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The Philadelphia Eagles are signing former Seattle Seahawks cornerback Riq Woolen, sources tell The Athletic.

1️⃣6️⃣ days to go until #Phillies Opening Day.

With 1️⃣6️⃣ more HRs Bryce Harper will tie Bobby Abreu for 12th most in Phils history.

(assuming he doesn't pass Schwarber)

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Jesús Luzardo’s new contract will put him 12th in total value ($135M) and AAV ($27M) among all active pitchers

Report: Jesús Luzardo agrees to five-year extension with the Phillies Have you found Jesús?

Report: Jesús Luzardo agrees to five-year extension with the Phillies

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1️⃣7️⃣ days to go until #Phillies Opening Day.

With 1️⃣7️⃣ more starts, Aaron Nola will have the 3rd most in Phillies history, behind only Steve Carlton and Robin Roberts.

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1️⃣8️⃣ days to go until #Phillies Opening Day.

Kyle Schwarber is 1️⃣8️⃣ HRs away from passing Dick Allen for 10th most in Phils history.

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1️⃣9️⃣ days to go until #Phillies Opening Day.

When the Phillies get 1️⃣9️⃣ more Saves as a team, they will...

✅ reach 3,000 all-time

✅ become the last of the original 16 teams to reach 3,000

(the Tigers need 3)
sports-reference.com/stathead/tin...

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If he does it this year, he'll be only the 6th catcher in history to get to 200-300 by age 35:

sports-reference.com/stathead/tin...

He hit 12 HRs and 26 doubles last year, and last hit 20 HRs in 2023.

2️⃣0️⃣ days until #Phillies Opening Day.

J. T. Realmuto is 2️⃣0️⃣ HRs away from 200 for his career (121 with Phils).

If he also gets 21 doubles to reach 300, he'll become the 14th catcher in MLB history with 200 HRs and 300 doubles.

sports-reference.com/stathead/tin...

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We are heading towards the halfway point in the Spring Training schedule, and for the #Phillies that will be Sunday's game vs. the Twins.

Below is a graphical history of how we ended up with the 30 teams evenly split between the Grapefruit and Cactus Leagues.

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We are heading towards the halfway point in the Spring Training schedule, and for the #Phillies that will be Sunday's game vs. the Twins.

Below is a graphical history of how we ended up with the 30 teams evenly split between the Grapefruit and Cactus Leagues.

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2️⃣1️⃣ days until #Phillies Opening Day.

Bryce Harper needs 2️⃣1️⃣ HRs to become the 12th player in Phils history to reach 200.

(assuming Schwarber gets there first)

Phils would join the NYY (18) as the only teams with more than 11:
www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tin...

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2️⃣2️⃣ days to go until #Phillies Opening Day.

With 2️⃣2️⃣ more wins Rob Thomson will pass turn-of-the-century manager Bill Shettsline for 9th most regular season wins in franchise history.

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Filled in list:

Fair questions.

Pitcher batting stats are in the Batting WAR.

DHs do help the batting WAR, but since batting includes fielding, there’s also the big negative adjustment for a DH.

#Phillies WAR in the 2000s (fangraphs):

The 2007-11 position players were better (at least 07-09).

However other than in 2011 the pitching has been better in this current run.

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Below are the #Phillies career leaders in HRs hit while in the game as the catcher.

How many can you name?

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Random stat from @stathead.com:

If you take the #Phillies' career home-road HR splits, and rank them as separate numbers, you get some interesting results.

The Baker Bowl was very HR friendly for lefty hitters.

www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tin...

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That would be a total of 31 straight including his current streak of 8.

Turner already holds the 3rd longest streak in history, 41 consecutive steals without being caught from 8/13/22 to 4/24/24:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

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2️⃣3️⃣ days to go until #Phillies Opening Day.

If Trea Turner steals 2️⃣3️⃣ more bases without being caught, he'll have the highest SB success rate in MLB history among the 299 players with 200+ steal attempts*.

*since 1951, when Caught Stealing became an official stat

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(for Monday)
2️⃣4️⃣ days to go until #Phillies Opening Day.

Bryce Harper is 2️⃣4️⃣ HRs away from passing Chase Utley for second most at CBP by a Phillie.

The most he has hit at CBP is 20, in 2019, followed by 19 in 2021 and '24.

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One more quiz:

Name the #Phillies’ all-time HR leaders by lineup spot.

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Filled in list:

Yep all good

Yep

Ah shoot. Cleaned up version:

(and 2018-25)

Another #Phillies HR Quiz...

Name the franchise leaders by position.

These are only those HRs hit while in the game at that position. So for Schmidt they don't include HRs while in as a 1B (36), SS (1), or PH (2).

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2️⃣5️⃣ days to go until #Phillies Opening Day.

With 2️⃣5️⃣ more HRs from the 2nd spot, Trea Turner would tie Rhys Hoskins for most in Phils history from that spot in the order.

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2️⃣6️⃣ days to go until #Phillies Opening Day.

J.T. Realmuto needs 0.9 WAR (fangraphs) to reach 2️⃣6️⃣.

That would put him ahead of 1800s (lefty) Jack Clements for most by any Phillies catcher.

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