Rise and Phight: 7/8/2022

Big games this weekend

By Ethan Witte@ethan_witte Jul 8, 2022, 9:00am EDT

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Washington Nationals v Philadelphia Phillies

Sorry, this one was a little late. Oh well, have a good weekend.

On to the links.

Phillies news:

There is an elephant in the room regarding this upcoming trip to Toronto and Rob Thomson is about to address it.
Consider the source, of course, but there are a lot of glowing things to say about the Phillies’ farm system ($).
The Phillies will probably be buyers at the deadline, and here is why.

MLB news:

The international draft was the last point of contention of the CBA. Why haven’t the two parties agreed to something yet?
Chris Bassitt made some waves yesterday about comments he made about the league testing for COVID.
Minor league advocates have asked Congress to help protect them the way the protect major leaguers.