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Phillies: Gregorius, Wheeler bright spots in rough season

Didi Gregorius #3 of the Philadelphia Phillies (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images)

Didi Gregorius and Zack Wheeler impressed in their first season with the Phillies

Right-handed starting pitcher Zack Wheeler and shortstop Didi Gregorius were “beacons of light” for the Philadelphia Phillies in an otherwise dull 2020 season.

It’s hard to find many good things to say about a team — with the likes of Bryce Harper, Andrew McCutchen, J.T. Realmuto, and Aaron Nola — that missed an expanded postseason format by one game after losing seven of their last eight.