Writer: Frank Klose
On Sunday, the Phillies were without set-up man Mike Adams, who was nursing a sore back. In fact, the team went to rookie Justin De Fratus to face the Diamondbacks' best right-handed hitter in a key situation late. Today, we learned from Phillies.com writer Todd Zolecki that Adams is still experiencing issues with his back: […]
Chase Utley will not be in the Phillies' lineup today. Why? Interesting theory put forth today by the guys at the Tailgating a Funeral podcast. Utley not playing tonight with off days yesterday and Thursday is a complete joke. He has to be hurt. Charlie isn't that stupid. — Tailgating a Funeral (@TAF_Podcast) May 14, […]
Courtesy International Power Showcase Fresh out of reports the Phillies were possibly looking around Venezuela for someone to pitch for them, the Phillies have turned to another country: Germany. I did not know that Germany really had baseball, but the Phillies have signed a 17 year-old outfielder named Julsan Karmara. Karmara is considered one of […]
Okay, my Spanish is not the best…but apparently the Phillies have signed former Chicago Cubs pitcher and former Miami Marlins pitcher Carlos Zambrano. The report comes from a Venezuelan website LVMP Campeones. The report says (in my best possible Spanish translation): Valencia. - Carlos "El Toro" Zambrano on Friday apparently signed an agreement with Major League Baseball's Philadelphia […]
There has been plenty of buzz lately about retooling the Phillies, including a piece today in the Daily News from Dave Murphy. The Phillies have gotten older, are less productive than their glory days, and as a team no longer work. Ryan Howard, Chase Utley, Jimmy Rollins, Carlos Ruiz, Michael Young, Delmon Young […]
Tonight marked a nice start for Tyler Cloyd. But his next one will be in AAA. After tonight's loss to Arizona, the Phillies optioned their starter to AAA Lehigh Valley. In his place on the roster will be Justin DeFratus. Cloyd's start was good enough for a win. However, the Phillies offense failed to score […]
[Nick:] “You can’t repeat the past.”[Gatsby:] “Can’t repeat the past?” he cried incredulously. “Why of course you can!” He looked around him wildly, as if the past were lurking here in the shadow of his house, just out of reach of his hand. “I’m going to fix everything just the way it was before,” he […]
Roy Halladay's surgery is set. According to Ryan Lawrence of the Philadelphia Daily News, Halladay will have surgery on Wednesday in Los Angeles. The surgeon who will be performing the surgery is Neal ElAttrache. ElAttrache is part of the same practice that the famed Lewis Yocum works and did Halladay's consultation. The Kerlan-Jobe Orthoepaedic's website […]
On a day when Roy Halladay shared the good news that surgery may bring him back closer to his old self, Jonathan Pettibone took the mound against Giants starter Barry Zito. Pettibone would keep the Phillies in the game and allow them to tie the game late. Pettibone gave the Phillies another decent start […]
The reports of Roy Halladay's demise may have been greatly exaggerated. Having traveled to Los Angeles to visit the office of Lewis Yocum, Halladay received great news. Not only do the doctors think that Halladay can pitch again, but he can pitch again this season. In short, here is what is wrong. Halladay has partial […]
