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Pedro Martinez will appear on no one's top five Phillies pitchers ever, though one could argue he's the second best pitcher to ever throw for the team. The Expos, Red Sox, Mets, and Phillies righty dominated MLB hitters in the steroid era, a time when 50 home run seasons were par for the course. One […]
David Murphy is out with a piece that tries to make a good argument for keeping Ryan Howard, but instead makes the best argument for Maikel Franco starting the season in AAA. He makes two main points- If Franco spends about 40 days in AAA, he won't be a free agent until after 2021, instead […]
Photo by Richard Wilkins Jr. Reports have the Phillies in serious talks to trade Jonathan Papelbon to the Milwaukee Brewers this morning. I have no idea what the Phillies are looking for, or what Milwaukee is offering, but this is a deal the Phillies should get done. Why? The Brewers just cleared about $9 million […]
When the clock struck twelve on midnight, the reign of MLB's Commissioner, Bud Selig, came to an end. After 22.5 years, the man who owned the Brewers for over 20 years before taking this job, was done in baseball. I personally was never a fan. I think he employed a hypocritical double-standard on steroids, I'm […]
I'll still miss Jimmy though.Photo by Richard Wilkins Jr. Last season, the Phillies had a healthy Chase Utley and Jimmy Rollins. Ryan Howard played all season. Marlon Byrd exceeded many of our expectations. Carlos Ruiz was healthy. The old players stayed on the field, and played all season, with the exception of Cliff Lee. The […]
With some of the changes to the Phillies roster in the last week, the IronPigs are looking like a very different team too. Their rotation is coming into view now, as is their bullpen. How this roster looks is always challenging, because you have to also guess how the big league roster will look first. […]
Photo by Richard Wilkins Jr. Well, Chad Billingsley is a Phillies pitcher now, not the guy throwing against them in the NLCS. If you're not excited by the Billingsley era, I don't know what will excite you? How does this change the roster? Well, here's my updated look at it: Starting Rotation- Hamels and Lee […]
The full squad finally arrived in Clearwater now, all 40 man members and the 18 non-roster invitees to camp. Baseball season has arrived! On Sunday the Phillies will play their first game (against the University of Tampa), and even with the dark days ahead, I'm excited. Here's my look at the roster, as of right […]
So it's Opening Day of official Spring Training games, and the Phillies have already lost to the University of Tampa, a Division II college team. No biggie though, right? I mean half the players in the line-up won't be here in three weeks. So, let's look forward at a topic of major interest to me- […]
Well, the Phillies fought to a draw with the almost-equally hopeless Yankees in yesterday's official Spring opener, so they are unofficially 0-1-1 so far in Clearwater, 0-0-1 officially. Ryan Howard played well in the game, a good sign, and the team didn't lose. Howard even spoke positively afterwards. There was some roster news, particularly on […]
