Articles by Rich Wilkins (406)
Photo by my Father in Minnesota, 2012. Well, later today the Phillies will play the Blue Jays at Citizens Bank Park. Being that these are the final two exhibition games, it seems time to make a roster prediction. Here goes our final one: Rotation: Hamels, Halladay, Lee, Kendrick, Lannan. Line-Up: Revere-CF, Rollins-SS, Utley-2B, Howard-1B, M. […]
Spring Training is over. The Phillies are breaking camp, getting on a plane, and heading north to Philadelphia to play two with the Blue Jays before heading to Atlanta for Opening Day. I wanted to take one quick moment to re-cap the good and bad of the spring. 1. Good- Seeing the prospects- I always […]
Yesterday I did a roster prediction for every team that is breaking camp in the Phillies system this week. Today I have no changes. Today they did play, and they did win their finale in Florida, a 7-2 win over the Blue Jays. The Phillies finish the Grapefruit schedule 16-15, and now head north to […]
Let this sink in for a moment- tomorrow is the last Grapefruit League game, and on Friday the Phillies will be in Philadelphia. Ok, enough of that. Yesterday I put out a set of roster predictions for every team that will break camp and start next week. Literally nothing has changed with the big league […]
Another day, another day closer to Opening Day. Today's the day we'll find out about Aaron Cook's future here, as he'll either make the team, be sent to AAA and get $100,000 in bonus money, or walk away from camp. I hope he stays, and don't think he will. If he goes the way of […]
He Better Have a Big Year. It's one week until baseball season starts. On Friday, the Phillies will be back in town, and playing exhibition ball. For the first time since 2007, most Phillies fans don't feel like they have the best team in the National League East. For the first time since 2005, there […]
Well, one can't accuse Ruben Amaro of not doing anything. The Phillies are essentially down to just one decision. Here's the news: The Phillies have cut Yuniesky Betancourt. No shock there. There just wasn't 40 man room to add him. Besides, Galvis played well enough this spring that using an option on him would be […]
Frank Klose of Philliedelphia created this goodie. Well, this is getting easier to figure out, even if it doesn't make much sense. Ruf got optioned, as did Jermaine Mitchell. Rodrigo Lopez got released. The Phillies are looking to make moves. So with that stuff all known, here's the latest roster projection: Rotation: Hamels, Halladay, Lee, […]
After a day off, not a lot has changed today in the Phillies roster situation. Yesterday though, some news was made. Today some non-field news was. Here's my latest: Doc will pitch in a minor league game Saturday. Dare I say there will be more attention there than Sarasota. Kendrick looked awesome yesterday. So the […]
Well, the last two days have brought some interesting roster cuts, and a lot of offense, and yes, green uniforms. While your lucky charms might be getting a bit soggy by today, the race for the roster is heating up. What's the news of note? Justin De Fratus and Jake Diekman will be up the […]