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Per Ken Rosenthal Michael Young has chosen to end his 14 year career in MLB. While I have nearly forgotten most of the stuff that wasn't too heartbreaking about the 2013 Phillies, Young did a serviceable job the few months he was with the club before being cast off to the Dodgers to make one […]
Reported by Paul Hoynes of the Cleveland Plain-Dealer, the Cleveland Indians are set to unveil a statue of slugger Jim Thome on August 2nd at Progressive Field. As the case begins for Thome's Hall of Fame status, surely a statue is a great tribute to his legacy. Since leaving the game, Thome has been […]
The Phillies have announced the signing of pitcher Chad Gaudin to a minor league contract with a spring training invite. My guess is the starter/reliever has a pretty good shot at making the club. With a shaky rotation and bullpen, Gaudin could provide a nice insurance policy for both. In ten years, Gaudin is fairly […]
Journeyman catcher Rod Barajas has announced his retirement. Many remember Barajas (or do they?) from his brief stint with the Phillies sharing time with Carlos Ruiz in the glorious '07 campaign. In 48 games in '07 he hit a rather unremarkable .230/.352/.393 and eventually lost his job to Chris Coste. However, he was part of […]
Per Ken Rosenthal, the Phillies have signed well traveled shortstop Ronny Cedeno to a minor league deal which included an invite to Clearwater. His bat and his glove are pretty inconsistent and history shows us Cedeno is a replacement level infielder, maybe even a notch below replacement level. He's spent most of his career filling […]
It has been announced that Phillies pitching prospects Adam Morgan and Shane Watson have undergone shoulder surgery and will miss most of the 2014 season. Shoulder surgery is never something one should enjoy hearing about with a young pitcher. Tommy John surgery may carry longer a longer road to recovery but the results are usually […]
The Phillies have announced that former top 50 prospect (and top three prospect in the system) Lou Marson has been invited to spring training. Maron, who was traded to Cleveland in the deal that brought Cliff Lee to the Phillies in 2009, was once a highly regarded catching prospect in baseball. His Cleveland career saw […]
Jon Heyman tweeted that former Phillies pitcher Ryan Madson is working on the comeback after two seasons of being on the shelf (last season in Anaheim, the year before in Cincinnati). Madson hasn't thrown a pitch in the big leagues since the 9th inning of Game 5 of the 2011 NLDS in which the Cardinals […]
The Phillies officially announced the signing of pitcher Roberto Hernandez to a one year, $4.5 million contract plus incentives. Hernandez will wear number 27 so get those old Chris Coste jerseys altered. To make room the Phillies announced former catching prospect Sebastian Valle will be designated for assignment. Valle was once highly thought of […]
As of right now, baseball executives and writers are on their way to Orlando, Florida (Good luck if you live in the Philadephia area) for the winter meetings. Jim Salisbury has already reported that Ruben Amaro has starting pitching on his mind and that the Phillies have already reached out to Ryan Vogelsong and Scott […]