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It was a fun second inning. The Phillies jumped all over Nationals pitcher Taylor Jordan, featuring a two run blast from Darin Ruf, a safety squeeze RBI from Cliff Lee, and the offense batted around. Unfortunately there were seven and a half innings left. Lee wasn't bad tonight. His command seemed off and he was […]
Last night the Phillies were blown out by the Nationals in the opening game and it was brutal. John Lannan was lit up for eight runs in five innings against his former team as he took his 5th loss of the year. Now 11 games under .500, the Phillies' all-time low has gotten even lower […]
After a complete blow out win over the Cubs yesterday afternoon, the Phillies finally showed some life. Although it may be about 20 games too late, the Phillies played some good ball yesterday. Hopefully it will kick start something out of them. Tonight the Phillies will open up a three-game weekend series against the Washington […]
The Phillies finally decided to cut Delmon Young this afternoon as they designated the outfielder for assignment. Young will need to either be released, traded or sent to the minors within the next 10 days or the Phillies will put him back on the 40-man roster. Young is hitting .261 (71-for-291) with 8 HR and […]
The Phillies continued spending money overseas when they signed Dominican third base prospect Luis Encarnacion early Friday morning, reports Ben Badler of Baseball America. Encarnacion was ranked as the #4 international prospect by Baseball America. The minimal signing age for a player is 16 years old. The Phillies struck at midnight, and Encarnacion […]
The Phillies wasted no time signing International 3B prospect, Luis Encarnacion, shortly after he officially became eligible. He is among the youngest eligible International free agents, having just turned 16 years old today and officially becoming eligible to sign. Baseball America’s International Specialist, Ben Badler, ranked Luis as the fourth best prospect available this International […]
A rather exciting afternoon today at Citizens Bank Park. It was one of the more impressive offensive displays of the season from the Phillies. After breaking his on base streak last night, Darin Ruf wound up on base three times today, including a home run. Cody Asche hit his first major league home run in […]
Photo Credit: Kevin Durso, Philliedelphia When it comes to being an athlete in the city of Philadelphia, few players are more popular than Philadelphia Phillies second baseman Chase Utley, who entered the 2013 season in the final year of his contract. After general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. expressed interest in keeping him and Utley expressed […]
The Phillies added some outfield depth today, claiming outfielder Casper Wells on waivers from the Chicago White Sox. Wells had played for the Seattle Mariners, Oakland Athletics and Chicago White Sox organizations this season thus far. Wells is right-handed and represents a center field option. He is, however, batting just .155 this season. That said, […]
Ethan Martin looks to improve on his major league debut his afternoon against the Cubs. We definitely got a nice glimpse of what the hype is about in his major league debut. He looks to avoid a big inning against a Cubs line up that is not quite as slug happy as Atlanta but still […]
