Breaking News Phillies clinch top WC seed, will host NL Wild Card series

Rise and Phight: 9/21/2022

By Ethan Witte@ethan_witte Sep 21, 2022, 7:00am EDT

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MLB: Toronto Blue Jays at Philadelphia Phillies

Not even going to talk about last night’s game. Didn’t even happen in my mind.

Move on.

On to the links.

Phillies news:

There is an actual deadline for clinching a wild card spot. It is game 160 and here is why.
Darick Hall and Andrew Painter were named as the best minor league hitter and pitcher in the team’s system yesterday.

MLB news:

In case you haven’t noticed, there are a lot of pitchers who are giving up on their fastballs. Here is why.
Trades are fun. Trades are also sometimes very unpopular. Here, Ralph tells us which of these unpopular trades should happen this offseason ($).
Large payrolls lead to wins? Why I never...
Oh yeah, Aaron Judge did something last night. It’ll probably make the news or something, who knows.