Articles by Brandon Apter (1888)
#167984704 / gettyimages.com The Phillies first round pick from this year's draft is set to make his professional debut for the Advanced 'A' Clearwater Threshers on Monday night against the Lakeland Tigers, Detroit's Advanced 'A' squad. While Clearwater's record sits at a dismal 18-52, Nola's debut will definitely create some buzz on the team […]
Photo: MiLB.com Located just under three and a half hours north west of Citizens Bank Park inside the confines of Historic Bowman Field are the Williamsport Crosscutters, Short Season 'A' Affiliate of the Phillies. While we normally hear about the Blueclaws in Lakewood, NJ, the Clearwater Threshers in Florida, the Reading Fightin' Phils in Reading […]
#450740056 / gettyimages.com Marlon Byrd may have given Ben Revere a piggy back for a reason. Phillies center fielder, Ben Revere, has been held out of the lineup the past two games because of a swollen left knee. Revere suffered his injury in the fourth inning of Monday night's game, when he robbed Freddie […]
#450242936 / gettyimages.com After losing two out of three to the Cubs, I'm not sure any of us expected the Phillies (31-38) to take the first two games of this set against the Braves (36-34). Today, the two teams will face off in the southern heat at 12:10pm. Behind strong starting pitching, a confident […]
Playing in a rehab game for the first time since being sidelined with a hamstring injury, Phillies third baseman Cody Asche had himself a night in Lakewood, NJ. Asche went 2-for-3 on the night with those two home runs in the Blueclaws loss to the Texas Rangers Class 'A' affiliate, the Hickory Crawdads. Slated to […]
After a three-game sweep against the lowly Padres of the NL West, the Phillies (28-36) welcomed in the Cubs (27-38), who hold the worst record in all of baseball. The pitching matchup gave us Roberto Hernandez and Jake Arrieta, but that isn’t what took center stage on this night in Philadelphia. Jimmy Rollins, one hit […]
(Photo: MiLB.com) The Phillies J.P. Crawford and Tyler Knigge took home organizational player and pitcher of the month respectively after having impressive May's across the board. Crawford is currently with the Lakewood Blueclawks in Class 'A', while Knigge was just promoted to Triple-A Lehigh Valley on June 1st. Late last month, I wrote a piece […]
#85291353 / gettyimages.com Yesterday, the Phillies released former first round pick from 2008, Anthony Hewitt. Taken with the 24th overall pick in out of Salisbury Prep (CT), Hewitt never lived up to his first round status and made it only to Double-A over his seven year career in the minor leagues. Since being signed […]
#495619169 / gettyimages.com The Phillies (27-36) will look for their first sweep since they took all three from the Marlins on April 11-13 as they conclude their series today against the Padres (28-37) at 1:05pm. The Phils were victorious in game one thanks to AJ Burnett logging a solid start and some pop off […]
The last time we saw Cliff Lee, he finished up a solid outing against the Reds on May 18th, going 6.2 innings, giving up two runs on nine hits. Little did we know, that would be the last time we'd see him on the mound for a while. Two days after that start, Lee was […]