Rise and Phight: 7/9/2021

Stop with the red uniforms already.

By Ethan Witte@ethan_witte Jul 9, 2021, 7:00am EDT

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Philadelphia Phillies v Chicago Cubs

There isn’t much to say. It’s raining and depressing, so click on some links to read about baseball today. It’ll make you happier.

On to the links.

Phillies news:

An article about how much blame a manager should be getting. I’m not sure how I feel about it.
Brian Barber spoke yesterday about the upcoming draft, not really giving many answers about the team’s plans.
If you remember Travis Jankowski’s “bad day at the office”, you’ll recognize the truth that he has gotten a lot better lately.

MLB news:

Trevor Bauer’s administrative leave has been extended another 7 days. Methinks it’ll end up being longer.
The MLB draft has gone to a 20-round affair and that changes things for college baseball.
Sounds like the losing streak that the Cubs just ended has changed what their front office plans on doing at the trade deadline.
Donnie Baseball will be back in Miami in 2022. Begrudgingly, you have to admit that in his shoes, Mattingly has been pretty good there.