Articles by Brandon Apter (1888)
Embed from Getty Images By Brandon Apter, Sports Talk Philly editor In a very surprising move on Wednesday, the Philadelphia 76ers reached an agreement with veteran forward Elton Brand on a one-year contract. Free agent Elton Brand has signed a one-year deal with the Philadelphia 76ers, league source tells @TheVertical. — Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojVerticalNBA) September 7, 2016 […]
By Brandon Apter, Sports Talk Philly editor The Double-A Eastern League announced its end-of-season awards on Wednesday with three members of the Reading Fightin' Phils being named as recipients. Dylan Cozens was tabbed as the MVP, Rhys Hoskins won Rookie of the Year and Dusty Wathan is taking home his second consecutive Manager of the Year award. Congrats to @dylancozens on being named […]
Double-A Reading celebrates clinching the Eastern League East Division in Trenton this past weekend (Kevin Durso/Philliedelphia) By Brandon Apter, Sports Talk Philly editor It may still be a few years until the Philadelphia Phillies get back to the postseason, but their minor league affiliates continue to have success in recent years. This season, four of […]
Embed from Getty Images By Brandon Apter, Sports Talk Philly editor Final: Phillies 4, Marlins 3 ❖ Attendance: 16,169 Miami, FL - Behind a strong outing from Adam Morgan, the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Miami Marlins, 4-3, on Tuesday night. The 26-year-old lefty won his first decision since May 10, a span of 15 starts without a […]
Philadelphia Phillies prospect Dylan Cozens finished the season with 40 home runs, the most in Double-A Reading history and the second most in Eastern League history. Since he led all of Minor League Baseball in homers, Cozens was named as the recipient of the Joe Bauman Award. By slugging 40 HRs to lead all minor leaguers Reading's […]
Embed from Getty Images The 2016-17 Philadelphia 76ers are going to be an exciting team to watch this season. With Ben Simmons set to begin his NBA career, Joel Embiid is also expected to be healthy and Dario Saric will be with the team after spending two season in Turkey. With the first preseason game just a little over a month […]
Coca-Cola Park, home of the Triple-A Lehigh Valley Ironpigs since 2008 (Steven Kiebach/Philliedelphia) The Philadelphia Phillies and their Triple-A affiliate in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, have reached an agreement on player development contract extension through the year 2020. Affiliation agreement between @Phillies, @IronPigs announced through 2020. — Tom Housenick (@TomHousenick) September 5, 2016 The Ironpigs have […]
Embed from Getty Images By Brandon Apter, Sports Talk Philly editor The Triple-A International League named their award winners for the month of August on Thursday morning with Ironpigs pitcher Phil Klein crowned as the Pitcher of the Month. RHP Phil Klein is IL pitcher of the month @IronPigs — Tom Housenick (@TomHousenick) September 1, 2016 […]
Darin Ruf has 20 home runs with the Lehigh Valley Ironpigs this season (Frank Klose/Philliedelphia) By Brandon Apter, Sports Talk Philly editor The Philadelphia Phillies will make a trio of call-ups for Friday night's game against the Atlanta Braves at Citizens Bank Park, with Darin Ruf, Patrick Schuster and Colton Murray set to join the big league club. OF-1B […]
Ryan Howard hit six homers and had 15 RBIs during the month of August (Frank Klose/Philliedelphia) By Brandon Apter, Sports Talk Philly editor The Philadelphia Phillies have an off day on Thursday and are back in action on Friday night against the Atlanta Braves at Citizens Bank Park. Before Wednesday's game against Washington, Phillies […]