Rise and Phight: 8/14/2024

You’re going to hear a lot of talk about comparisons between the Eagles and the Phillies right now. The collapse of the football team was not supposed to be a precursor to the baseball season, but lately, well, it feels like it is. Plenty of time for them to figure it out, but boy do the Phillies look bad right now.

On to the links.

Phillies news:

Nick Nelson went unclaimed through waivers and will now be outrighted to Lehigh Valley.

The team is really struggling right now. That means changes might be coming to the lineup.

The team’s farm system was re-ranked and there was some movement up and down the list.

MLB news:

Baseball is retuning to the Olympics in 2028. Here is the first look at how the…