Articles by Andrew Gillen (279)
Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez warms up before today's game. Photo: Philliedelphia/Frank Klose With a single solo home run being the one shred of offense in yesterday's victory over the Baltimore Orioles, the Philadelphia Phillies were starving for production. Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez took to the mound in hopes of being on the receiving end of said production. […]
View image | gettyimages.com Yesterday, news broke of Texas Rangers ace Yu Darvish likely heading toward Tommy John surgery. Such a loss seemed to have put Texas as the frontrunners for the services of Cole Hamels. Before that, it seemed like all but a foregone conclusion that Hamels was shipping up to Boston and […]
View image | gettyimages.com Following a 4-2 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays yesterday, the Philadelphia Phillies (1-3-1) have now lost three consecutive Spring Training games. Today, they'll look to reverse that trend and repeat what they did the last time right-hander Kevin Slowey took to the mound. This will be the first of […]
View image | gettyimages.com The "Cole Hamels Trade Rumor" horse has been beaten to death twice this offseason, but a recent development in the Texas Rangers camp may open up the proverbial floodgates for a move. A report from the Associated Press on ESPN.com indicates that Yu Darvish, the ace of the Texas Rangers […]
View image | gettyimages.com Jerome Williams will make his second appearance of this young Grapefruit League season. Thus far, he has seen two innings of work, allowing just one hit and striking out a single batter. The Phillies (1-2-1) are in Clearwater for today's afternoon ballgame, as the Toronto Blue Jays (2-2) will be […]
Photo: Philliedelphia/Andrew Gillen Jim Murphy, the seven-year Phillies minor leaguer, is "done playing" baseball at the age of 29. Jay Floyd of PhoulBallz.com caught up with the first baseman of the 2014 Iron Pigs, and Murphy shed some light on his decision. "I didn't get a spring training invite from (a major league affiliate)," Murphy […]
Photo: Philliedelphia/Andrew Gillen Well-documented has been the strenuous process of Ruben Amaro Jr. trying to find the perfect partner in hopes of trading away the services of left-hander Cole Hamels. With the team headed into a several-year-long rebuilding process, moving the 2008 World Series Most Valuable Player seems to be the most sensible way of […]
Photo: Courtesy Ben Davis' Twitter page Following the 2013 season, we learned of the departure of two Phillies TV broadcasters, Chris Wheeler and Gary "Sarge" Matthews. Their replacements, Matt Stairs, Jamie Moyer, and Mike Schmidt, weren't met with the most positive of reviews, but many fans were ready to give the crew another year to […]
Photo: Courtesy metsblog.com After months of discussion and varying degrees of interest, Cuban baseball stud Yoan Moncada has officially become an MLB free agent, and is now completely free to sign with any baseball organization. Concerns over Cuba-United States relations have been cleared, and now, the bidding wars will commence for the 19-year old multi-talented […]
Photo Courtesy: mlb.com As a confirmation of my piece earlier this week, Cuban infielder Yoan Moncada has received word that he will be granted unrestricted MLB free agency. A report from Jesse Sanchez of mlb.com details a message sent from the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control to Moncada's agent, David Hastings. […]