PHILLIES RECORD WHEN THEY (2016)

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1 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (0-0) vs. CINCINNATI REDS (0-0) Monday, April 3, 2017 Great American Ball Park 4:10 p.m. EDT Game 1; Road 1 RHP Jeremy Hellickson (NR) vs. RHP Scott Feldman (NR) SEASON PREMIERE: The Phillies will embark on their 135th season (since 1883) this afternoon in Cincinnati, enduring as the oldest, continuous, one-nickname, one-city franchise in all of professional sports They are facing the Cincinnati Reds on Opening Day for the second consecutive season This marks the just the fourth time in Phillies history that they have faced the same opponent in the same ballpark on consecutive Opening Days, and only the second time it has happened on the road They opened in Chicago against the Cubs in , and at home against the Boston Braves in both and From 1958 to 1963, the Phillies played the Reds in their season opener five out of six times The final two of those five meetings both came on April 9, and featured the exact same pitchers of record Art Mahaffey earned the win for the Phillies and Joey Jay took the loss for Cincinnati Today also marks the fifth time in the last six years that the Phillies will open the season on the road (L 6-2 at CIN in 2016; W at TEX in 2014; L 7-5 at ATL in 2013; W 1-0 at PIT in 2012) From , the Phillies hosted five straight season openers All-time, the Phillies are on Opening Day. QUEEN FOR A DAY: For the ninth time in their storied franchise histories, the Philadelphia Phillies and Cincinnati Reds will do battle on Opening Day (the clubs are split 4-4 in their previous 8 meetings) When the Phillies take the field at Great American Ball Park today, it will mark the seventh time they have opened the season in Cincinnati The Reds hold a 4-2 lead in the previous six openers in the Queen City, having won each of the last three here (1981, 1986, 2016) The Phillies have not defeated the Reds on Opening Day since April 9, 1963 at Connie Mack Stadium (2-1), while their last Opening Day road victory in Cincinnati came on April 9, 1962 at Crosley Field (12-4). SPRING RECAP: Philadelphia finished spring training with a record As a team, they ranked 3 rd -best among all National League teams in walks (128) and 7 th in OBP (.337) The Phils averaged 3.56 walks per game this spring, their highest per-game total since online data became available in 2006 On the mound, the club ranked 5 th -best among all National League teams in WHIP (1.33) and opponent s AVG (.259) On the bases, Philadelphia finished the spring 21-for-24 in stolen base attempts (87.5%), the 2 nd -highest stolen base percentage among all ML teams during the spring (best: BAL, 31-35, 88.6%). HELLA GOOD: Today, Jeremy Hellickson makes his second career Opening Day start, his first coming in this very ballpark last season (ND, 6.0 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 SO) Hellickson is the first Phillies pitcher to start consecutive Opening Days since Roy Halladay started three consecutive openers from Hellickson is coming off a season in which he set career highs in strikeouts (154) and starts (32) and tied his career high in innings (189.0) The Phillies went (.531) in his 32 starts last season. HELLO, MY NAME IS: For the third consecutive season, 13 or more players on the Phillies Opening Day roster were not on the initial 25-man roster the year before Only INF