Bob Boone has died at 78, confirmed by his son Bret. He caught Tug McGraw's series-ending strikeout of Willie Wilson in Game 6 of the 1980 World Series, and he hit .412 in that Series, 7-for-17, with no strikeouts. A Philadelphia remembrance of the catcher behind that last pitch, the first title, and a three-generation baseball family.
Turner has $190.9 million left and a full no-trade clause. Marsh is the only one who can actually move.
Ken Rosenthal reported the only condition under which Harper would waive his no-trade clause: a new team extending him past 2031, into his forties. Five straight playoff exits have this town dreaming big. The math has other ideas.
Jhoan Duran threw a 1.82 ERA with 33 saves for the Phillies in 2026. Baseball-Reference has him free-agent eligible after 2027. That's one arbitration season of club control left, and every multi-year pitch sits under a Dec. 1 CBA clock.
Realmuto's OPS went .820, .762, .751, .699, .614, and it's the lowest among catchers with 400 or more plate appearances. The club wants him catching fewer games. Does that fix a bat?
Per NBC Sports Philadelphia, the Phillies didn't make Alec Bohm the one-year, $23.15 million qualifying offer. He's a free agent with no draft pick attached, and Dave Dombrowski already told you what they're losing.
Free agency opened Monday. If there is no new labor deal by 11:59 p.m. Dec. 1, owners are expected to lock the players out and freeze the market. What does that do to a high-payroll team with holes?
Painter went 3-10 with a 5.40 ERA in his first big league season, then posted a 3.65 ERA over his last 11 starts. The club is preparing to enter 2027 with him in its projected rotation, and the good stretch is 61.2 innings long.
Since Dave Dombrowski took over Phillies baseball operations in December 2020, the players the team got back in trades have produced +40.4 Baseball-Reference WAR in a Phillies uniform, and the players they sent away have produced +22.7 elsewhere. Five incoming players account for more than the entire gap, and nobody can price any of it without salaries.
Ten players, $845.95 million still owed from 2027 on, and seven of them are 33 or older.
Milwaukee won it all on less than half Philly's payroll. The Phillies' staff led MLB in WAR. Their bats and gloves finished at or near the bottom.
