Writer: Frank Klose
The Phillies acquired right-handed pitcher Seth Rosin as part of the package that sent Hunter Pence to the San Francisco Giants. But the Mets have flipped Rosin to the Los Angeles Dodgers in a cash deal. Rosin's former catcher at Reading early in 2013 sent him congratulations, but didn't get the memo: Best of […]
Well, we had a few minutes of excitement in Phillies land. Then it turned out the Phillies' free agent acquisition was not Matt Garza. It was not Ervin Santana. It wasn't even a broken-down Johan Santana. The Phillies have signed Roberto Hernandez, according to many reports. Hernandez is best-known for going by "Fausto Carmona", […]
The Phillies added one, lost one in this morning's Major League Rule 5 Draft. The Phillies added pitcher Kevin Munson from the Arizona Diamondbacks reports many in the draft room, including the Delaware County Times' Dennis Deitch. Munson was a college closer when he was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2010 draft. […]
Nope, you didn't miss anything. It's the Winter Meetings in Orlando, Florida, and one would think the Phillies would be doing something to get better. Nope. At least there was no real news today on the Phillies front. Phillies General Manager Ruben Amaro, Jr. did come up with this good quote, though. The Phillies […]
Photo: Philliedelphia/Steve Trapani The Phillies seemingly committed to at least three bench spots out of five this offseason with contracts to infielder Kevin Frandsen, catcher Wil Nieves, and tendering a contract to outfielder John Mayberry Jr. However, according to Phillies manager Ryne Sandberg, the Phillies are looking for someone who is essentially John Mayberry… […]
Here is some more information on Phillies outfielder Domonic Brown and the buzz around the Winter Meetings that the Phillies would be open to trading Brown. Jayson Stark of ESPN says that a team that inquired did not really like their prospects of acquiring Brown: A team that asked #Phillies about Domonic Brown reports they […]
The Phillies desperately need to shake things up. It appears more and more during this winter's meetings that the team is willing to do whatever it can to shake up a team that lost more games in 2013 than it had since 1997. According to one report, two of the Phillies' top players are in […]
We all remember Phillies closer Jonathan Papelbon saying that the "didn't come here for this", right? Then Papelbon proceeded to go on a terrible stretch of games in which he seemed to blow almost every game he came into? Well, the Phillies hoped to make things right with Papelbon. Papelbon reportedly was […]
This is awesome. Some fans were not happy that Halladay retired as a Blue Jay, the team that drafted Halladay and where he spent 12 of 16 seasons. But hopefully this, courtesy of Ryan Lawrence of the Daily News, will cheer them up. Roy Halladay took out an ad in tomorrow's @PhillyDailyNews to thank […]
Most of us are watching the Roy Halladay retirement press conference, but Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports is not, busy working trade rumors. Passan reports that the Phillies are actively shopping outfielder Domonic Brown: Sources: Phillies actively shopping OF Domonic Brown. Looking for controllable starting pitching in return. Idea is to sell high on him. […]