Andres Blanco, RHP Jerad Eickhoff, 3B Maikel Franco, SS Freddy Galvis, RHP Jeanmar Gomez, RHP Jeremy Hellickson, 2B Cesar Hernandez, CF Odubel Herrera, RHP Hector Neris, RHP Aaron Nola, C Cameron Rupp and RHP Vince Velasquez were on the opening roster in 2016 (6 P, 1 C, 4 INF, 1 OF) Eight players have made their first career Opening Day roster (OF Aaron Altherr, 1B Tommy Joseph, C Andrew Knapp, LHP Adam Morgan, RHP Hector Neris, RHP Edubray Ramos, LHP Joely Rodriguez & INF Brock Stassi ), while two have yet to make their Major League debuts (Knapp & Stassi). THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS: Philadelphia finished the 2016 season with the second-lowest average player age among all Major League clubs (26.9 years old) Only the Arizona Diamondbacks were younger (26.5) This spring, 30 of the 62 players who reported to Phillies camp were 25 or younger (48%), including 24 players on the 40-man roster (60%) The average age of the Opening Day 25-man roster is years old. A GOOD CROP ON THE FARM: The 2016 season was a very successful one for the Phillies player development system Every one of the Phillies domestic minor league affiliates finished above.500 for the first time since 1953 (9 teams over.500 in 1953) Considering only domestic minor league teams, the Phillies combined.595 minor league winning percentage ( ) ranked first among all organizations Including foreign teams, their.581 winning percentage ( ) ranked second in baseball only to Seattle (.590, ) Philadelphia had four minor league affiliates qualify for the playoffs, the most in one year since MiLB s records began tracking all teams postseason appearances in 2005 The Phillies six domestic minor league teams combined to post a 3.34 ERA and a.262 team batting average in the regular season Every team had an ERA of 3.85 or lower, and four of the six hit better than.260 Reading OF Dylan Cozens (40 HR) and 1B Rhys Hoskins (38 HR) were the top two home run hitters in all of minor league baseball. PHILLIES PHACTS (2016) Record: (.438) Home: Road: Current Streak: Won 1 Last 5 Games: 1-4 Last 10 Games: 2-8 Series Record: Sweeps/Swept: 6/9 PHILLIES VS. REDS 2016 Record: at Home: at CIN: 0-3 All-Time Record: All-Time at Citizens Bank Park: All-Time at GABP: Current Streak: Lost 1 PHILLIES ON THE ROAD (2016) Games Played: 81 Record: (.420) Batting Average:.250 Runs/Runs Per Game: 331/4.09 Home Runs: 83 Stolen Bases: 50 ERA: 5.39 Starters W-L: Starters ERA: 5.19 Relievers W-L: Relievers ERA: 5.74 Saves/Opp: 22/33 PHILLIES AT A GLANCE (2016) April: Monday: 6-12 May: Tuesday: June: 9-19 Wednesday: July: Thursday: 7-10 Aug: Friday: Sept: Saturday: Oct: 1-1 Sunday: vs East: Day: vs Cent: Night: vs West: st Half: vs AL: nd Half: INSTANT REPLAY RESULTS *Manager s challenges, since 2014 PHI All-Time Challenges: 116 Overturned: 62 Success Rate: 53.4% 2016 Challenges: 47 Overturned: 26 Success Rate: 55.3% Last Challenge: 9/28 at ATL Situation: B2, no outs, runner on 3B Result: OVERTURNED: the replay official determined that the ball contacted the interior of the fielder s glove prior to the runner s foot touching first base. Runner is out. PHILLIES RECORD WHEN THEY (2016) Score First: Lead After 6: Lead After 7: 58-9 Lead After 8: 62-6 Out-Hit Opp: 50-9 Last AB Decisions: Opp. Score First: Tied After 6: Tied After 7: 8-9 Tied After 8: 8-7 Hits equal: 7-9 Walk-off Decisions: 5-6 Score 4 or more: Trail After 6: 8-65 Trail After 7: 5-73 