Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Taijuan Walker has spent the majority of his career as a starter. After 12 seasons in the big leagues, his responsibilities have gradually changed. While he did make 15 starts last year,

Tyler Phillips achieved a lifelong dream last season when he pitched for his hometown team. But it isn’t lost on him that his major-league future might be elsewhere. Phillips, who grew up in South Jersey,

Marchán is better across the board offensively, and has been credited with four errors over 268 innings catching in the majors. Stubbs has 10 errors in just under 1,000 innings caught for Philly. Marchán has one picked-off runner and Stubbs has none.

The Phillies dropped to 0-2 in Spring Training after losing their home debut 7-3 to the Baltimore Orioles. Not much to write home about here as Rob Thomson is still easing in the regulars piecemeal, but there were a couple of dingers to get excited about.

The Philadelphia Phillies are a veteran team with title aspirations. That makes spring training a different operation for them than, say, the rebuilding Washington Nationals. Most of the Phillies key roles are already set,