Articles by Rich Wilkins (406)
The Phillies are a better baseball team than they were a year ago, or even when they left town last October. No one should mistake them for their 2011 version, or even their 2005 version, but this team is in a considerably better place. Gone are all of the heroes of 2008 except for Ryan […]
These guys will be in Reading, together. Photo by Rich Wilkins The Phillies had been playing close to the vest throughout Spring Training on where they would assign some of their top prospects to start the 2016 season. Some of that was because many of them spent a significant amount of time in big league […]
The Grapefruit League is done. The Phillies played in Reading last night, and they will be at Citizens Bank Park tonight against the Orioles. Manager Pete Mackanin has dropped the hints about where he's leaning. I have a couple of changes to my final MLB roster projection. Here's what I see the team doing: Starting […]
The Phillies have kept busy in the past few days. Gone to the minors are Adam Morgan, Luis Garcia, Elvis Araujo, David Lough, and Ryan Jackson. Out of the organization is Edward Mujica. What's the roster look like now?
Eickhoff won't be back. Photo by Richard Wilkins Jr. I'm always excited for baseball season, and obviously i'm always pumped for my Phillies. This season though, I'm more pumped for the IronPigs, if for no other reason than the opportunity to see all the talent the Phillies have amassed coming through. Trades that sent Cole […]
Believe it or not, Spring Training is almost over. We're a week from Easter, and just about two weeks from baseball. We've reached the point in camp when the prospects are gone, opt-out dates are mattering, and there's only really a few jobs open. For the Phillies, this means it's time to come back to […]
I'm not the President of the Phillies. I'm not the General Manager of the Phillies either. I'm not the Manager. I'm just a 17 game season ticket-holder of 26 years who attends 40 professional baseball games a year and gets the MLB package to watch even more. I'd like to think of myself as an […]
Aaron Altherr batting against R.A. Dickey in Dunedin (Photo: Frank Klose/Philliedelphia) The Phillies got some really bad news yesterday- Aaron Altherr is out four to six months with a wrist injury. He's having surgery today in Philadelphia, and his season is in jeopardy. Best case scenario, he's back in July. Worst case? 2017. This is […]
Photo by Richard Wilkins Jr. I just did my 2016 MLB "Start of Spring Training" Predictions. All are subject to change for my Opening Day predictions (when we have injury info to use). Here's what I have: Current NL East prediction- 1. @Mets 91-71 2. @Nationals 89-73 3. @Marlins 81-81 4. @Phillies 70-92 5. […]
Believe it or not, this has the potential to be the most fun Spring Training any of us have ever seen as Phillies' fans. No, this is not a World Series team, though I'd agree with the notion that we're not "tanking." No matter that we're not going to be good, Spring Training isn't about being […]