Trail After 8: 1-78 Out-Hit by Opp: Starter goes > 6.0 IP Score 3 or less: Hit no HR: Starter goes 6.0 IP Hit at least 1 HR: Starter goes < 6.0 IP UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST SCHEDULE DATE TIME PROBABLE PITCHERS TV Tuesday, April 4 **OFF DAY** Wednesday, April 5 7:10 EDT RHP Jerad Eickhoff (NR) vs LHP Brandon Finnegan (NR) CSN Thursday, April 6 12:35 EDT RHP Clay Buchholz (NR) vs RHP Rookie Davis (NR) CSN Friday, April 7 3:05 EDT TBA vs RHP Vince Velasquez (NR) NBC10 Saturday, April 8 7:05 EDT TBA vs RHP Aaron Nola (NR) NBC 10

2 2017 PHILLIES NOTES TODAY S STARTER PAGE 2 JEREMY HELLICKSON RHP #58 Height: 6-1 Weight: 190 Age: 29 (born: 4/8/87) 2016: 12-10, 3.71 ERA Career: 61-58, 3.90 ERA SPRING TRAINING RECAP: 0-2, 5.93 ERA (16 ER, 24.0 IP), 31 H, 6 BB, 17 SO in 6 starts. TODAY S START: Red Hot: Hellickson did not allow an ER in either of his 2 starts against CIN in 2016 (13. IP), the first of which was Opening Day He allowed just 8 baserunners (BB, 7 H) while striking out 15 His career 1.42 ERA (3 ER, 19.0 IP) in 3 starts vs CIN is his 2 nd lowest against any opponent that he has faced at least 3 times (0.99 ERA vs SEA in 5 GS) 2 of Hellickson s career games with 9+ strikeouts have come against the Reds (9 each on 6/27/11 and 5/13/16). Open Up: Hellickson is making his 2 nd career and 2 nd consecutive Opening Day start He is 2-2, 2.98 ERA (14 ER, 42.1 IP) in 7 career starts to debut a season ( ) Hellickson is the first Phillies pitcher since Roy Halladay ( ) to start consecutive Opening Days for Philadelphia. vs CIN: 1-1, 1.42 ERA (3 ER, 19.0 IP) in 3 starts at Great American: 0-0, 0.00 ERA (6.0 IP) in 1 start vs NL Central: 8-4, 3.08 ERA (29 ER, 84.2 IP) in 14 starts Has won 7 of his last 8 decisions vs NL Central teams (since 5/24/15) ROAD: 2016: 5-6, 4.33 ERA (43 ER, 89.1 IP) in 16 starts Career: 28-30, 4.25 ERA (221 ER, IP) in 86 games (82 GS) 2016 SEASON Set career highs with 154 strikeouts (previous: 135 in 2013), 32 starts (previous: 31, 2x) and tied a career high in with IP (other: 2011) His 3.2 fwar was also a career high and was the highest by a Phillies RHP since Roy Halladay in 2011 (8.3) Notched a 1.15 WHIP and held opponents to a.243 AVG Joined Cole Hamels ( , , 2014), Cliff Lee (2011, 2013) and Roy Halladay ( ) as the only Phillies starts since 2005 to post a WHIP 1.15 or lower with an AVG against less than.250 over a full season. Finished T-3 rd in the NL in SHO (1), T-5 th in GIDP (21), T-8 th in starts (32) and 9 th in BB/9.0 IP (2.14) CAREER: Walked just 13 of the 406 RHH he faced in 2016 (3.2% BB rate), holding them to a.261 OBP Acquired by PHI on 11/14/15 from ARI for RHP Sam McWilliams Won the 2011 American League Rookie of the Year Award; became just the 2 nd starting pitcher to win the award over the previous 32 seasons (other: DET s Justin Verlander in 2006) In 2011 led all ML rookies in ERA (2.95), innings (189.0), CG (2), OPP AVG (.210), starts (29) and quality starts (20) Co-winner of 2012 AL Gold Glove Award (Jake Peavy, CWS) Became just 2 nd pitcher ever to win a ROY and Gold Glove, joining LAD s Fernando Valenzuela (1982 NL ROY, 1986 NL GG) At 25, as the youngest pitcher to win the AL Gold Glove since 1989 (Brett Saberhagen, 25) Marked the first time two pitchers tied for a Gold Glove HELLICKSON 2016 DAY-BY-DAY DATE-OPP DECISION IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA 4/4 at CIN ND, L, /10 at NYM W, /15 vs WSH