Writer: Brandon Apter
It has been a few weeks since we have checked in on some former Phillies from the last couple of years. The biggest ones of course being Jimmy Rollins, Marlon Byrd, AJ Burnett, Antonio Bastardo, Kyle Kendrick among others. When the Phillies traded Rollins, Byrd and Bastardo, they received some talented young pitching in […]
Each week, we check in on the Phillies top 10 prospects in the organization. The highlight of those recently seem to be the strong pitching rotation in Reading. One member of that rotation not in the top 10 is Jesse Biddle, who is looking to have a bounce back season after taking a mental […]
At a recent event in Philadelphia, former teammates Lenny Dykstra and Mitch Williams continued their ill-will towards one another. Normally, Sports Roast Philadelphia is supposed to be a light-hearted event, but instead it turned into a very chippy, expletive-filled verbal war between the former teammates. If you remember, Dykstra hasn't been shy in voicing […]
After missing the first month and change of the season, Phillies number one top prospect J.P. Crawford was activated off the disabled list this week and make his season debut for Clearwater against Brevard County. The 20-year-old shortstop missed time after suffering an oblique injury in Spring Training and served as the designated hitter in […]
Carlos Tocci is hitting .436 over his last 10 games for Lakewood Another week of minor league baseball is in the books and there is some exciting news to look forward to as we head into the coming week. Topping the headlines is the return of the Phillies top prospect while three young arms continue […]
View image | gettyimages.com The Phillies made a roster move on Saturday afternoon, optioning one of their struggling starting pitchers to Triple-A Lehigh Valley, while also calling up a struggling reliever and announcing the debut of Chad Billingsley. Phillies send David Buchanan to Triple A and recall lefty Elvis Araujo. Billingsley pitches Tuesday. — […]
After losing three out of four from the Cardinals, the Phillies (8-15) head to Miami tonight to begin a three-game series with the Marlins (10-12). These two teams met in Philadelphia for three games, April 21st-23rd. The Phillies took game one, 7-3, behind tonight's starting pitcher, Jerome Williams. The Marlins won the final two […]
On Tuesday afternoon, the Phillies reinstated Domonic Brown from the 15-day disabled list and optioned him to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. OF Domonic Brown has returned from his rehab assignment, reinstated from the 15-day DL and optioned to @IronPigs. — Phillies (@Phillies) April 28, 2015 This move comes two days after Brown told reporter Greg […]
While the Phillies top 10 prospects may not be offense-heavy, but the position players are off to great starts for the most part. Meanwhile, the pitching has been very impressive thus far as well. The players that the Phils received in the Rollins and Byrd trades have looked good in their first few starts […]
View image | gettyimages.com The Phillies (6-11) were 1-for-13 with runners in scoring position tonight, but they took advantage of the Braves (8-8) fourth error of the night in the ninth. A fielding error by Freddie Freeman, his second of the night, allowed the winning run to score, giving the Phillies a 1-0 win. […]
