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Brandon Apter

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Billingsley hit hard in latest rehab start with Triple-A Lehigh Valley

  The Phillies starting rotation has been a merry-go-round this year. Cole Hamels and Aaron Harang have been the constant names all season with Sean O'Sullivan etching himself into that mix. Jerome Williams had been in the rotation until injuring his hamstring, but the Phillies have used 11 starters this season, including former Dodger Chad […]

Brandon Apter  •  22 Jun 2015
Adam Morgan slated for Major League debut on Sunday against St. Louis

  View image | gettyimages.com Phillippe Aumont will start for the injured Cole Hamels tonight and on Sunday, with Jerome Williams now on the disabled list, the Phillies will call upon 25-year-old southpaw Adam Morgan to make his Major League debut.  LHP Adam Morgan will start for the #Phillies this Sunday, 6/21 vs STL. A […]

Brandon Apter  •  19 Jun 2015
Aaron Nola hurls five scoreless innings, earns win in Triple-A debut

The Phillies snapped their worst losing streak since 1999 on Thursday afternoon. All of the focus then shifted to Lehigh Valley and the debut of 2014 first round pick, Aaron Nola. After posting a 7-3 record and an ERA of 1.88 with Double-A Reading, Nola earned a promotion to Lehigh Valley earlier this week and […]

Brandon Apter  •  18 Jun 2015
Aumont to fill in for injured Hamels, Diekman recalled from Triple-A

  Cole Hamels has been dominant for the Phillies this season, especially as of late, posting a 2.96 ERA in 14 starts. In his last outing, he struck out 12 over seven shutout innings against the Pirates. Hamels didn't factor into the decision as the Phils went on to lose 1-0 in extra innings. Cole […]

Brandon Apter  •  18 Jun 2015
Top prospect Roman Quinn lands on disabled list with quad strain

On Friday night while running to first base, Phillies top prospect Roman Quinn crumbled to the ground in pain. Fortunately, the injury turned out to be nothing too serious as he was placed on the seven-day disabled list this past weekend with a left quad strain. Quinn, ranked as the Phillies seventh best prospect in […]

Brandon Apter  •  18 Jun 2015
Orioles score four in the fourth, send Phillies to their ninth straight loss

  Trailing 6-1 through the majority of the game, a three-run home run off the bat of Freddy Galvis brought the Phillies to within two. The offense was unable to complete the comeback though despite threatening in the ninth, falling by a final score of 6-4. It's been 10 days since the Phillies have last […]

Brandon Apter  •  17 Jun 2015
Hot-hitting outfield prospect Carlos Tocci promoted to Clearwater

Photo: @carlostocci on Twitter There has been plenty of news coming out of the Phillies minor league teams this past week. Aaron Nola was promoted to Triple-A, Matt Imhof returned to the mound, J.P. Crawford is settling in with Reading and now another top prospect has been promoted. Carlos Tocci, the Phillies number eight ranked […]

Brandon Apter  •  16 Jun 2015
Chen, Orioles shut out Phillies as scoreless streak reaches 21 innings

    Aaron Harang cruised through four plus innings, but a late fifth inning miscue in left field paired with a sixth inning three-run home run courtesy of Matt Wieters gave the Orioles a 4-0 win. This is the third time in the last four games that the Phillies have been shutout and no starting […]

Brandon Apter  •  15 Jun 2015
Michael Vick tells LeSean McCoy not to ‘take things so personally’

  Since being traded to Buffalo, LeSean McCoy hasn't been shy in expressing his displeasures about some things in the Eagles organization. While most fans appreciated McCoy's time and effort in Eagles green, some may have jumped off of that ship after he accused Chip Kelly of getting rid of all of the good black […]

Brandon Apter  •  15 Jun 2015
Eagles ink offensive lineman Jared Wheeler to one-year deal

  The Eagles took care of filling their open slot on the roster on Monday by signined Jared Wheeler, an offensive lineman out of the University of Miami, to a one year deal. Eagles have signed interior offensive lineman Jared Wheeler after working him out today. — Geoff Mosher (@GeoffMosherCSN) June 15, 2015 Wheeler, 24, […]

Brandon Apter  •  15 Jun 2015