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Michael Young's name has come up a lot in recent days, as seemingly an obvious candidate for a trade. With Phillies General Manager reportedly telling teams Young is not available, it sounds like the team has not even spoken to Young about a trade, reports Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports. Rosenthal's report even has […]
Michael Young hit the bereavement list to tend to his son, dealing with an undisclosed ailment and the Phillies turned to the one player generally regarded as most ready at AAA: Cesar Hernandez. After an impressive few days, the Phillies opted to option Michael Martinez to the minor leagues upon Young's return. Logic would have […]
Well, you probably heard the news yesterday: Chase Utley worked out in left-field. Let me translate that for you in several ways: The Phillies are very content with Freddy Galvis and their future at second base. Domonic Brown is in peril with this team. Chase is (possibly) accepting reality about his future in this game. We've […]
Left field is better than the bench Many moons ago, back on April 25, our very own beloved blogger who hardly writes anything Steve Gallo, wrote that a good fit for the Phillies would be Chase Utley in left field. Today, guess what Dave Murphy of the Daily News wrote? Turns out, despite my previous […]
Courtesy MLB.com. (Also, I miss you.) You've seen the updates over the past couple days. Ryan Howard is about a week away from resuming baseball activities and you could estimate that he'll be back sometime in June. Chase Utley has also been quoted as feeling better right now than at any point last year, as […]
Posted by Rich Wilkins Since the announcement that Chase Utley probably won't be on the Opening Day version of the Phillies, the panic has been measurable in Phillies-World. I've heard people say Galvis will be fine, or he's a bum, that Amaro screwed up trading Wilson Valdez, that Utley screwed this team by not having […]
Posted by Frank Klose So, Michael Martinez is injured. If Chase Utley being injured was not big enough, losing the Phillies' infield utility man does not help matters. If you remember back to the Phillies' offseason, the Phillies reportedly were interested in future Hall of Famer Omar Vizquel. At the time, such a trade did […]
Posted by Rich Wilkins In the Phillies front office, there is a lot more to watch in Spring Training than just the big leaguers and if they get their needed at-bats before the season. There's an entire system to build, at each position, to give maximum future payroll flexibility to build the team up. Two […]
