Rise and Phight: 8/8/2023

I guess this is why there is a six man rotation.

While most clubs would be felled by the storms last night, scrambling to assemble a pitching duo to make it through the doubleheader, the Phillies are in great shape since they had already decided to have a six man rotation through this week.

That, my friends, is called foresight.

On to the links.

Phillies news:

• The Phillies have a nice opportunity here with the other combatants playing poorly to put some distance between them and the wild card aspirants.
• Seems getting injured again has been in the back of Seranthony Dominguez’s mind. Not anymore.
• If Alec Bohm was looking to emulate someone with runners in scoring position, he chose a good one.

MLB news:

• Looks like Josh Jung will be undergoing surgery after all. He’ll be out a month and a half.
• Suspensions have been handed down to the players involved in the Guardians-White Sox brawl.
• Bobby Witt, Jr. has become one of the better defenders at shortstop a season after being one of its worst.
• In another embarrassing display, the Orioles have suspended their announcer because he said they were bad.