Articles by Andrew Shipotofsky (122)
Today the Phillies will travel to Ed Smith Stadium to face to Baltimore Orioles. The last two days they faced the Braves and were blown out both times with scores of 1-8 and 1-9. The Phillies look to start turning their spring around, as they get closer to the regular season. A.J. Burnett will take […]
Yesterday, the Phillies continued there funk and lost to the Braves. The Phillies were looking to rebound today when they traveled to Orlando to face the Braves. David Buchanan took the ball in his third game of the spring. Buchanan is looking to make a run at the 5th slot in the rotation. Buchanan faced […]
Going into today’s game, the Phillies have struggled to either plate runs or with pitching throughout the spring. This has lead to a record 1-8-1 this spring, with the only win coming on February 28th against the Tigers. Today, the Phillies sent Roberto Hernandez (2 games, 3.60 ERA) to hill for his third start of […]
Going into tonight's game, the Phillies are in an early spring slump winning only one of the six games played. Cliff Lee made the start for the Phillies tonight and was very effective through his three innings. R. A. Dickey started for the Blue Jays and went four innings giving up three runs. The Game: […]
The last two days of Spring Training the Phillies lost to the Blue Jays. Before today’s game, the Phillies were looking to get back on the right foot. Starting for the Phillies was Kyle Kendrick against Jose Alvarez, the Tigers’ Minor League Pitcher of Year, looking to make the Tigers’ 25-man roster. The Game: In […]
Photo Courtesy of Kevin Durso Yesterday, the Blue Jays were too much for the Phillies as they fell 5-7. There were a few bright spots in the game including homeruns from Darin Ruf and John Mayberry Jr. Cliff Lee looked very sharp in his first outing giving up one run on two hits and […]
Photo: Wikipedia Commons In 2013 it was Mr. Sandman, Mariano Rivera; in 2014 it’s Derek Jeter. The Yankee’s Captain today announced that the 2014 season would be his last. In a letter to the fans on his official Facebook page he explained that the 2013 season was rough with all his injuries. He also explained […]
Photo Courtesy of Phillies.com The 2013 draft brought us our current top shortstop prospect, J.P. Crawford. Lets take a look at all of the Phillies top shortstop prospects going into the 2014 season. Malquin Canelo (2013- GCL/Williamsport)- Coming out of the Dominican Republic, Canelo, 19, is known as a defensive wizard. Listed at 5’10” […]
As Brandon pointed out yesterday, the Phillies are weak in first base prospects, but that is also the case at the second base position. This article doesn’t include Quinn or Crawford possibly switching to second base with both being top shortstop prospects, although that isn't out of the question. Andrew Pullin (2013-Williamsport)- Drafted in the […]
Photo courtesy of J.J. Cooper In this segment, we will be examining the depth, the Phillies have in outfield prospects in the continued players to watch in 2014. Jose Pujols (2013-GCL Phillies)- A name that you might not have heard much about, at 18, Pujols’ raw power and bat speed is what has gotten […]