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In a trade that sends catcher Erik Kratz and Rob Rasmussen to Toronto, the Phillies have acquired pitcher Brad Lincoln. Lincoln has spent most of his career in Pittsburgh but was traded to Toronto in 2012. He split time between Toronto and Triple-A Buffalo last season putting up great numbers in Buffalo and so-so numbers […]
The Phillies have avoided arbitration with Kevin Frandsen at $900K for next season. They also announced that contracts have been tendered to Kyle Kendrick, John Mayberry Jr., Ben Revere, and Antonio Bastardo. Good for Frandsen and the Phillies that he'll be back in '14. The numbers aren't flashy and while it goes against what I […]
Chris Branch I believe had it first but the Phillies have invited infielder Andres Blanco to spring training. Blanco was in the Phillies system in 2012 playing the entire season in Lehigh Valley before being released early into spring training last season as Yuniesky Betancourt was making a strong case to be an extra infielder […]
Midnight tonight is the deadline for players to be added to the 40 man roster to protect them from being selected in next month's Rule 5 Draft. The Phillies chose to add recent acquisitions to the farm system, catcher Tommy Joseph (Hunter Pence trade) and pitcher Rob Rasmussen (Michael Young trade). Outfielders Aaron Altherr and […]
Ken Rosenthal reports the Phillies have interviewed the Rafael Chaves for the pitching coach position. Chaves currently serves as the minor league pitching coordinator for the Dogders and has served as the pitching coach for Seattle as well as the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees (Triple-A). Chaves joins fellow former Seattle pitching coach Carl Willis as a candidate […]
Per Jim Salisbury the Phillies have signed light hitting infielder Reid Brignac to a minor league deal with an invite to Clearwater. Brignac has spent most of his career with Tampa Bay and found himself on Colorado for half of last season and the other half as part of the carousel of infielders that […]
Per Geoff Baker of The Seattle Times, the Phillies interviewed pitching coach Carl Willis on Friday. It hasn't been the easiest hole for the Phillies to fill since they decided to part ways with Rich Dubee. Pete Vuckovich, Roger McDowell, and Jim Benedict have all passed on the home team so far and despite Leo […]
The good folks at MLB Trade Rumors this week linked the Phillies and their hunt for an eight inning reliever to three names. Edward Mujica seems to be the one getting the most steam but Joe Smith and Joaquin Benoit have also been brought up. It was this time last year that the Phillies […]
As the hunt to shore up the starting rotation continues, veteran free agent Bronson Arroyo has been linked to a number of teams including the Phillies per Drew Silva at Hardball Talk. Aside from his famous leg kick, Arroyo's trademark is durability. He has never done any DL time and the only season he […]
I guess we won't quite call this a game chat but there is baseball on your television tonight if you so chose to watch it as the annual Military Appreciate Game in the Arizona Fall League takes place on MLB Network. The Salt River Rafters host the Peoria Javelinas which has seven players from […]