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Basically, Doyle measures the amount of future talent (i.e., total projected wins above replacement added over the next six seasons) a team should be willing to give up — in the form of prospects or other team-controlled assets — in exchange for adding an extra WAR of rental talent in 2019, with the goal of maximizing its total expected championships in both the short and long term. In other words, Doyle is all about the tradeoff between how adding talent improves a buyer's present-day championship odds and reduces those odds in the future. Continue to Article

July 24, 2019 7:05:am EST

Rhys Hoskins smacked a go-ahead single in the 15th inning, Roman Quinn hit his first homer of the season, and the visiting Philadelphia Phillies edged the Detroit Tigers 3-2 on Tuesday. Scott Kingery opened the 15th against Daniel Stumpf (1-1) with a triple off the right field wall. Hoskins followed with a single to right. Continue to Article

July 24, 2019 1:08:am EST

Rhys Hoskins' solo home run in the 11th inning Sunday lifted the visiting Philadelphia Phillies to a 2-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. With a 1-1 tie and the Phillies facing Pirates reliever Chris Stratton (1-3) in the 11th, Bryce Harper struck out before Hoskins just cleared the fence in left field on a 1-2 pitch for his 21st homer. Philadelphia reliever Ranger Suarez (3-0) pitched scoreless 10th and 11th innings. Continue to Article

July 21, 2019 8:49:pm EST

Phillies manager Gabe Kapler spotted a man strolling over to the third base umpire and figured it was a member of the PNC Park grounds crew. Especially when the man, wearing a Hawaiian shirt and carrying a cellphone, turned away and casually walked toward home plate to approach Philadelphia hitter Brad Miller for a handshake. Long after a fan just made his way onto the field in the sixth inning before being apprehended, the Phillies beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 Sunday on Rhys Hoskins' home run in the 11th inning. Continue to Article

July 21, 2019 7:30:pm EST

The Phillies began an important week in the schedule with a 2-1 victory in Pittsburgh on Sunday. Despite scoring just three runs in the final two games, the Phillies took two of three from the Pirates to remain entrenched in the National League wild-card race as next week's trade deadline (and big decisions for the front office) steams toward us. There are no more August waiver deals, the kind that once brought the Phillies Jamie Moyer and Matt Stairs and the Houston Astros Justin Verlander in 2017, two months before they won the World Series. Continue to Article

July 21, 2019 6:43:pm EST

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