Rob Thomson, Zack Wheeler, and Kyle Schwarber acknowledge the Phillies recent struggles, but know the skid will end soon.
Starting with Wednesday’s matinee against the Yankees, the Phillies will sport an Independence Blue Cross patch, making IBX the team’s first jersey sponsor, according to a report by Terry Lefton of the Sports Business Journal.
Independence Blue Cross is also a sponsor for the Flyers’ home jerseys.
Per the Sports Business Journal report, the Phillies are now the 22nd MLB team to have a jersey advertisement.
“IBX has been on my target (list) from the beginning,” Phillies managing partner and CEO John Middleton said to the Sports Business Journal. “We’re both long-standing Philadelphia institutions. … We’re taking an existing relationship and putting it on a whole different platform.”
The Phillies enter Tuesday leading the majors at 65-41.
