Writer: Frank Klose
The Phillies needed a roster spot when they signed pitcher Roberto Hernandez to a one-year contract. That was the moment that once-prospect Sebastian Valle lost his spot on the Phillies' 40-man roster. However, despite the Phillies cutting him from their 40-man roster, Valle agreed to return to the Phillies on a minor-league deal. Valle's […]
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A really nice touch by the Philadelphia Flyers. Iain Page of Fox 29 reports that the Flyers will honor the Philadelphia Police for tonight's game against the Columbus Blue Jackets by wearing the Philadelphia Police patch on their jerseys: #Flyers will honor the Philly Police tonight by wearing this @PhillyPolice patch on jersey pic.twitter.com/Iajgd4QjT6 pic.twitter.com/ZoXG4XmDNo […]
The Phillies offered their former manager Charlie Manuel a job immediately upon firing him. Manuel had wished to keep managing, but despite several vacancies, Manuel struck out in getting a new job for the 2014 season. Now, Manuel appears to have accepted a job with the Phillies, though the specifics are yet to be […]
The Phillies filled their assistant hitting coach vacancy today, weeks after Wally Joyner left the Phillies to become hitting coach of the Detroit Tigers. The Phillies reached into their minor league system to hire John Mizerock. Mizerock was a coach on the Clearwater Threshers staff from 2011 through 2013. Mizerock played in the big leagues […]
John Clark of NBC 10 passed on a couple really neat photos from Darren Daulton's wedding in Florida. We learned recently that Daulton was engaged and that he proposed via text message. He met his fiancee Amanda while golfing with former Phillies outfielder Pat Burrell (who was present). Congrats to Darren Daulton who got […]
Photo: Philliedelphia/Frank Klose Brian Schneider on the bench with Greg Dobbs in 2010 Plenty of catchers have gone into managing. The experience that comes with calling a game from behind the plate, working with catchers, and getting a full season's worth of at bats often lends itself to become a manager. In the […]
Time for some Philliedelphia trivia! Who has a lower career ERA: pitcher Mitchell Boggs, or third baseman Wade Boggs? Answer: Third baseman Wade Boggs The Phillies reportedly are interested in Mitchell Boggs, according to FoxSports.com's Ken Rosenthal: Sources: #Phillies among the six teams showing interest in Mitchell Boggs. — Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) December 16, 2013 […]
This news seems to come too late to make a difference, but according to Buster Olney of ESPN, the Phillies are "very willing" to move shortstop Jimmy Rollins in a trade. Rollins is heading into the last year of a three-year, $33 million contract. But, as Olney notes, 434 plate appearances (very attainable if Rollins […]
The Phillies were supposed to get better. The line thrown around is that in order to get a good television deal, the Phillies could not possibly rebuild. The Phillies told people that they viewed themselves in "win-now" mode, and that they were going to add pieces to bring them back up to contention. However, the […]
