Rise and Phight: 2/6/2023

Feb 6, 2023 - 12:00 PM

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Welcome to the final week of the offseason where there will be no baseball activity of any kind.

Next week, pitchers and catcher report for most of the league. It might feel a bit earlier than usual, but that could be because of the World Baseball Classic and teams wanting to get their players in before they head right back out. For the Phillies, it’ll be a chance for some of the younger players to show what they can do while the veterans are away.

But that’s next week.

This week, we have to slog through the nothingness that is this week of February.

On to the links.

Phillies news:

• J.T. Realmuto is best catcher of this generation of catchers and has received some praise from the best catcher of all-time.
• Is it fair to say Andrew Painter’s next six years are the most valuable on the team? Whatever you think, the team has a definite plan for those years.

MLB news:

• The Giants may have missed on some big stars, but they’re looking to make sure their best pitcher sticks around for a while.
• Miguel Rojas has inked an extension with the Dodgers for the next two seasons. The Dodgers are weird.
• Matt Allan has had a bad run of injury luck and this year, it continues. He’ll miss most of the season with a UCL injury.
• Max Fried lost his arbitration case. He’ll only make $13.5 million this year. So sad.