The Philadelphia Phillies have been waiting for their top prospect, Andrew Painter, for two years, and the time is approaching for him to make his debut.

That season the Phillies went 81-81, which wasn’t a bad return for that kind of a payroll. But that’s not the team that Phillies management wanted.

DENVER — On the second day without their most-trusted reliever, the Phillies’ bullpen door opened for a man who had not pitched in eight days. Joe Ross tossed a scoreless seventh inning on 14 ...

When J.T. Realmuto cracked a solo homer over the right field wall to lead off the 10th inning in Game 1 of the 2022 World Series — a game that the Philadelphia Phillies won — it felt like a continuation of good fortune for the wild card team, which many people didn’t think would reach the Fall Classic. The first World Series game held in Philadelphia in 13 years created at least a ...