Rise and Phight: 1/16/2023

There was actually quite a bit of news happening this season in baseball with arbitration and international players being able to sign. Let’s catch up on some of the bigger highlights.

On to the links.

Phillies news:

• The team did make a big splash yesterday when the international signings were allowed to be announced.
• Another projection at the initial 26-man roster? Don’t mind if I do.
• You might have missed it, but Fangraphs put out their ZiPS projections for the Phillies in 2023. Don’t look at Nick Castellanos’s comps.

MLB news:

• As stated before, the international signing day opened, so get caught up on all of the signings that happened around the league.
• Arbitration figures also came out and Juan Soto is now a very happy man in San Diego.
• Trey Mancini is headed to the Cubs on a one-year deal. Every year, there is a trendy pick to make the playoffs out of nowhere and this year it feels like the Cubs will be that pick.
• The Yankees are going to be without one of their starters for at least the first month. If there is one thing they’ve got, it’s a good rotation.