Writer: Brandon Apter
View image | gettyimages.com Ruben Amaro has had no problems hiding the Phillies direction. Get younger, more athletic and focus on player development. The rebuild has more or less begun, with Jimmy Rollins and Marlon Byrd gone in exchange for three young pitching prospects with high ceilings. That being said, the Phils still have […]
View image | gettyimages.com Earlier this week, both Ben Revere and Domonic Brown filed for salary arbitration. Kevin Cooney of the Bucks County Courier Times reports that both Brown and Revere have reached one-year agreements with the Phillies. Dom Brown gets $2.5 million while Ben Revere gets $4.1 million to avoid salary arbitration. One […]
Now that Jimmy Rollins is officially a Dodger, the focus of the Phillies shortstop position doesn't really focus on Freddy Galvis. Rather, the depature of Rollins will make fans zero in more so on the development of top prospect, JP Crawford. Earlier this week, Crawford along with Aaron Nola and newly-acquired prospect, Zach Eflin, took […]
View image | gettyimages.com Eagles running back, LeSean McCoy, will be excused from the Pro Bowl scheduled to take place on January 25th, according to the Inquirer's Jeff McLane. No alternative has been selected to fill McCoy's spot yet. Eddy Lacy of the Packers and Jeremy Hill of the Bengals are possible options. It […]
Just a little over seven years ago, the Sixers struck a deal with the Jazz, sending forward and three-point specialist, Kyle Korver, to Utah in exchange for Gordon Giricek and a protected first round pick. Well, Giricek played in just 12 games for the Sixers during the 07-08 season while Korver has gone on to […]
View image | gettyimages.com There are some people in the Sixers ownership and in the front office, though not all, that don't see Michael Carter-Williams as a long-term piece of the puzzle. There was a lot of chatter that direction before the draft and in the past few weeks I know several teams have […]
View image | gettyimages.com During last night's 105-87 loss to the Hawks at the Wells Fargo Center, the Sixers lost one of their scoring threats. In the fourth quarter, Tony Wroten came down awkwardly on his right knee and sprained it for the second time this season. He sprained it against the Nets back […]
View image | gettyimages.com The Sixers….well, their D-League affiliate, aquired the returning player rights to Maalik Wayns from Rio Grande Valley yesterday in exchange for Hamady Ndiaye. The 87ers acquired returning player rights to Maalik Wayns, in a trade w/ Rio Grande Valley http://t.co/E6RdPJQQp1 pic.twitter.com/tLUuL1Dw8F — Delaware 87ers (@Sevens) January 12, 2015 Wayns has […]
View image | gettyimages.com The Sixers will be getting one of their shooters back tonight against the first place Hawks as Hollis Thompson will return after missing 11 games with an upper respiratory infection. After practice on Tuesday, coach Brett Brown told Thompson he would be playing. “Today was a short practice and afterwards […]
View image | gettyimages.com In December, reports surfaced that the Phillies and Padres had engaged in talks involving Cole Hamels. Wil Myers seemed to be the focal point of that deal for the Phillies, but as of right now Myers is no longer a part of dicussions in trade talks according to Jon Heyman […]
