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Midnight tonight is the deadline for players to be added to the 40 man roster to protect them from being selected in next month's Rule 5 Draft. The Phillies chose to add recent acquisitions to the farm system, catcher Tommy Joseph (Hunter Pence trade) and pitcher Rob Rasmussen (Michael Young trade). Outfielders Aaron Altherr and […]
The following is a special guest post from Andrew Shipotofsky Until recently the Phillies haven’t been major players in the international market. This forced them to miss out on major players such as Yu Darvish, Yasiel Puig, and Yoenis Cespedes. With the Phillies finally making international splashes with Julsan Kamara and Miguel Gonzalez this past […]
The Sixers (5-7) are coming off of a 3-game road trip where they failed to win a game. They return home tonight to face Rudy Gay and the Toronto Raptors (4-7) at the Wells Fargo Center at 7 p.m. The Raptors are coming off of a 2-game home stand where they gave up […]
Eagles punter Donnie Jones is in the midst of a franchise record setting season and has been named NFC Special Teams Player of The Week. Image courtesy of NJ.com Philadelphia Eagles punter Donnie Jones turned in a historic effort on Sunday against the Washington Redskins and on Wednesday was named this NFC Special Teams Player of […]
Former Eagles offensive tackle Shawn Andrews took further aim at Donovan McNabb and his teammates for the locker room culture they purveyed around him. First former Philadelphia Eagles offensive lineman Shawn Andrews spoke to 97.5 The Fanatic's Mike Missanelli earlier this month and compared Donovan McNabb to Richie Incognito , and yesterday went on record to […]
Photo by Richard Wilkins Jr. The Phillies signed Reid Brignac to a minor league deal yesterday. If that isn't exciting you, it's okay, you're not alone. Brignac has big league experience and an excellent defensive glove, and is a big upgrade on Michael Martinez, assuming he's gone. The Phillies will have 35 players on their […]
In his second season Fletcher Cox is second on the Eagles in sacks and is emerging as a cornerstone player for a franchise with a sudden infusion of high quality youth. It's been awhile since the Philadelphia Eagles have gotten the kind of production that the franchise has seen out of the 2012 and 2013 […]
Ken Rosenthal reports the Phillies have interviewed the Rafael Chaves for the pitching coach position. Chaves currently serves as the minor league pitching coordinator for the Dogders and has served as the pitching coach for Seattle as well as the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees (Triple-A). Chaves joins fellow former Seattle pitching coach Carl Willis as a candidate […]
Per Jim Salisbury the Phillies have signed light hitting infielder Reid Brignac to a minor league deal with an invite to Clearwater. Brignac has spent most of his career with Tampa Bay and found himself on Colorado for half of last season and the other half as part of the carousel of infielders that […]
By virtue of surviving the fourth quarter against the Redskins Sunday and steadily improving on defense over the last seven games, the Eagles will play meaningful football in December. Image courtesy: DelawareOnline.com It's been awhile since the last truly meaningful game the Philadelphia Eagles played in the month of December. DeSean Jackson's game culminating punt […]
