It's never fun trading a top pitching prospect, especially one who showed as much upside as Abel in an MLB uniform. The Phillies would be running the risk of watching him develop into a frontline arm with another team. While that'd sting, the Phillies are a team in World Series contention. They need to act like it by trading a top prospect.

The month of May certainly didn’t end the way the Phillies would have hoped. Jesús Luzardo's unbeaten run to start his Phillies career came to an end in disastrous fashion in the club’s 17-7 loss to the Brewers at Citizens Bank Park on Saturday.

We have myriad traditions in baseball and one of the many is using Memorial Day as a tentpole. There's still plenty of time for teams that have been good so far to fall apart and also tons of time for a disappointing team to get hot and do something like win 15 of 20 to thrust themselves into contention.

Rhys Hoskins and the Brewers stunned and silenced a sellout crowd in Philadelphia as Milwaukee had 23 hits, including three home runs, two by Hoskins.

Tuesday’s win over the Braves was a perfect example. While Bryce Harper’s first inning exit left a gloomy cloud over Citizens Bank Park after taking a 95 mph fastball off the elbow from Spencer Strider. He dropped to a knee and had to exit with visible pain.

Heading into June, the Detroit Tigers sit at the head of what is otherwise an expected class of World Series contenders. The Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs and both New York squads sit within 2.

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Rhys Hoskins hit two three-run homers against his former team, Jackson Chourio homered among his four hits and drove in five runs, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Philadelphia Phillies 17-7.