Articles by Rich Wilkins (406)
Most Phillies fans spent the 1990s hating Tom Glavine, and with good reason. The dude was really good, and the Braves kept winning our division, even past the 1990s. We got a small measure of revenge for those years when Glavine lost the final game of the 2007 season for the New York Mets, and […]
The IronPigs lone All-Star this season will be Luis Garcia. Garcia is 2-0, with 15 saves and an 0.35 ERA for the Pigs this season. He's spent a little time with the big club, but he's mostly been an effective closer for the Pigs in AAA. Garcia, at 27, doesn't rate as a big […]
Photo by Richard Wilkins Jr. I felt like updating my top ten for the Phillies prospects after reading this, and just letting you know how they've done a month in. Maikel Franco- Lehigh Valley- .200 avg., .580 OPS, 7 XBH, 2 HR's- He had a dreadful start, but he had a very good last ten […]
The Phillies third week of the season was their worst week of the year. They started out by losing two of three to the hated Braves, and then opened their West Coast trip with two losses in Colorado, to a team that isn't exactly picked to win it all. The Phillies were going to have […]
(Last night's victory celebration) On April 13th, 2009, the Phillies were visiting the Nationals on what was the home opener there. Harry Kalas was in the booth for pre-game, as usual. Nothing would end like usual though, as Harry would die in the booth a short time before the first pitch that day. For those […]
Photo by Richard Wilkins Jr. It's Opening Day! For the Minor Leagues. The IronPigs, Fightin' Phils, Threshers, and Blue Claws will open today and tonight, and start games that count. For some of the Phillies top prospects, the journey to the big leagues starts today. Here's my team outlooks- Lehigh Valley IronPigs- League- International (AAA) […]
It was just one game, I tell myself, but it was a good one. The offense hit, which only surprised me because of how well they did, not that they don't stink. The starting pitching wasn't good, which did surprise me, but I guess that's the "one day" thing. The bench was productive and the […]
Photo by Richard Wilkins Jr. A few more days into camp, we now know a little bit more about the 2014 Phillies roster. We know that Ronnie Cedeno isn't making the team, and we know that Bobby Abreu's decision day is now Sunday. We also know that David Buchanan will take his first couple of […]
Photo by Richard Wilkins Jr. As the Phillies roster becomes more clear, so too does the IronPigs roster for this season. The last few days have actually opened up more room on this roster though, as a lot of guys are on the MLB DL that would have either been down, or forced others down. […]
Photo by Richard Wilkins Jr. The answer to that title- not quite. However, things are pretty close to set. The Phillies, in cutting Kevin Frandsen yesterday, have 37 players on the 40 man roster now. They have nine non-roster invitees still in camp yet as well. Given that you have to be on the 40 man […]