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Susan Slusser of SF Gate has the scoop on Barry Zito's return to the mound this afternoon, after a year off following one of the richest if not one of the more unwise pitcher contracts ran out following the 2013 season in San Francisco. The 36 year old '02 AL Cy Young winner pitched two […]
We begin this edition of Around the Diamond remembering the life and career of Cuban outfielder Minnie Minoso who passed away over the weekend. Minoso played 12 seasons for the Chicago White Sox and was every bit a representative to the club as the late Ernie Banks was to the Cubs. Coleen Kane of the […]
View image | gettyimages.com Today, Jason Giambi announced his retirement to the New York Daily News. Giambi's career spanned 20 years which he played for Oakland, New York Yankees, Colorado, and Cleveland. The former first baseman/designated hitter's career line is .277/.399/.516 in which he recorded 2010 hits, 440 home runs, and drove in 1441 […]
View image | gettyimages.com Yesterday, Jon Heyman reported the Phillies inked a minor league deal with 28 year old southpaw Anthony Vasquez. Vasquez was selected in the 18th round of the 2009 MLB Draft by the Seattle Mariners. In late August of 2011 he made his major league debut and would finish out the […]
View image | gettyimages.com The Phillies have announced the signing of 30 year old pitcher Chad Billingsley to a 1 year, $1.5 million contract. Last week Jim Salisbury had reported that the Phillies had interest in Billingsley and as has been the case much of this off season, they add another low risk/high reward […]
View image | gettyimages.com Per Phillies Spanish commentator Angel Ibo Castillo, southpaw Wandy Rodriguez is on his way to Philadelphia for a physical after agreeing to terms with the club. There are few details right now but should it happen, it's a nice gamble on an arm that's been fairly consistant over the years. […]
View image | gettyimages.com Former Phillies pitcher Brett Myers just dropped his new single for the masses. That's right, Myers has turned his post pitching life to country music and for the holidays, put out a new single for us to enjoy. So if you so desire click here to sample our former World […]
It's pretty normal this time of year for Baseball America and other baseball media to revise their rankings of prospects in MLB systems. This morning they published the ranking for the Phillies' top ten prospects and there's quite a lot to take in. I suppose the big story here is half of this list wasn't […]
Despite some offensive help from Ryan Howard, as is the story for most of the season, things did not go well for A.J. Burnett who made the final start of his season and possibly his career last night. It notched his 18th loss this season which is the worst season in the loss column for […]
Jon Lester got the ball for Oakland in a somewhat dire situation for his new club as they are in a close Wild Card race with Kansas City. David Buchanan looked to continue a pretty decent stretch he's on right now. Domonic Brown was a late scratch with Grady Sizemore in LF. The Game: Lester […]