L, /20 vs NYM ND, W, /27 at WSH W, APRIL /2 at STL L, /7 at MIA ND, W, /13 vs CIN W, /18 vs MIA W, /24 at DET L, /30 vs WSH ND, L, MAY /4 vs MIL ND, L, /10 at WSH L, /15 vs TOR L, /20 vs ARI L, /25 at SF W, JUNE /1 vs KC W, /6 vs ATL ND, W, /15 vs NYM L, /20 vs MIA W, /25 at MIA ND, W, /30 at ATL W, JULY /5 at SD W, /10 at LAD ND, W, /20 vs STL W, /27 at NYM L, AUGUST /2 vs ATL ND, L, /7 at MIA L, /12 vs PIT W, /17 vs MIA W, /23 at NYM L, /29 at ATL ND, L, SEPTEMBER HIGHS CAREER HIGHS 9.0, 9/17 vs MIA IP 9.0, 3x, last: 9/17/16 vs MIA 10, 4/20 vs NYM H 10, 4x, last: 4/20/16 vs NYM 7, 6/10 at WSH R 8, 3x, last: 6/13/13 vs KC 7, 6/10 at WSH ER 8, 3x, last: 6/13/13 vs KC 4, 5/2 at STL BB 7, 6/8/12 at MIA 9, 5/13 vs CIN SO 10, 4/6/11 vs LAA 3, 2x, last: 6/10 at WSH HR 3, 5x, last: 6/10/16 at WSH 1, 9/17 vs MIA CG 3, last: 9/17/16 vs MIA 1, 9/17 vs MIA SHO 2, last: 9/17/16 vs MIA 4 G, 7/20-8/20 Win Streak 6 G, 2x, last: 6/19-7/26/13 4 G, 5/24-6/20 Loss Streak 6 G, 5/21-7/13/12 HELLICKSON 2016 AND CAREER 2016: Career: HELLICKSON vs REDS 2016: Career: Last Start 5/13/16 vs CIN: W, 7.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 1 BB,96 SO BATTER-PITCHER MATCH-UPS JEREMY HELLICKSON vs REDS avg ab h 2b 3b hr rbi bb so BARNHART COSART DUVALL GENNETT HAMILTON MESORACO SUAREZ VOTTO SCOTT FELDMAN vs PHILLIES avg ab h 2b 3b hr rbi bb so KENDRICK NAVA SAUNDERS WEDNESDAY S STARTER vs CINCINNATI RHP JERAD EICKHOFF vs LHP BRANDON FINNEGAN EICKHOFF vs REDS 2016: N/A Career: N/A EICKHOFF 2016 AND CAREER 2016: Career:

3 2017 PHILLIES NOTES BULLPEN NOTES PAGE TOTALS W-L ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO AVG OPS MISC Starters QS/162 GS Relievers SV/63 SVO #53 JOAQUÍN BENOIT RHP Last App: 3/27 at TOR: 1.0 IP, 1 SO IR/Scored: -/- vs CIN (2016): 0-0, 0.00 ERA (1.0 IP) in 1 G SV/Opp: -/- vs CIN (career): 1-0, 0.00 ERA (8.1 IP) in 9 G Great American (career): 1-0, 0.00 ERA (6.1 IP) in 7 G Spring 2017: 0-0, 6.43 ERA (5 ER, 7.0 IP), 5 BB, 10 SO, 2 HR Is beginning the season in the NL for just the 3 rd time in is 16-year career ( with SD) Began 2016 season with SEA, was traded to TOR on 7/26 Posted a 0.38 ERA (1 ER, 23.2 IP) in 25 appearances for the Blue Jays, tied for the lowest ERA by any ML reliever from 7/24-end of season (other: BAL s Zach Britton) Did not appear in a postseason game for TOR #46 JEANMAR GÓMEZ RHP Last App: 3/31 vs TB: 1.0 IP, 2 SO IR/Scored: -/- vs CIN (2016): 0-0, SV, 0.00 ERA (2.0 IP) in 2 G SV/Opp: -/- vs CIN (career): 0-1, 2 SV, 3.86 ERA (9 ER, 21.0 IP) in 16 G (2 GS) Great American (career): 0-1, SV, 2.31 ERA (3 ER, 11.2 IP) in 7 G (1 GS) Spring 2017: 0-0, 0.84 ERA (1 ER, 10.2 IP), 4 H, 1 BB, 7 SO,.111 OPP AVG in 9 games Did not allow a run in his final 8 appearances (9.2 IP, 3/4-end of ST) Made his 6 th career and 6 th consecutive Opening Day roster (CLE: 2012, PIT: , PHI: ) 2016 NL Relief Rankings: 4 th in games finished (59) 5 th in saves (37) 9 th in SV % (86.0%) Had the 9th-most saves in a single season in Phillies history in 2016 His 24 SV before the All-Star Break tied Steve Bedrosian (1987) and Jose Mesa (2001) for the club record Was just the 7 th pitcher in Phillies history to collect 35 or more saves in a single season #39 ADAM MORGAN LHP Last App: 3/29 at PIT: SV, 3.0 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 3 SO IR/Scored: -/- vs CIN (2016): 0-1, ERA (7 ER, 3.2 IP) in 1 G (1 GS) SV/Opp: -/- vs CIN (career): 0-1, ERA (7 ER, 3.2 IP) in 1 G (1 