Articles by Erik Seybold (526)
Posted by Erik Seybold The Phillies have their rotation for the 2012 regular season set and it's a mighty fine one. Roy Halladay will get the start on Opening Day on April 5th in Pittsburgh, his 10th straight Opening Day start. But that was set it in stone ages ago. While Cliff Lee will get […]
Posted by Erik Seybold Chase Utley is back, but please don't get excited. Ruben Amaro has only stated that "Chase is here." Amaro nor the Phillies have said anything about Utley's condition after he left camp to see a knee specialist earlier this week. Amaro, did however have news on Michael Martinez. Martinez, who took […]
Posted by Erik Seybold. Cliff Lee put on a hell of an outing in yesterday's 2-0 loss. He threw six strong innings, allowing just one run on five hits. Lee also walked none and struck out seven Blue Jays. Jays' Brandon Morrow also put on a hell of a show, allowing his first hit in […]
Posted by Erik Seybold. This morning, the Phillies optioned Domonic Brown to minor league camp. Shocker. Brown was limited to just seven Grapefruit League games this Spring due to injuries including a sprained right thumb on March 8th and a stiff neck this past week. Brown showed success at the plate, batting .300 (6-20) with […]
Posted by Erik Seybold (Photo courtesy of Cook And Son Bats) The Braves announced this morning that after 18 seasons of donning a Braves uniform, 39 year-old Larry Wayne "Chipper" Jones Jr. will retire at the end of the 2012 season. It's not like he still poses an austere threat to the Phillies. The guy's […]
Posted by Erik Seybold After an off-day yesterday, the Phillies are getting back to business. This afternoon, they will head over to Dunedin for the second time this week. The Phils are only 9-9 this Spring and haven't brought a lot of offense to the plate. They have been plagued with bad news and injuries […]
Posted by Erik Seybold Philliedelphia/Steve Trapani In the midst of the Chase Utley dilema, the Phillies are going to have a big day in Sarasota, Florida. Answers and more rumors will flow pertaining to Chase Utley and Freddy Galvis will most likely make a statement about being named the Opening Day starting second baseman. It's […]
Posted by Erik Seybold There's always a change of plans for the Phillies' starting pitchers in Spring Training. Usually the regular season starters get four to five starts a Spring. Cole Hamels made his fourth yesterday, and it wasn't the prettiest outing. He allowed five earned runs on eight hits in just 3 1/3 innings. […]
Posted by Erik Seybold. The Phillies beat the Blue Jays in extra innings at home yesterday. Today, the Phils will travel a cool five and a half miles to Dunedin to play the Blue Jays for the second day in a row. Today, Cole Hamels (0-0, 1.69 ERA) gets the start, his fouth of the […]
Posted by Erik Seybold. In the first inning of yesterday's 4-3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays, Placido Polanco dove back to first base head first on a pickoff throw and wound up injuring his left ring finger. He toughed it out for an inning, but left the game in the third inning to have […]