Articles by Tim Kelly (1038)
Embed from Getty Images When the Philadelphia Phillies traded closer Ken Giles to Houston Astros this off-season, it appeared to be a trade that benefited both teams. The rebuilding Phillies moved their elite closer, who was a luxury on a bad team, for a package of talented young pitchers that included Vince Velasquez and […]
Philadelphia Phillies starter Jeremy Hellickson throws a pitch in a Spring Training game at Bright House Field, Spring Training home of the Phillies. (Frank Klose/Philliedelphia) Final: Phillies 5, Astros 4 ❖ CLEARWATER, Fla. — It's true that getting excited about Spring Training wins is a fairly silly exercise, but when players who are likely […]
Philadelphia Phillies' pitcher Brett Oberholtzer takes the field at Florida Auto Exchange Field, spring home of the Toronto Blue Jays. (Photo: Frank Klose/Philliedelphia) It appears the Philadelphia Phillies' fifth starter race is starting to gain some clarity. According to Meghan Montemurro of The News Journal, off-season acquisition Brett Oberholtzer believes he's going to start the […]
Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Cedric Hunter anticipates a pitch in a Spring Training game against the Toronto Blue Jays (Photo: Frank Klose/Philliedelphia) Despite a report from ESPN's Jayson Stark earlier this week that suggested that the Philadelphia Phillies were 'definitely looking' for an outfielder, the team's general manager Matt Klentak did his best to downplay the talk […]
Embed from Getty Images The Philadelphia Phillies and Toronto Blue Jays Spring Training game that was scheduled to take place this afternoon in Dunedin has been rained out, the team announced. In addition, Jeremy Hellickson, who was scheduled to make his first big-league Spring Training since March 4th today, will pitch tomorrow afternoon against the […]
Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Jeremy Hellickson throws a pitch in his March 4th start against the Atlanta Braves (Photo: Frank Klose/Philliedelphia) DUNEDIN, Fla. — A day after scoring 15 runs in a win over the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Philadelphia Phillies (12-5-2) will look to stay hot at the plate, as they take on the defending American League East […]
Embed from Getty Images ESPN's Jerry Crasnick says that Aaron Harang, who pitched for the Philadelphia Phillies during the 2015 season, doesn't intend to pitch in the league in 2016. Aaron Harang not planning to pitch this season, but is leaving the door open in case he changes his mind. He turns 38 in […]
The Philadelphia Phillies announced that they optioned catching prospects Jorge Alfaro and Andrew Knapp this morning, with Knapp heading to minor league camp and Alfaro specifically being optioned to Double-A Reading. On the same day that Alfaro was optioned, manager Pete Mackanin paid him a tremendous compliment. Pete Mackanin on Jorge Alfaro, who was optioned […]
Embed from Getty Images Last week, former Philadelphia Phillies' manager and current team advisor Dallas Green suggested that he believed it was time for the Phillies and Ryan Howard to part ways. As I noted at that time, if it was as simple as Howard being traded to an American League team and serving […]
Embed from Getty Images Following Aaron Altherr's season-ending wrist injury, ESPN's Jayson Stark reported yesterday that the Philadelphia Phillies were 'definitely looking' for a starting outfielder. While I suggested today that the Phillies and New York Mets could make sense as trade partners on a deal that would net the Phillies Alejandro De Aza, […]