GS) Great American (career): N/A Spring 2017: 0-0, 2.45 ERA (5 ER, 18.1 IP), 4 BB, 14 SO in 7 games (1 start) Made 1 st career Opening Day roster Split the 2016 season between Lehigh Valley (AAA) and PHI Had his only two career ML relief appearances on 6/29/16 at ARI (0.2 IP, IBB, SO) and 7/2/16 vs KC (3.0 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 HR, 3 SO) Named International League and Phillies Minor League Pitcher of the Week, 8/1-7 #50 HÉCTOR NERIS RHP Last App: 3/31 vs TB: 1.0 IP, 1 SO IR/Scored: -/- vs CIN (2016): 0-0, 0.00 ERA (1.2 IP) in 2 G SV/Opp: -/- vs CIN (career): 0-0, 0.00 ERA (1.2 IP) in 2 G Great American (career): 0-0, 0.00 ERA (0.2 IP) in 1 G Spring 2017: 1-0, SV, 2.57 ERA (7 ER, 7.0 IP), 1 BB, 8 SO in 7 games Made 3 app for Dominican Republic in 2017 World Baseball Classic (2.70 ERA, 1 ER, 3.1 IP) Made his 2 nd career Opening Day Roster (2016) 2016 NL Relief Rankings: 3rd in IP (80.1), T-3rd in games (79) and 5th in SO (102) His 102 strikeouts in 2016 season were the 2 nd -most ever by a Phillies reliever (most: Dick Selma, 153 SO in 1970) Became the 4 th reliever in Phillies history to collect 100 SO in a season His 46 appearances before the All-Star Break were the most by a PHI reliever since 2004 (Rheal Cormier) and only 1 shy of Kent Tekulve s club record 47 in 1987 Struck out 102 of the 328 batters he faced last season(31.1% SO rate) #17 PAT NESHEK RHP Last App: 3/31 vs TB: 1.0 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 1 SO IR/Scored: -/- vs CIN (2016): 0-1, ERA (2 ER, 1.0 IP) in 1 G SV/Opp: -/- vs CIN (career): 2-1, 4.15 ERA (4 ER, 8.2 IP) in 10 G Great American (career): 0-0, 2.45 ERA (1 ER, 3.2 IP) in 5 G Spring 2017: Won 2017 World Baseball Classic with Team U.S.A., pitching 5.0 scoreless IP in 5 games, including semi-finals and finals In MLB ST was 0-0, 6.75 ERA (3 ER, 4.0 IP in 4 games PHI marks the 7 th different team Neshek has played for (others: MIN: , SD: 2011, BAL: 2012, OAK: 2013; STL: 2014, HOU: ) Held opposing hitters to a.194 AVG (33-170) and held opponents scoreless in 50 of his 60 appearances (83.3%) in 2016 Reached 60 appearances for the 3rd consecutive season Did not allow more than 2 ER in any of his 1 st 59 appearances (3 ER in final game of the season) #61 EDUBRAY RAMOS RHP Last App: 3/31 vs TB: 1.0 IP IR/Scored: -/- SV/Opp: -/- vs CIN (career): N/A Great American (career): N/A Spring 2017: 1-0, SV, 0.87 ERA (1 ER, 10.1 IP), 6 H, 3 BB, 8 SO,.171 OPP AVG in 11 games Made 1 st career Opening Day roster Went 2-1, 10 SV, 1.16 ERA (5 ER, 38.2 IP) in 26 games between Reading (AA) and Lehigh Valley (AAA) in 2016 before being recalled, 6/24/16 Named Phillies Minor League Pitcher of the Month for May (12 G, 0.52 ERA, 1 ER, 17.1 IP, 1 BB, 11 H, 16 SO) Stranded 82.3% of the ML runners he inherited (14 of 17) last season Was T-8th among all ML relievers in appearances (42) after making his ML debut, 6/24/16-end of season #63 JOELY RODRÍGUEZ LHP Last App: 3/29 at PIT: W, 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 BB, 1 SO IR/Scored: -/- SV/Opp: -/- vs CIN (career): N/A Great American (career): N/A Spring 2017: 2-0, 3.00 ERA (4 ER, 12.0 IP), 13 H, 3 BB, 8 SO in 9 games (1 start) Made 1 st career Opening Day roster Spent most of 2016 with Reading (AA); also appeared in games for Clearwater (A), Lehigh Valley (AAA) and the Phillies Held LHH to a.195 AVG (17-87) between all three levels Allowed just one hit to 18 batters faced (1-15,.067) over 7 scoreless appearances (5.1 IP) to begin his ML career

