pulled up outside Citizens Bank Park and posed with fans for selfies - including a little kid who dressed like the Phillies slugger - and waved goodbye to the small party of fans. With that, Harper walked away and into the offseason, one that could include surgery. Harper's need to…

A miracle is happening in the baseball world. The city of Philadelphia is experiencing joy and success they haven't experienced in over a decade. After years of rebuilding, mediocrity and disappointing finishes, they have overcome odds and shocked the baseball world. The Phillies will be playing for a World Series Championship. If you had told any…

The Philadelphia Phillies are not the same team from a month ago. The personnel didn't change; the players, coaching staff, and front office are identical. But they're somehow a different club anyway. How exactly did that happen? They've morphed from a team that fired its manager in June and finished the regular season 87-75 - losing eight of its…

Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you're on the go. PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia Phillies' unlikely run to the World Series has been defined by chaos. As the last team to qualify for the postseason out of the National League, the Phillies entered every series as underdogs and yet, have found ways to…

Welcome to the real October. The World Series begins on Friday, October 28 in Houston, where the first two games will be played, then three in Philadelphia, then the final two games (if necessary) back in Houston. The 2022 World Series is set between the Houston Astros and the Philadelphia Phillies. Both teams had incredible seasons, but had…

Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber breaking the Bank in Philly. Yordan Alvarez launching moonshots in H-Town. Dusty Baker trying for a most elusive win. Justin Verlander, too. A fired-up Harper and All-Stars J.T. Realmuto and Zack Wheeler, stepping onto baseball's biggest platform for the first time. Yo! The Philadelphia Phillies, of all teams, are…

Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports Padres have steamrolled two 100+ win teams this season Phillies just knocked out defending champion Atlanta Philadelphia won season series 5-4 Both the San Diego Padres and the Philadelphia Phillies have the talent to make it to the World Series, but that doesn't mean their respective appearances in the NLCS series…

PHILADELPHIA, PA - Once, this was a quiet town come early fall. But the tides of the Schuylkill River glimmer blood red at night now. The shimmer of the reflected lights from Boathouse Row and Center City bespeak a Red October. They mean Phillie red reigns supreme, and they mean Cardinal blood has been spilt. Brave blood runs the same red, it turns…

Who in the world would have envisioned this? One full week-plus into October there were still two managers with "interim" tags who awoke on Friday not fearing the guillotine. Rather, the two were as frisky as fillies and as happy as larks. Or should we say more precisely, they were as frisky as Phillies, and their fans, as Philadelphia's own Rob…

With the Philadelphia Phillies set to start the MLB Playoffs festivities with their NL Wild Card round series vs. the St. Louis Cardinals, that means it's time to release some predictions. The Phillies, who finished the regular season at 87-75, came a long way from the first half of the year, when they fired ex-manager Joe Girardi after a 22-29…

The Philadelphia Phillies snapped an 11-year playoff drought this week when they defeated the Houston Astros 3-0 on Monday to clinch a wild card playoff berth. National League Wild Card series odds against the St. Louis Cardinals have been revealed at Pennsylvania sportsbooks. It's been a long time coming for Phillies fans, who haven't seen…

The Philadelphia Phillies odds of making the MLB playoffs have been on the move since the firing manager Joe Girardi. In an expanded MLB postseason, oddsmakers believed the Phillies would make the playoffs prior to the start of the season. Before Opening Day, the Phillies odds to make the playoffs were -130 at Caesars Sportsbook and most…

The Philadelphia Phillies were the first team to fire its manager in the 2022 campaign. Ownership didn't like the direction of the franchise under Joe Girardi, and he was dismissed on June 3. Rob Thomson took over as the interim skipper, and the team's turnaround has been outstanding since then. "The Phillies' postseason odds on the day they fired…

Two division foes will meet on the diamond Tuesday for the second game of this series as the Miami Marlins will square off with the Philadelphia Phillies. It is time to check out our MLB odds series, where our Marlins-Phillies prediction and pick will be unveiled for all sports bettors to see. At 27-32, the Marlins are desperate to work their way…

The Philadelphia Phillies made waves last week when they dismissed manager Joe Girardi after a 22-29 start that had Philadelphia on pace to miss the postseason for the 11th straight season. The move to replace Girardi with Rob Thomson has paid immediate dividends as the Phils are 6-0 since the move and are -145 favorites to make it 7-for-7 on…

The Phillies Friday morning announced they had relieved Joe Girardi of his duties. Bench coach Rob Thomson will temporarily take over as manager. Girardi leaves Philly with a 132-141 record overall in just over two seasons. Girardi's tenure with the New York Yankees lasted 10 years and included one World Series championship in 2009, before he was…

The Detroit Tigers haven't won the World Series since 1984, with just two appearances since: 2006, in which they lost in five games to the St. Louis Cardinals, and 2012, in which they were swept by the San Francisco Giants. With the 2022 Fall Classic starting Friday, featuring the Houston Astros representing the American League and the Philadelphia…

The Philadelphia Phillies weren't assembled to small-ball teams to death. Yes, they can put together hit parades with the best of them, but this is a team constructed to hit dingers - and hit dingers they did on Tuesday night. In a game delayed a day by rain, the Phillies, back in the World Series for the first time since, well, only 2009, tuned…