Je ne sais pas s’il y a une rime/raison pour quelle équipe ils choisissent pour les joueurs retraités, mais c’est généralement celle pour laquelle ils ont joué. (Will a passé la saison 2018 avec les Phillies mais a raté toute l’année en raison d’une blessure.)
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Par pac-men
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He was on the team in 2018, so they just used his most recent team photo even though he never actually played a game for them
You’ll find that on some other player pages too they’ll appear in hats for teams they never appeared in a game in
Maybe his wife is a fan
no take-backs! 😂
Baseball Reference sometimes plays their own game. Maybe they know something we don’t about Philly Middlebrooks!
Phillies legend Will Middlebrooks
One cap mystery I’ve noticed: Desi Wilson, obscure backup Giants first baseman from the mid-90s, has a blurry, no-logo cap. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wilsode01.shtml
This is the picture used on MLB.com for his profile as well. It’s likely related to that.
Phillies Legend Bill Centerstream
I believe Baseball Reference goes with the most recent image, probably taken at spring training. For Alexander Canario, he is wearing a Mets cap even though he didn’t play for the Mets. The Mets traded him to the Pirates and he played with them in 2025.
Dissecting the Will Middlebrooks bRef page is the most January thing I’ve ever seen
I can’t remember if he was ever on the 40 or not, but he had a terrible injury during spring training.
2018 wound up being the first year the Phillies were competitive in a while, though they fell apart in September because of some horrible roster construction, a bad manager and Justin Bour playing fortnight during games.