4 2017 PHILLIES NOTES HITTING NOTES PAGE 4 #23 AARON ALTHERR OF vs CIN (career): N/A At GABP (career): N/A Spring Training 2017: Tied for the team lead in hits (20) and led the team in runs (14) and games played (26) Made 54 starts last season: 35 in RF, 12 in LF and 7 in CF Missed the first 103 ML games of last season due to having left wrist surgery in March 2016 after diving for a ball during a spring training game As a pinch hitter is 0-for-4 in his career (0-1 last year) Of his 72 career ML hits, 30 have been for extra bases (41.7%; 17 2B, 4 3B, 9 HR) #4 ANDRES BLANCO INF vs CIN (2016):.000 (0-5) in 4 games vs CIN (career):.227 (5-22), 2 RBI in 15 games At GABP (career):.154 (2-13) in 7 games Made his 5 th career Opening Day roster ( ; ) and second with the Phillies Was on the 15-day DL, 7/25-9/1 (fractured left index finger) Hit.161 (5-31), 2 2B, 2 HBP, 3 RBI as a pinch hitter last season Career:.207 (17-82), 8 2B, 2 HR, 9 RBI, 5 BB, 2 HBP, SAC Made 36 starts last season: 15 at 3rd base, 13 at 2nd base, 7 at SS and 1 at 1st base #7 MAIKEL FRANCO 3B vs CIN (2016):.348 (8-23), HR, 5 RBI in 6 games vs CIN (career):.404 (19-47), 3 HR, 11 RBI in 12 games At GABP (career):.429 (9-21), HR, 2 RBI in 6 games Spring Training 2017: Tied for the team lead in HR (6; Brock Stassi) Has hit safely in all 12 career games vs CIN, including three 2-hit games and two 3-hit gamese Last year, became the first Phillies 3rd baseman to hit 25 HR in one season since Scott Rolen in 2001 (25) Led the team in HR (25) & RBI (88) and is tied for the team lead in XBH (49; Freddy Galvis) The Phillies went 16-8 (.667) last season when he homered Career: (.676) 36.2% (88 of 243) of his ML hits have gone for extra bases (47 2B, 2 3B, 39 HR) #13 FREDDY GALVIS SS vs CIN (2016):.280 (7-25), HR, 2 RBI in 6 games vs CIN (career):.211 (12-57), 3 HR, 5 RBI in 15 games At GABP (career):.231 (6-26), 2 HR, 4 RBI in 7 games Spring Training 2017: In his final 9 spring training games, batted.357 (10-28), 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI Making his third consecutive Opening Day start ( ) and fourth overall (started at 2nd base in 2012 for an injured Chase Utley) Had 20 HR & 20 2B last season to join Jimmy Rollins as the only shortstops in Phillies history to accomplish the feat (Rollins did it 4 times) Last year, led all NL shortstops in starts (153) & fielding % (.987) and finished 2 nd in innings (1,350.0) Was a finalist for the NL Gold Glove for shortstops Established career highs in games (158), doubles (26), HR (20), XBH (49), total bases (233), RBI (67) and SB (17) #16 CESAR HERNANDEZ 2B vs CIN (2016):.294 (5-17), RBI in 5 games vs CIN (career):.281 (9-32), HR, 2 RBI in 15 games At GABP (career):.278 (5-18) in 7 games Spring Training 2017: Hit.290 (18-62) in his final 20 games after going 0-for-16 to start the spring Making his second consecutive Opening Day start Batted.326 ( ), 8 2B, 6 3B, 4 HR, 23 RBI, 50 BB, 14 SB,.421 OBP over his final 83 games of 2016, raising his season AVG from.253 to.294 Had the 5 th -best road AVG (.327) in the NL with 11 of his 14 doubles, two of his three 4-hit games and 25 of his 38 RBI; had a.424 SLG % on the road vs.361 at home #37 ODUBEL HERRERA CF vs CIN (2016):.182 (4-22), HR, 2 RBI in 6 games vs CIN (career):.244 (10-41), HR, 4 RBI in 11 games At GABP (career):.261 (6-23), RBI in 6 games