Despite struggling at the plate in the postseason, no one could question Johan Rojas' ability to patrol center field for the Philadelphia Phillies. From the moment he was called up from Double-A Reading, he was virtually flawless in center field.
It looks like Charlie Manuel will accomplish his goal. In Matt Gelb’s early January feature, over at The Athletic, on Manuel and his stroke recovery, Manuel detailed his goal to attend Phillies Spring Training this year — and to be speaking well enough at that point to do so.
Shane Victorino and Nick Castellanos wore the number eight in the World Series We’ve come to the eighth and final day of Chanukah, which means it’s time to wrap up my series on some of the players to have worn the number eight for the Phillies.