Writer: Brandon Apter
Phillies first baseman Brock Stassi batting against the Toronto Blue Jays at Florida Auto Exchange Stadium in Dunedin, Florida. (Photo: Frank Klose/Philliedelphia) By: Brandon Apter, contributor This week, the Phillies reassigned a number of players to minor league camp, including top prospects J.P. Crawford, Nick Williams, Roman Quinn, Jorge Alfaro and Andrew Knapp. Today, they sent two more […]
Phillies catching prospect Andrew Knapp hit .360 in 55 games with Double-A Reading during the 2015 season (Photo: Kevin Durso/Philliedelphia) By: Brandon Apter, contributor Earlier this week, the Phillies sent three of their top prospects to the minor leagues. J.P. Crawford, Nick Williams and Roman Quinn have been getting playing time in minor league camp and two more […]
Embed from Getty Images By: Brandon Apter, managing editor Tonight, the Sixers (9-58) return to action with a short roster once again against John Wall and the Washington Wizards (32-25). The Wizards lost five consecutive games from March 4th-12th and now sit on the outside of the playoff picture, 1.5 games behind the eighth place Bulls […]
Phillies pitcher Vincent Velasquez delivers a pitch against the Pittsburgh Pirates on March 7th, 2016 at McKechnie Field in Bradenton, Florida (Photo: Frank Klose/Philliedelphia) By: Brandon Apter, contributor Final: Rays 6, Phillies 1 ❖ Attendance: 11,222 CLEARWATER, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays hit four home runs and tacked on another run with an RBI-double in […]
Embed from Getty Images By: Brandon Apter, contributor The Phillies minor league spring training season began yesterday and the Triple-A team fell to Toronto, 9-8, despite four players tallying multi-hit games. Today, the team traveled to to the Pirates minor league complex in Bradenton, Florida and dropped their second game in a row, this […]
Photo: Williamsport Crosscutters/MiLB.com The Phillies had the day off from spring training action today, but one of their minor league pitchers will have 50 more days off after being suspended 50 games for his second failed drug test. Phillies minor league pitcher Skylar Hunter suspended 50 games for second flunked test drug of abuse, […]
Embed from Getty Images The Eagles have made plenty of moves already to bolster their roster and today, they're hosting a wide receiver that saw some success when he was paired with Sam Bradford in St. Louis. FA WR Chris Givens is visiting the #Eagles today, per source. — Jeff McLane (@Jeff_McLane) March 16, 2016 […]
Phillies prospect J.P. Crawford batting against the Toronto Blue Jays at Florida Auto Exchange Stadium in Dunedin, Florida. (Photo: Frank Klose/Philliedelphia) By: Brandon Apter, contributor Earlier this week, the Phillies sent three of their top prospects to the minor leagues. Roman Quinn was sent to Reading, but both J.P. Crawford and Nick Williams were optioned to minor league camp to get […]
Maikel Franco blasted his fifth and sixth home runs in today's game against Baltimore (Photo: Frank Klose/Philliedelphia) By: Brandon Apter, contributor Final: Orioles 8, Phillies 7 ❖ Attendance: 7,909 SARASOTA, Fla. — After sending three of their top prospects to the minor leagues today, the Phillies (10-4-2) were on the road to continue their spring […]
J.P. Crawford takes a grounder during the Phillies game in Dunedin, FL on March 5th, 2016 (Photo: Frank Klose/Philliedelphia) By: Brandon Apter, contributor This morning, the Phillies sent four players to minor league camp, three of which are highly regarded prospects within the organization. Following the halfway mark of the spring schedule, J.P. Crawford, Nick […]
