Gage Wood is making his home AA debut for Reading tonight. He struck out two batters in the first inning and is looking sharp early.

What an absolutely incredible play from Justin Crawford

Felix Reyes went 3-5 today with a double and 2 homers, including a shot that gave the Ironpigs the lead in the 9th. Reyes is now hitting .360/.380/.737 with 11 homers in 114 ABs. Just an absolutely unreal run

Brandon Marsh gives the Phillies the lead!

Bryce Harper JUST missed a grand slam here. The game is tied

Fantastic play from Bryan Rincon from game 1 of Reading's Doubleheader today. He's made a lot of noise with his bat this season, but he's the best shortstop defender in the Phillies org

Great outing tonight for Mavis Gravis in Jersey Shore. 5 IP 2 H 1 ER 3 BB 10 K 86 pitches and got 18 whiffs

Justin Crawford to dead center at Fenway? Sheesh

Justin Crawford ties the game with his first MLB home run!

A look back on April in the Phillies system with prospects who have increased their stock, are maybe slipping, and other notes. Also a bunch of your mailbag questions.

My biggest gripe with the Phillies operation is the lack of creativity on offense the past few years. They have the best pitching coach in the league and constantly give him interesting arms to work with and there have been some real success stories.

How do you not challenge that

Not watching the game tonight since I don’t have Peacock, so feels as good of a time as ever to remind everyone that like every Sunday night game from 1990 to 2017 is just free on YouTube. youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Kimbrel loses it in the 10th for the Mets lol just incredible

Felix Reyes homered in his first at bat with the Phillies

What an at bat by Adolis

Brandon Marsh robs Acuna of a homer on the first pitch of the game!

INF/OF Felix Reyes will wear number 29. Last worn by INF Rodolfo Castro in 2023. #Phillies

The Exciting Paradox of Felix Reyes Reyes has been one of my favorite under the radar prospects in the org for half a decade and I am excited for him. However, he is a player of extremes and you are betting on one of those showing up more than the others.

Hopefully Kemp is actually going to play left field every day. An underrated part of all of this is he only has 33 pro starts in LF, and 12 of them were during this spring. I know he worked out at OF all offseason but it was always a tough ask to throw him out there once a week with limited time

It makes way more sense to call up Seth Johnson now as a leverage arm than his previous cameo this season.

Félix Reyes has been called up by the Phillies. He will wear number 29

Gage Wood strikes out the side in the fourth, coming within one pitch of an immaculate inning. He adds another in the fourth to give him a career high 8. Wood’s final line for Clearwater is 3.1 IP, 2 hits, 1 run, 1 ER, 1 BB, 8 Ks … 57 pitches, 40 strikes … Sat 95-97, T98

Really wondering how long the leash will be for Otto Kemp in left field

What a fun game

What an incredible debut from Andrew Painter. 5.1 innings 8 strikeouts, showed the full arsenal. Just absolutely electric

Andrew Painter filthy change up

Adolis Garcia has been hitting the ball hard so far this year. Just hit one the other way for his first Phillies homer

Andrew Painter curveballs are nasty

Andrew Painter strikes out the first batter he faces as a Phillie

The BABIP gods are angry and tonight is not a fun night to be at the game lol

Brandon Marsh ties the game!

Everything is coming up Felix Reyes. His broken bat RBI single gives Lehigh Valley a 1-0 lead

Quick 10 pitch inning from Orion Kerkering. Got up to 97 mph and got a strikeout looking on this frontdoor sinker

What a play by Justin Crawford!

3 strikeouts, 1 walk, 1 hit for Zack Wheeler in the first inning of his rehab appearance. Fastball up to 94 mph

Felix Reyes had 4 hits tonight on Ironpigs Opening Night, here's a thread with each hit. 1st inning 105 mph single

I wrote about 2000 words about most of the players on the 2026 Ironpigs. You can check it out on my substack here and I'll add the remaining players over the opening series. open.substack.com/pub/philliep...

CRIS SANCHEZ. ACE

Narrativeball is thriving today. 2 hits for Justin Crawford and Alec Bohm just smoked an opposite field homer

Justin Crawford: 2 major league AB, 2 singles up the middle. He's the youngest Phillies position player (22 years, 72 days) to make his big-league debut by starting on Opening Day since ... Richie Ashburn (21 years, 32 days) in 1948

Justin Crawford is at it again. 2 for 2 today so far

Justin Crawford collects his first major league hit on the first pitch he sees

Kyle Schwarber hits the Phillies first homer of 2026!

Justin Crawford's Phillies Opening Day Introduction

I know the Pirates did a bunch of stuff this offseason but I never really understood people picking them for the playoffs. This defense is a big reason why

Cairo being added to the 40 because of the opt out is interesting. He has all 3 options remaining. He definitely has value around the league because of his age and skillset. The Braves picked him in the rule 5 last year but ultimately returned him before the season

#Phillies INF/OF Dylan Moore will wear number 25. Last worn by LHP Matt Strahm in 2025. LHP Tim Mayza will wear number 37. Last worn by INF/OF Weston Wilson in 2025.

#Phillies OF Justin Crawford will wear number 2. Last worn by OF Harrison Bader in 2025. RHP Andrew Painter will wear number 24. Last worn by 1B Darick Hall in 2023.

Crossposting the Initial Ironpigs roster here from @charlottevarnes.bsky.social Aidan Miller and Gabriel Rincones Jr start on the IL as expected. The Mercado signing makes it 12 hitters on the roster with additions to come.