Articles by Brandon Apter (1888)
With just under a week before the draft, the Phillies announced their minor league pitcher and player of the month for May. The teams' 2014 first round pick, Aaron Nola, earned pitcher of the month while 22-year-old first baseman Rhys Hoskins took home minor league player of the month. Nola has been quite the […]
Just a few days after ESPN's Keith Law ranked Phillies top prospect J.P. Crawford as the #4 overall in baseball, the 20-year-old shortstop has been promoted to Double-A Reading to join the likes of Roman Quinn, Aaron Nola, Zach Eflin, Tom Windle, Ben Lively and others.
Photo: Brandon Apter, Philliedelphia.com It seems that 15 games in left field with Triple-A Lehigh Valley have been enough to convince the Phillies that Cody Asche is ready to make his return to the big league club. On Friday morning, the team announced that Asche would be promoted to Philadelphia with a corresponding roster move […]
The Phillies farm system looks much different than it did a few years ago, now including the likes of Nola, Eflin, Windle, Quinn and Crawford. The big league club may not be making much noise, but the Phillies young talent is really holding their own and then some down in the minor leagues.
New York, NY – Yesterday, it was Wilmer Flores' three-run home run that gave the Mets the lead they needed to put the Phillies away. Today, Flores delivered again, this time with an RBI-single in extras to propel the Mets to a 5-4 win. After falling behind 3-0 early in the game, the Phillies […]
Washington, DC – Phillies starter Sean O'Sullivan did his best to keep his team in the game, but a sixth-inning double by Ian Desmond paired with another gem from Max Scherzer gave the Nationals the advantage in this one, 2-1. Bryce Harper went deep for his 16th home run of the year to tie […]
Since losing two out of three to the Mets on May 8th-10th, the Phillies have won seven of their last nine games. They've split against both the Pirates and Rockies and swept the Diamondbacks. In that time, they put together a six-game winning streak, their longest since 2012, and got themselves out of last […]
Final: Rockies 6, Phillies 5 WP: Scott Oberg (2-1, 6,00 ERA) LP: Justin De Fratus (0-1, 3.15 ERA) SV: John Axford (5) Denver, CO – The Phillies (17-24) and Rockies (14-22) battled back-and-forth through most of the game, but a late solo home run from Nick Hundley ended […]
The Phillies got strong outing from Cole Hamels and used a three-run sixth inning to secure a 4-3 victory in game one of a four-game series with the Rockies on Monday night. The Phillies win marked their sixth straight, which is the first time they've done so since September 5-12 in 2012. Tonight, they'll […]
Final: Phillies 4 , Rockies 3 WP: Cole Hamels (4-3, 3.24 ERA) LP: Jordan Lyles (2-4, 4.53) SV: Jonathan Papelbon (10) Attendance: 24,061 Denver, CO – The Phillies (17-23) began their road trip tonight in Colorado for game one of a four-game series with the Rockies (13-22). With the […]