Phightin’ Words: 1/14/20

Today is my anniversary. MLB gave me an early gift

By Ethan Witte@ethan_witte Jan 14, 2020, 7:30am EST

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Well that was a day....

Phillies news

The list of spring training invitees is here and there are some noticeable names headed to Clearwater. Should be a fun spring training.
Meghan Montemurro ($) gives some realistic ways that the team could get better.

Obviously the biggest news of the day (and probably the upcoming season) is the one-year ban, and eventual dismissal, of A.J. Hinch and Jeff Luhnow for their part in the sign stealing scandal. Here is the original story from The Athletic ($).
Here is some insight from Baseball Prospectus ($).
Where do the Astros go from here ($)?
Over at ESPN, there are multiple stories: what you need to know about the entire scandal, players speaking their minds about it, plus the entire findings of MLB.
Brace yourselves, Red Sox Nation. You’re next.
The Ringer gives you nine takeaways from the whole shebang.

Ivan Nova is going to Motown and Tony Kemp is headed to the Bay Area.
The Giants essentially bought a prospect in the form of Will Wilson with the day’s DFA’ing of Zack Cozart. Hey - might as well!

Not a whole lot going on right now. Tip of the day: go see “1917” in theaters. Incredible movie.