Writer: Frank Klose
Photo: Wikipedia Commons The Phillies' shopping list is mostly complete, minus one thing: a backup center fielder, preferably one who can hit right-handed. When Ben Revere went down with an injury last season, the Phillies used a combination of John Mayberry, a corner outfielder, and Cesar Hernandez, a second baseman, to fill the void. So […]
Marlon Byrd, the Phillies newest (and one of their oldest) players, spoke to CSN Philly's Michael Barkann about his 50-game suspension in 2012 for performance enhancing drugs. Byrd says that he has an explaination, and he shared it in his interview. Byrd explained that the positive test was the result of a botched breast reduction: […]
Courtesy Baseball De Cuba This post is in no way inteded to show any type of hate toward Carlos Ruiz or what he has accomplished for the Phillies in his career. But, the facts do indicate that Ruiz is 35 years old and will not be with the Phillies forever. After a failed […]
So we find ourselves in a lazy, snowy Saturday. It is rare I do a post with links, but here are a few good reads I recommend you check out. Jerry Crasnick of ESPN Writes of the Phillies Odd Offseason: ….they're giving off a bit of an "all good things must come to an […]
Today the Phillies' television schedule breakdown was released. With only about a month to go before the first Spring Training game is aired, the team is running out of time to fill the broadcast booth job. One name that has been occasionally mentioned in passing is Jamie Moyer. But today, Phillies.com's Todd Zolecki reports […]
Watching the Phillies will be much more difficult in 2014, if you are without cable. Under the Phillies new television deal, NBC Universal has most of the control of the games. Of course, they are keeping most of them under their own control. Matt Gelb of the Philadelphia Inquirer had the Phillies television schedule breakdown: […]
Gary Matthews, most recently working on the Phillies tv broadcast and judge at Garry Maddox's rib competition will be back to coaching The Phillies brought back former Phillies Marlon Byrd and Bobby Abreu to their outfield this offseason and built their coaching staff with former Phillies Ryne Sandberg, Larry Bowa, Juan Samuel, and Pete Mackanin, […]
Last summer when the Phillies signed starter Cole Hamels to a six year, $144 million contract, the deal was a massive deal for a pitcher who was an ace still at the top of his game. Two recent signings have certainly helped the Phillies deal look good. Last week, the Los Angeles Dodgers […]
The Phillies can cross one more arbitration-eligible player off of their list. The Phillies agreed to 2014 contract terms with left-handed reliever Antonio Bastardo today, reports MLBTraderumors.com. Bastardo will receive $2 million for his first arbitration year. During the exchange of contract numbers, Bastardo requested $2.5 million while the Phillies offered $1.675 million. The […]
When I wrote this piece the other day about Bobby Abreu being availble after a strong Venezuelan League season, it seemed like it was just the type of the thing the Phillies would do. Guess what? Today we learned the Phillies were interested from CSN Philly's Jim Salisbury: Jim Salisbury of CSN Philly spoke […]
