Articles by Tim Kelly (1038)
Jorge Alfaro and Dusty Wathan will spend the rest of the season with the Philadelphia Phillies. (Frank Klose/Philliedelphia) After the Philadelphia Phillies promoted prospects Jorge Alfaro and Roman Quinn Sunday, Quinn got his first start right away in Sunday's loss to the Washington Nationals. Alfaro, who the team hopes will be the heir apparent to Carlos […]
Embed from Getty Images By Tim Kelly, Sports Talk Philly editor Who will be the Philadelphia Phillies Opening Day starter in 2017? It's probably not something you want to put any money on. If he accepts the team's qualifying offer, which it sounds like the Phillies wouldn't mind, Jeremy Hellickson figures to get his […]
Philadelphia Phillies prospects Dylan Cozens and Rhys Hoskins dominated the Eastern League in 2016. (Frank Klose/Philliedelphia) Despite the fact that both the Double-A Reading Fightin' Phils and the Triple-A Lehigh Valley IronPigs have gotten themselves in two game deficits in their respective playoff series, it's hard to look at the 2016 season as anything less than […]
Embed from Getty Images By Tim Kelly, Sports Talk Philly editor When the Philadelphia Phillies elected to hold onto Jeremy Hellickson after the Aug. 1 non-waiver trade deadline — and the Sept. 1 waiver trade deadline to a lesser extent — the thinking was that if they extended the free-agent to be a qualifying […]
Philadelphia Phillies prospect Dylan Cozens may thrive in Citizens Bank Park, according to a league scout. (Frank Klose/Philliedelphia) By Tim Kelly, Sports Talk Philly editor Philadelphia Phillies minor league slugger Dylan Cozens was named the Eastern League's MVP Wednesday, just a day after winning the Joe Bauman Award, which goes to the minor leaguer with the […]
Embed from Getty Images By Tim Kelly, Sports Talk Philly editor For the Philadelphia Eagles home-opener, the club will don their midnight green jerseys with white pants, according to Eagles Insider Dave Spadaro: Drumroll, please #Eagles uniform alert for SundayGreen jerseys and white pants — Dave Spadaro (@EaglesInsider) September 7, 2016 Though the white […]
Embed from Getty Images By Tim Kelly, Sports Talk Philly editor If your initial though after the Philadelphia Eagles traded Sam Bradford the Minnesota Vikings Saturday was that the team needed to sign a veteran backup to stand behind Chase Daniel to open the season, you were like myself and many who cover and […]
Embed from Getty Images Think what you may about Howie Roseman, but the team vice president of football operations may have just completed the trade of his career. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, and confirmed by various other reporters, the Philadelphia Eagles have traded quarterback Sam Bradford to the Minnesota Vikings for two […]
Embed from Getty Images By Tim Kelly, Sports Talk Philly editor While the Philadelphia Phillies have traded various franchise icons from their run of National League dominance between 2007 and 2011 in the last 24 months, they haven't passed on the numbers that the players became synonymous with. Matt Gelb of the Philadelphia Inquirer […]
Philadelphia Phillies prospect Nick Williams was instrumental in the Lehigh Valley IronPigs strong season. (Steven Kiebach/Philliedelphia) By Tim Kelly, Sports Talk Philly editor Friday evening, the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, the Philadelphia Phillies Triple-A affiliate, clinched a playoff berth with a 7-1 win over the Rochester Red Wings, who are the Triple-A affiliate of the Minnesota Twins: […]