Opening Day is here, which means official answers on the Phillies’ Opening Day roster: The club announced it on Thursday morning, with no surprises.
The roster battles in spring training were between Rafael Marchan and Garrett Stubbs for backup catcher (with the former prevailing), a few names for the final bench spot (Kody Clemens won) and an assortment for a bullpen job, with it ultimately going to late-camp waiver claim Carlos Hernández.
As such, here are the 26 players on the Opening Day roster.
Pitchers (13): Lefties Jesús Luzardo, Cristopher Sánchez, José Alvarado, Tanner Banks and Matt Strahm; righties Aaron Nola, Zack Wheeler, Carlos Hernández, Orion Kerkering, Jordan Romano, Joe Ross, José Ruiz and Taijuan Walker
Catchers (2): Rafael Marchan and J.