Holmgren named Flyers’ President, Hextall named GM

Image courtesy of Amy Irvin A week after the team's exit in the opening round of the postseason, the Philadelphia Flyers announced today that Paul Holmgren will become the team's President and Ron Hextall will become the team's new General Manager. It will mark the first time in his career that Holmgren will be the […]

Craig Forsythe  •  07 May 2014
Free Agent Profile: Gordon Hayward

Last week’s free agent profile featured Miami Heat star LeBron James and the possibilities he makes his way to Philly. It may have been just a tad on the crazy side but it’s always fun to dream about big stars coming to play for your team. In all seriousness though, don’t completely cross LeBron off […]

Will Rockenbach  •  07 May 2014
Asche’s Four-Hit Night Not Enough in Phillies’ Loss

Cody Asche's efforts weren't enough for the PhilliesPhoto: Philliedelphia/Andrew Gillen J.A. Happ, the former Phillies starter who was flipped for Roy Oswalt, started the game last night for the Toronto Blue Jays, and gave his former team all sorts of trouble in his return to the city he started his career in. In five innings […]

Andrew Gillen  •  06 May 2014
Phillies Send Cole Hamels to Mound To Tie Series

After being shut out by the Toronto Blue Jays yesterday, the Phillies will send Cole Hamels to the mound as he looks to get back on track. So far this season, Hamels is 0-2 with 6.74 ERA. He will be opposed by 23 year old Drew Hutchison who is 1-2 with 3.82 ERA. GAME NOTES: […]

Andrew Shipotofsky  •  06 May 2014
Phils Blanked By J.A. Happ, Blue Jays Bullpen

  #488340221 / gettyimages.com The Phillies started the week off on a bad note tonight. They came into this evening's game coming off of a series win against their division rival Nationals. With their record back at .500, the Phillies sent Kyle Kendrick to the mound to pitch against the Toronto Blue Jays, who are […]

Erik Seybold  •  05 May 2014
Phillies Open a Home and Home Against the Blue Jays

  #485937619 / gettyimages.com Yesterday, the Phillies took the series win against the Washington Nationals as Roberto Hernandez went 7.1 innings in the 1-0 Phillies win. Tonight, the Phillies start a home and home series against the Toronto Blue Jays. This is the second AL team the Phillies have played this season since opening up […]

Andrew Shipotofsky  •  05 May 2014
My Updated Top Ten Prospects

Photo by Richard Wilkins Jr. I felt like updating my top ten for the Phillies prospects after reading this, and just letting you know how they've done a month in. Maikel Franco- Lehigh Valley- .200 avg., .580 OPS, 7 XBH, 2 HR's- He had a dreadful start, but he had a very good last ten […]

Rich Wilkins  •  05 May 2014
Philliedelphia Podcast Ep. 4: Strictly Baseball

97.5 the Fanatic Producers James Seltzer and Joe Boyle discuss a light week of Phillies baseball and look ahead to next week's interleague series with the Blue Jays and the trip up to Citi Field to face the Mets. The guys also go around the MLB and give their 3 best and worst stories from […]

James Seltzer  •  05 May 2014
Welcome To Draft Week

Image Courtesy of en.wikipedia.org Ah draft week, where a team hopes, prays, lies, sneaks around and tries to land a player that will take their franchise to the “next level.” With the first round of the 2014 NFL draft set to take place on Thursday night, rumors have been hot and heavy about what the […]

Hal Greenblatt  •  05 May 2014