Spring Training 2017: Played for Team Venezuela in the 2017 World Baseball Classic Went 1-for-11 in 5 games Making his second consecutive Opening Day start Named to the National League All-Star team last year Led the team in games (159), hits (167), runs (87) and SB (25) last season Last year, became the first Phillie to have at least 15 HR and 25 infield hits since 2006 when Chase Utley did it (32 HR, 25 infield hits) #19 TOMMY JOSEPH 1B vs CIN (2016):.000 (0-2) in 1 game vs CIN (career):.000 (0-2) in 1 game At GABP (career): N/A Spring Training 2017: In his final 10 spring games, batted.448 (13-29), 4 2B, HR, 4 RBI, 2 BB Tied for the team lead in hits (20) Made his 1 st career Opening Day roster His 21 HR last year were tied with Scott Rolen (1997) for the 2 nd -most by a Phillies rookie over the previous 45 seasons ( ) behind only Ryan Howard (22 in 2005) Overall, he tied for the 4 th -highest HR total ever by a rookie in Phillies history: Willie Montanez (30 in 1971), Dick Allen (29 in 1964) and Howard Made 74 starts last season, all at 1st base #47 HOWIE KENDRICK LF vs CIN (2016):.235 (4-17) in 6 games vs CIN (career):.250 (9-36), HR, RBI in 11 games At GABP (career):.267 (8-30), HR, RBI in 8 games Spring Training 2017: In his final 12 spring games, batted.310 (13-42), 4 2B, 3B, HR, 4 RBI Making his 10 th career Opening Day start and first in LF Had previously been an Opening Day 2nd baseman for 9 straight seasons ( ) Was a member of the 2011 American League All-Star team Prior to being traded to the Phillies, had spent his entire ML career in Los Angeles with the Angels ( ) and Dodgers ( ) In his ML career, has played 1,112 games at 2nd base, 120 in LF, 89 at 1st base, 18 at 3rd base and 1 in CF #34 ANDREW KNAPP C vs CIN (career): N/A At GABP (career): N/A Spring Training 2017: In his final 10 spring games, batted.379 (11-29), 2 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI Made his first Opening Day roster His first appearance of the season will be his ML debut Caught 18 of 48 attempted base stealers (37.5%) last season for Lehigh Valley (AAA) Made his league s All-Star team in each of last two minor league seasons (International and Florida State)

5 2017 PHILLIES NOTES HITTING NOTES PAGE 5 #25 DANIEL NAVA OF vs CIN (career):.429 (3-7), RBI in 2 games At GABP (career):.429 (3-7), RBI in 2 games Prior to this season, spent his entire career in the American League with 4 teams BOS, TB, LAA and KC Was 0-for-10 as a pinch hitter last season Career:.125 (7-56), 2B, 7 RBI, 5 BB Made 33 ML starts last year: 32 in LF and 1 at 1st base Also made 2 appearances in RF #29 CAMERON RUPP C vs CIN (2016):.250 (2-8) in 2 games vs CIN (career):.333 (4-12), 2 RBI in 3 games At GABP (career):.375 (3-8), 2 RBI in 2 games Last year, became just the 3 rd Phillies catcher in the last 21 seasons ( ) to hit 15 or more HR in a single season (others: Mike Lieberthal (5x) and Carlos Ruiz) Started a career-high 104 games last season after making 79 starts in 2015 Caught 13 runners in 58 SB attempts last season (22.4%) Career: 37 of 128 (28.9%) #5 MICHAEL SAUNDERS RF vs CIN (career):.118 (2-17), 2 HR, 5 RBI in 5 games At GABP (career):.125 (1-8), HR, 2 RBI in 2 games Spring Training 2017: Batted.318 (7-22), 2B, 2 3B, RBI BB in his final 8 spring games Making his fourth career Opening Day start and third in RF Had previously started on Opening Day in 2013 (RF), 2014 (RF) and 2016 (LF) Signed as a free