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Jake Thompson is the latest prospect to get the call to the Phillies. (Frank Klose/Philliedelphia) A night after pitcher Phil Klein gave the Phillies five innings in a spot start and was subsequently optioned to Triple-A Lehigh Valley, the Phillies made another announcement: Jake Thompson will make his Major League Debut for the Phillies. In his […]
Embed from Getty Images Eagles coaches saw two of their most skilled players escorted to the locker room during practice this morning. First, left tackle Jason Peters was slow getting up and walked gingerly to the sidelines after sustaining a quad injury. Later, Malcolm Jenkins suffered a hamstring injury while going against Jordan Matthews in […]
Embed from Getty Images Eagles defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz has seen some individuals play to his liking, but made clear that the team must improve as a unit when he stepped to the podium on Thursday. "As a defense, we need to be more consistent," Schwartz said. “Mychal [Kendricks] is a very, very good athlete. […]
Elvis Araujo has left Lehigh Valley for the Phillies bullpen (Frank Klose/Philliedelphia) Last night the Phillies grabbed pitcher Phil Klein from Triple-A Lehigh Valley to start in place of the injured Aaron Nola. Klein, who started just four times for the IronPigs and once for the Rangers organization at Triple-A Round Rock, really was not stretched out and […]
Embed from Getty Images Starting Pitching Matchup: San Francisco Giants (61-46) Philadelphia Phillies (50-59) LHP Matt Moore RHP Vince Velasquez (7-7, 4.08 ERA) (8-3, 3.32 ERA) Vince Velasquez gets the ball for this afternoon's chance at a sweep against the Giants. Velasquez is coming off a start at Turner Field where he pitched six inning […]
Embed from Getty Images We're one week away from the Eagles lining up against a different team, but through two weeks of training camp, players are already starting to separate themselves from the competition at their respective positions. And despite coaches insisting on players' candidacy being decided on the field during preseason games, practice […]
Embed from Getty Images Following last night's late extra inning thriller, Todd Zolecki reported that Jeanmar Gomez was activated after a day on the Paternity Leave list. To make room for the closer and new father, the Phillies optioned last night's starter Phil Klein to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. It was a valiant performance from […]
Philadelphia Phillies propsect Dylan Cozens is having one of the best seasons in the history of the team's Double-A franchise. (Frank Klose/Philliedelphia) By Tim Kelly, Sports Talk Philly editor While Maikel Franco, one of the Philadelphia Phillies young offensive stars, was leading the Phillies to a comeback win over the San Francisco Giants Wednesday night, […]
Embed from Getty Images By: Matthew Shinkle, Sports Talk Philly Staff Final: Phillies 5 , Giants 4 ❖ Attendance: 23,162 WP: Luis Garcia (1-0, 7.20 ERA) ❖ LP: George Kontos (2-2, 2.78 ERA) PHILADELPHIA, PA – The Phillies continued to compete with the NL West leading San Francisco Giants in the second game of the […]
Embed from Getty Images Starting Pitching Matchup: San Francisco Giants (61-45) Philadelphia Phillies (49-59) RHP Johnny Cueto RHP Phil Klein (13-3, 2.63 ERA) (0-1, 5.19 ERA) I know what you're thinking. Who the hell is Phil Klein? Let's figure it out together shall we? Back in June, Klein was claimed off waivers from […]
