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Rise and Phight: 7/29/2022

That’s one

By Ethan Witte@ethan_witte Jul 29, 2022, 7:00am EDT

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Philadelphia Phillies v Pittsburgh Pirates

What are the chances of the Phillies making a deal today? Who knows, but this weekend should be fun.

On to the links.

Phillies news:

Nick Castellanos has struggled this year and who would know better than his personal hitting coach ($).
Rob Thomson had a very simple message for his team before they played the Pirates ($). He’s been so good for this team.
The team’s local ratings have been very good this season.

MLB news:

Max Scherzer believes PitchCom should be illegal because it “takes something away from the game.” Yeah, ok buddy.
A good read about the life of a general manager around this time of year, the trading deadline ($).
In case you missed it, the Yankees grabbed Andrew Benintendi, a possible target of the Phillies off the board.
The Marlins lost a young pitching prospect to the knife with Max Meyer confirmed as needing Tommy John surgery.