agent in January after spending his entire career in the American League with SEA and TOR Was a 2016 American League All-Star (0-1) Established career highs in doubles (32), HR (24), XBH (59), total bases (234) and walks (59) last season and tied his high in RBI (57) #41 BROCK STASSI 1B/OF vs CIN (career):n/a At GABP (career):n/a Spring Training 2017: Tied Maikel Franco for the team lead in both HR (6) and RBI (17) His first appearance of the season will be his ML debut Was the final player added to the 25-man roster after making the team as a non-roster invitee Had a.999 fielding % last season at 1st base after commiting one error in 743 total chances 2015 Eastern League MVP (.300, 32 2B, 15 HR, 90 RBI) Pitched in at least one game in each of the last four seasons ( ), going 2-1 with a 1.74 ERA in 9 relief apperances

6 2017 PHILLIES NOTES DAY-BY-DAY PAGE 6 GA/ GA/ Game Date Opp W-L Score WP/LP/SV Record Pos GB Attend Game Date Opp W-L Score WP/LP/SV Record Pos GB Attend 1 4/3 at CIN 82 7/3 vs PIT 2 4/5 at CIN 83 7/4 vs PIT 3 4/6 at CIN 84 7/5 vs PIT 4 4/7 vs WSH 85 7/6 vs PIT 5 4/8 vs WSH 86 7/7 vs SD 6 4/9 vs WSH 87 7/8 vs SD 7 4/10 vs NYM 88 7/9 vs SD 8 4/11 vs NYM 9 4/12 vs NYM All-Star Break - Marlins Park - Miami, FL 10 4/14 at WSH 11 4/15 at WSH 89 7/14 at MIL 12 4/16 at WSH 90 7/15 at MIL 13 4/18 at NYM 91 7/16 at MIL 14 4/19 at NYM 92 7/17 at MIA 15 4/20 at NYM 93 7/18 at MIA 16 4/21 vs ATL 94 7/19 at MIA 17 4/22 vs ATL 95 7/21 vs MIL 18 4/23 vs ATL 96 7/22 vs MIL 19 4/25 vs MIA 97 7/23 vs MIL 20 4/26 vs MIA 98 7/24 vs HOU 21 4/27 vs MIA 99 7/25 vs HOU 22 4/28 at LAD 100 7/26 vs HOU 23 4/29 at LAD 101 7/28 vs ATL 24 4/30 at LAD 102 7/29 vs ATL 25 5/1 at CHI 103 7/30 vs ATL 26 5/2 at CHI 104 7/31 vs ATL 27 5/3 at CHI 105 8/1 at LAA 28 5/4 at CHI 106 8/2 at LAA 29 5/5 vs WSH 107 8/3 at LAA 30 5/6 vs WSH 108 8/4 at COL 31 5/7 vs WSH 109 8/5 at COL 32 5/9 vs SEA 110 8/6 at COL 33 5/10 vs SEA 111 8/8 at ATL 34 5/12 at WSH 112 8/9 at ATL 35 5/13 at WSH 113 8/10 vs NYM 36 5/14 at WSH 114 8/11 vs NYM 37 5/16 at TEX 115 8/12 vs NYM 38 5/17 at TEX 116 8/13 vs NYM 39 5/18 at TEX 117 8/14 at SD 40 5/19 at PIT 118 8/15 at SD 41 5/20 at PIT 119 8/16 at SD 42 5/21 at PIT 120 8/17 at SF 43 5/22 vs COL 121 8/18 at SF 44 5/23 vs COL 122 8/19 at SF 45 5/24 vs COL 123 8/20 at SF 46 5/25 vs COL 124 8/22 vs MIA 47 5/26 vs CIN 125 8/23 vs MIA 48 5/27 vs CIN 126 8/24 vs MIA 49 5/28 vs CIN 127 8/25 vs CHI 50 5/29 at MIA 128 8/26 vs CHI 51 5/30 at MIA 129 8/27 vs CHI 52 5/31 at MIA 130 8/28 vs ATL 53 6/2 vs SF 131 8/29 vs ATL 54 6/3 vs SF 132 8/30 vs ATL 55 6/4 vs SF 133 8/31 at MIA 56 6/5 at ATL 134 9/1 at MIA 57 6/6 at ATL 135 9/2 at MIA 58 6/7 at ATL 136 9/3 at MIA 59 6/8 at ATL 137 9/4 at NYM 60 6/9 at STL 138 9/5 at NYM 61 6/10 at STL 139 9/6 at NYM 62 6/11 at STL 140 9/7 at WSH 63 6/12 at BOS 141 9/8 at WSH 64 6/13 at BOS 142 9/9 at WSH 65 6/14 vs BOS 143 9/10 at WSH 66 6/15 vs BOS 144 9/12 vs MIA 67 6/16 vs ARI 145 9/13 vs MIA 68 6/17 vs ARI 146 9/14 vs MIA 69 6/18 vs ARI 147 9/15 vs OAK 70 6/20 vs STL 148 9/16 vs OAK 71 6/21 vs STL 149 9/17 vs OAK 72 6/22 vs STL 150 9/18 vs LAD 73 6/23 at ARI 151 9/19 vs LAD 74 6/24 at ARI 152 9/20 vs LAD 75 6/25 at ARI 153 9/21 vs LAD 76 6/26 at ARI 154 9/22 at ATL 77 6/27 at SEA 155 9/23 at ATL 78 6/28 at SEA 156 9/24 at ATL 79 6/30 at NYM 157 9/25 vs WSH 80 7/1 at NYM 158 9/26 vs WSH 81 7/2 at NYM 159 9/27 vs WSH *Sellout 160 9/29 vs NYM 161 9/30 vs NYM /1 vs NYM